Improvements to suggestions & slash commands (#344)

Co-authored-by: N. Taylor Mullen <[email protected]>

5 files changed, 46 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
index 5fb36480..758ddb28 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/App.tsx
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ export const App = ({
                 resetCompletion={completion.resetCompletionState}
               />
               {completion.showSuggestions && (
-                <Box marginTop={1}>
+                <Box>
                   <SuggestionsDisplay
                     suggestions={completion.suggestions}
                     activeIndex={completion.activeSuggestionIndex}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.tsx
index 8ec67ec7..1c3d2a07 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/InputPrompt.tsx
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ export const InputPrompt: React.FC<InputPromptProps> = ({
         const newValue = base + selectedSuggestion.value;
         onChangeAndMoveCursor(newValue);
         onSubmit(newValue); // Execute the command
+        onChangeAndMoveCursor(''); // Clear query after submit
       } else {
         // Handle @ command completion
         const atIndex = query.lastIndexOf('@');
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SuggestionsDisplay.tsx b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SuggestionsDisplay.tsx
index ba25f2b6..3f2094bb 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SuggestionsDisplay.tsx
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/components/SuggestionsDisplay.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Colors } from '../colors.js';
 export interface Suggestion {
   label: string;
   value: string;
+  description?: string;
 }
 interface SuggestionsDisplayProps {
   suggestions: Suggestion[];
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ export function SuggestionsDisplay({
 }: SuggestionsDisplayProps) {
   if (isLoading) {
     return (
-      <Box borderStyle="round" paddingX={1} width={width}>
+      <Box paddingX={1} width={width}>
         <Text color="gray">Loading suggestions...</Text>
       </Box>
     );
@@ -48,20 +49,29 @@ export function SuggestionsDisplay({
   const visibleSuggestions = suggestions.slice(startIndex, endIndex);
 
   return (
-    <Box borderStyle="round" flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} width={width}>
+    <Box flexDirection="column" paddingX={1} width={width}>
       {scrollOffset > 0 && <Text color={Colors.Foreground}>▲</Text>}
 
       {visibleSuggestions.map((suggestion, index) => {
         const originalIndex = startIndex + index;
         const isActive = originalIndex === activeIndex;
+        const textColor = isActive ? Colors.AccentPurple : Colors.SubtleComment;
+
         return (
-          <Text
-            key={`${suggestion}-${originalIndex}`}
-            color={isActive ? Colors.Background : Colors.Foreground}
-            backgroundColor={isActive ? Colors.AccentBlue : undefined}
-          >
-            {suggestion.label}
-          </Text>
+          <Box key={`${suggestion}-${originalIndex}`} width={width}>
+            <Box flexDirection="row">
+              <Box width={20} flexShrink={0}>
+                <Text color={textColor}>{suggestion.label}</Text>
+              </Box>
+              {suggestion.description ? (
+                <Box flexGrow={1}>
+                  <Text color={textColor} wrap="wrap">
+                    {suggestion.description}
+                  </Text>
+                </Box>
+              ) : null}
+            </Box>
+          </Box>
         );
       })}
       {endIndex < suggestions.length && <Text color="gray">▼</Text>}
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts
index e2b478e2..7ce3ae86 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export const useSlashCommandProcessor = (
       {
         name: 'quit',
         altName: 'exit',
-        description: '',
+        description: 'exit the cli',
         action: (_value: PartListUnion | string) => {
           onDebugMessage('Quitting. Good-bye.');
           process.exit(0);
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useCompletion.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useCompletion.ts
index 1c693f71..622dc4c4 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useCompletion.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useCompletion.ts
@@ -119,20 +119,30 @@ export function useCompletion(
     // --- Handle Slash Command Completion ---
     if (trimmedQuery.startsWith('/')) {
       const partialCommand = trimmedQuery.substring(1);
-      const commands = slashCommands
-        .map((cmd) => cmd.name)
-        .concat(
-          slashCommands
-            .map((cmd) => cmd.altName)
-            .filter((cmd) => cmd !== undefined),
-        );
-
-      const filteredSuggestions = commands
-        .filter((name) => name.startsWith(partialCommand))
-        // Filter out ? and any other single character commands
-        .filter((name) => name.length > 1)
-        .map((name) => ({ label: name, value: name }))
-        .sort();
+      const filteredSuggestions = slashCommands
+        .filter(
+          (cmd) =>
+            cmd.name.startsWith(partialCommand) ||
+            cmd.altName?.startsWith(partialCommand),
+        )
+        // Filter out ? and any other single character commands unless it's the only char
+        .filter((cmd) => {
+          const nameMatch = cmd.name.startsWith(partialCommand);
+          const altNameMatch = cmd.altName?.startsWith(partialCommand);
+          if (partialCommand.length === 1) {
+            return nameMatch || altNameMatch; // Allow single char match if query is single char
+          }
+          return (
+            (nameMatch && cmd.name.length > 1) ||
+            (altNameMatch && cmd.altName && cmd.altName.length > 1)
+          );
+        })
+        .map((cmd) => ({
+          label: cmd.name, // Always show the main name as label
+          value: cmd.name, // Value should be the main command name for execution
+          description: cmd.description,
+        }))
+        .sort((a, b) => a.label.localeCompare(b.label));
 
       setSuggestions(filteredSuggestions);
       setShowSuggestions(filteredSuggestions.length > 0);