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Fixes #1256

Summary

Two small fixes in the expanded task header (the collapsible "Task" panel):

  1. Render the prompt as markdown. The expanded view used the plain-text Mention component, so prompts with markdown syntax displayed it verbatim while assistant messages render formatted markdown via MarkdownBlock. Now rendered through the same pipeline; the collapsed one-line title keeps plain text (appropriate for an ellipsized summary).
  2. Consistent scrollbar. The prompt box used a default always-visible Chromium scrollbar while the message list uses the VS Code-style .scrollable hover-reveal style, so long prompts showed two differently-styled bars stacked in the same column. Added the shared scrollable class to match.

Changes

  • webview-ui/src/components/chat/TaskHeader.tsx: expanded state now uses <MarkdownBlock markdown={task.text ?? ""} />; dropped redundant whitespace-pre-wrap; added scrollable class to the prompt box.
  • webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/TaskHeader.spec.tsx: regression tests — collapsed shows raw source, expanded renders <strong>/<code> elements; prompt box carries the shared scrollable style.

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  • vitest: 23/23 passing (including new tests)
  • ESLint --max-warnings=0: clean
  • tsc -b: passes

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Enhancements

  • Expanded task descriptions now render formatted Markdown, including headings, lists, bold text, inline code, and links.
  • Expanded task content is scrollable and constrained to a manageable height for easier reading.
  • Clicking links no longer collapses expanded task details.

Bug Fixes

  • Raw Markdown syntax is no longer displayed when viewing expanded task details.
  • Empty task prompts are handled cleanly.
  • Collapsed task descriptions continue to display their original text.

The collapsed task title still shows raw text, but the expanded view rendered the prompt verbatim via <Mention>, so markdown syntax (bold, code, lists) appeared as literal characters. Render it through MarkdownBlock like other chat messages and drop the now-redundant whitespace-pre-wrap class.
The expanded prompt box used a default always-visible Chromium scrollbar while the message list uses the hover-reveal .scrollable style, so two differently-styled scrollbars stacked in the same column. Add the shared .scrollable class so both behave consistently.
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The expanded task header now renders prompt text with MarkdownBlock, uses shared scrollable styling, and preserves expansion when links are clicked. Tests cover markdown formatting, container classes, link interaction, and undefined prompts.

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Task Header Markdown Rendering

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Expanded task rendering
webview-ui/src/components/chat/TaskHeader.tsx
Expanded task text uses MarkdownBlock. The container uses scrollable, bounded height, and word breaking. Links and images do not toggle the panel.
Rendering and interaction regression tests
webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/TaskHeader.spec.tsx
Tests verify raw collapsed text, formatted expanded markdown, container classes, link interaction, and undefined prompts.

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This localized UI change formats expanded task prompts as markdown and aligns scrollbar styling; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes satisfy issue #1256 by rendering expanded prompts as markdown, preserving collapsed plain text, matching scrollbar styling, and adding regression tests.
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334-349: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Add coverage for headings and lists.

This test covers inline Markdown only. Issue #1256 also requires headings and lists. Add a focused expanded-state case that asserts a heading and a list with getByRole("heading") and getByRole("list").

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In `@webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/TaskHeader.spec.tsx` around lines
334 - 349, Add a focused expanded-state test alongside the existing TaskHeader
markdown tests using task text containing a heading and list; expand the header,
then assert the rendered heading with getByRole("heading") and the list with
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In `@webview-ui/src/components/chat/TaskHeader.tsx`:
- Around line 329-335: Prevent Markdown links inside the expanded task header
from toggling isTaskExpanded: update the header click handler around
isTaskExpanded to ignore anchor targets or stop propagation from MarkdownBlock
links, while preserving normal header toggling for other clicks. Add a
regression test covering both local and external Markdown link clicks.

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In `@webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/TaskHeader.spec.tsx`:
- Around line 334-349: Add a focused expanded-state test alongside the existing
TaskHeader markdown tests using task text containing a heading and list; expand
the header, then assert the rendered heading with getByRole("heading") and the
list with getByRole("list").
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MarkdownBlock renders prompt links as <a> elements, which the header click handler did not guard against (only buttons/role=button/img), so clicking a link inside the expanded prompt toggled isTaskExpanded and collapsed the panel. Ignore anchor targets in the toggle handler; add regression tests for link clicks, headings/lists rendering, and empty prompts.

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In `@webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/TaskHeader.spec.tsx`:
- Around line 408-419: Update the “renders an empty prompt without crashing”
test fixture to remove the `as any` cast from `task.text`; omit the optional
property or assign `undefined` directly according to the task type, while
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Comment thread webview-ui/src/components/chat/__tests__/TaskHeader.spec.tsx
ClineMessage.text is optional (z.string().optional()), so the empty-prompt case can omit the property instead of casting undefined through any.
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WebkitBoxOrient: "vertical",
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<Mention text={task.text} />
<MarkdownBlock markdown={task.text ?? ""} />

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This removes the existing openMention click behavior for context tokens such as @/src/file.ts, @problems, and @terminal whenever the header is expanded. Can we preserve context-mention rendering in the markdown path and add an expanded-mention interaction test?

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[BUG] Expanded task header renders prompt as raw text (no markdown) and shows a second, inconsistently-styled scrollbar

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