Keep desktop sidebar controls stable across panel changes (#2078)

* fix(app): stabilize desktop sidebar controls

Keep the left-window-controls toggle mounted across sidebar state changes so its position and tooltip state remain stable. Preserve browser placement and show an explicit Explorer close control only where native right-side controls do not provide one.

* fix(app): suppress inactive sidebar chrome

packages/app/e2e/sidebar-workspace.spec.ts

@@ -175,6 +175,24 @@ test.describe("Half-screen desktop layout", () => {
     await expect(page.getByTestId("agent-list-backdrop")).not.toBeVisible();
   });
 
+  test("keeps the left toggle center-owned without left window controls", async ({ page }) => {
+    await gotoAppShell(page);
+
+    const openToggle = page.getByTestId("menu-button");
+    const openBounds = await openToggle.locator("svg").first().boundingBox();
+    expect(openBounds).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(openBounds?.x).toBeGreaterThan(12);
+
+    await openToggle.click();
+    await expect(page.getByTestId("sidebar-global-new-workspace")).not.toBeVisible();
+
+    const closedToggle = page.getByTestId("menu-button");
+    const closedBounds = await closedToggle.locator("svg").first().boundingBox();
+    expect(closedBounds).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(closedBounds?.x).toBeCloseTo(12, 0);
+    expect(closedBounds?.y).toBe(openBounds?.y);
+  });
+
   test("yields app navigation to the settings split", async ({ page }) => {
     await gotoAppShell(page);
     await page.getByTestId("sidebar-settings").click();
@@ -196,13 +214,40 @@ test.describe("Half-screen desktop layout", () => {
       await expect(
         page.getByTestId("explorer-tab-files").filter({ visible: true }).first(),
       ).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-explorer-toggle").first()).toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("explorer-close")).toBeVisible();
       await expect(page.getByTestId("sidebar-global-new-workspace")).not.toBeVisible();
+
+      const centerBounds = await page.getByTestId("workspace-tabs-row").first().boundingBox();
+      const headerGlyphBounds = await page
+        .getByTestId("menu-button")
+        .locator("svg")
+        .first()
+        .boundingBox();
+      const tabGlyphBounds = await page
+        .locator('[data-testid^="workspace-tab-"]')
+        .first()
+        .locator("svg")
+        .first()
+        .boundingBox();
+      expect(centerBounds).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(headerGlyphBounds).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(tabGlyphBounds).not.toBeNull();
+      expect((headerGlyphBounds?.x ?? 0) - (centerBounds?.x ?? 0)).toBeCloseTo(
+        (tabGlyphBounds?.x ?? 0) - (centerBounds?.x ?? 0),
+        0,
+      );
+
       await expect
         .poll(
           async () =>
             (await page.getByTestId("workspace-tabs-row").first().boundingBox())?.width ?? 0,
         )
         .toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(400);
+
+      await page.getByTestId("explorer-close").click();
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("explorer-tab-files")).not.toBeVisible();
+      await expect(page.getByTestId("workspace-explorer-toggle").first()).toBeVisible();
     } finally {
       await workspace.cleanup();
     }

packages/app/src/app/_layout.tsx

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { QuittingOverlay } from "@/components/quitting-overlay";
 import { KeyboardShortcutsDialog } from "@/components/keyboard-shortcuts-dialog";
 import { AppDiagnosticHost } from "@/components/app-diagnostic-host";
 import { LeftSidebar } from "@/components/left-sidebar";
+import { WindowSidebarMenuToggle } from "@/components/headers/menu-header";
 import { SidebarModelProvider } from "@/components/sidebar/sidebar-model";
 import { CompactExplorerSidebarHost } from "@/components/compact-explorer-sidebar-host";
 import { ProjectPickerModal } from "@/components/project-picker-modal";
@@ -37,9 +38,14 @@ import { WorkspaceSetupDialog } from "@/components/workspace-setup-dialog";
 import { WorkspaceShortcutTargetsSubscriber } from "@/components/workspace-shortcut-targets-subscriber";
 import { FloatingPanelPortalHost } from "@/components/ui/floating-panel-portal";
 import { HostChooserModal, useHostChooser } from "@/hosts/host-chooser";
-import { getIsElectronRuntime, useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
+import {
+  getIsElectronRuntime,
+  HEADER_INNER_HEIGHT,
+  useIsCompactFormFactor,
+} from "@/constants/layout";
 import {
   canDesktopAppSidebarShare,
+  resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout,
   resolveDesktopAppContentMinimum,
 } from "@/components/desktop-sidebar-layout";
 import { isNative, isWeb } from "@/constants/platform";
@@ -95,7 +101,12 @@ import { THEME_TO_UNISTYLES, type ThemeName } from "@/styles/theme";
 import { installWebScrollbarStyles } from "@/styles/install-web-scrollbar-styles";
 import type { HostProfile } from "@/types/host-connection";
 import { toggleDesktopSidebarsWithCheckoutIntent } from "@/utils/desktop-sidebar-toggle";
-import { WindowChromeProvider, WindowChromeRegion } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
+import {
+  useHasWindowChromeObstruction,
+  WindowChromeProvider,
+  WindowChromeRegion,
+  WindowChromeSafeArea,
+} from "@/utils/desktop-window";
 import { buildOpenProjectRoute, parseServerIdFromPathname } from "@/utils/host-routes";
 import { buildNotificationRoute, resolveNotificationTarget } from "@/utils/notification-routing";
 import { navigateToAgent } from "@/utils/navigate-to-agent";
@@ -403,6 +414,7 @@ interface AppContainerProps {
 }
 
 const THEME_CYCLE_ORDER: ThemeName[] = ["dark", "zinc", "midnight", "claude", "ghostty", "light"];
+const WINDOW_SIDEBAR_TOGGLE_HORIZONTAL_PADDING = 12;
 
 function AppContainer({ children, chromeEnabled: chromeEnabledOverride }: AppContainerProps) {
   const daemons = useHosts();
@@ -480,7 +492,12 @@ function AppContainer({ children, chromeEnabled: chromeEnabledOverride }: AppCon
       requestedSidebarWidth: sidebarWidth,
       viewportWidth,
     });
-  const contentWindowChromeCorners = desktopSidebarRendered ? "top-right" : "both";
+  const hasTopLeftWindowControls = useHasWindowChromeObstruction("top-left");
+  const appChromeLayout = resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout({
+    desktopSidebarRendered,
+    hasTopLeftWindowControls,
+    sidebarControlsEnabled: chromeEnabled && !isFocusModeEnabled,
+  });
   const sidebarChrome = (
     <SidebarChrome
       showSidebar={isCompactLayout ? chromeEnabled : desktopSidebarRendered}
@@ -490,7 +507,7 @@ function AppContainer({ children, chromeEnabled: chromeEnabledOverride }: AppCon
   const workspaceChrome = (
     <View style={rowStyle}>
       {!isCompactLayout ? (
-        <WindowChromeRegion corners={desktopSidebarRendered ? "top-left" : "none"}>
+        <WindowChromeRegion corners={appChromeLayout.sidebarCorners}>
           {sidebarChrome}
         </WindowChromeRegion>
       ) : null}
@@ -501,7 +518,7 @@ function AppContainer({ children, chromeEnabled: chromeEnabledOverride }: AppCon
           </WindowChromeRegion>
         </CompactExplorerSidebarHost>
       ) : (
-        <WindowChromeRegion corners={contentWindowChromeCorners}>
+        <WindowChromeRegion corners={appChromeLayout.contentCorners}>
           <View style={flexStyle}>{children}</View>
         </WindowChromeRegion>
       )}
@@ -511,6 +528,18 @@ function AppContainer({ children, chromeEnabled: chromeEnabledOverride }: AppCon
   const surface = (
     <View style={layoutStyles.surfaceFill}>
       {workspaceChrome}
+      {!isCompactLayout && appChromeLayout.sidebarToggleOwner === "window" ? (
+        <WindowChromeRegion corners="top-left">
+          <WindowChromeSafeArea
+            placement="inline"
+            horizontalPadding={WINDOW_SIDEBAR_TOGGLE_HORIZONTAL_PADDING}
+            pointerEvents="box-none"
+            style={layoutStyles.windowSidebarToggle}
+          >
+            <WindowSidebarMenuToggle />
+          </WindowChromeSafeArea>
+        </WindowChromeRegion>
+      ) : null}
       <FloatingPanelPortalHost />
       {isCompactLayout ? sidebarChrome : null}
       <DownloadToast />
@@ -943,4 +972,15 @@ const layoutStyles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
     flex: 1,
     backgroundColor: theme.colors.surface0,
   },
+  windowSidebarToggle: {
+    position: "absolute",
+    top: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    zIndex: 20,
+    height: HEADER_INNER_HEIGHT,
+    flexDirection: "row",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    borderBottomWidth: theme.borderWidth[1],
+    borderBottomColor: "transparent",
+  },
 }));

packages/app/src/components/desktop-sidebar-layout.test.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,59 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   canDesktopAppSidebarShare,
+  resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout,
   resolveDesktopAppContentMinimum,
   resolveDesktopExplorerWidth,
   resolveDesktopSidebarWidth,
 } from "@/components/desktop-sidebar-layout";
 
 describe("desktop sidebar layout", () => {
+  it("keeps the sidebar toggle window-owned beside left window controls", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout({
+        desktopSidebarRendered: true,
+        hasTopLeftWindowControls: true,
+        sidebarControlsEnabled: true,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      sidebarCorners: "top-left",
+      contentCorners: "top-right",
+      sidebarToggleOwner: "window",
+    });
+    expect(
+      resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout({
+        desktopSidebarRendered: true,
+        hasTopLeftWindowControls: false,
+        sidebarControlsEnabled: true,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      sidebarCorners: "none",
+      contentCorners: "both",
+      sidebarToggleOwner: "content",
+    });
+    expect(
+      resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout({
+        desktopSidebarRendered: false,
+        hasTopLeftWindowControls: true,
+        sidebarControlsEnabled: true,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      sidebarCorners: "none",
+      contentCorners: "both",
+      sidebarToggleOwner: "window",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("hides the window-owned sidebar toggle when app chrome is suppressed", () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout({
+        desktopSidebarRendered: false,
+        hasTopLeftWindowControls: true,
+        sidebarControlsEnabled: false,
+      }).sidebarToggleOwner,
+    ).toBe("none");
+  });
+
   it("clamps a persisted wide sidebar to preserve the center pane", () => {
     const atHalfScreen = resolveDesktopSidebarWidth({ requestedWidth: 600, viewportWidth: 751 });
     expect(atHalfScreen).toBe(351);

packages/app/src/components/desktop-sidebar-layout.ts

@@ -8,6 +8,23 @@ import {
 
 export const MIN_DESKTOP_CENTER_WIDTH = 400;
 
+export function resolveDesktopAppChromeLayout(input: {
+  desktopSidebarRendered: boolean;
+  hasTopLeftWindowControls: boolean;
+  sidebarControlsEnabled: boolean;
+}) {
+  const sidebarOwnsTopLeft = input.desktopSidebarRendered && input.hasTopLeftWindowControls;
+  let sidebarToggleOwner: "none" | "window" | "content" = "none";
+  if (input.sidebarControlsEnabled) {
+    sidebarToggleOwner = input.hasTopLeftWindowControls ? "window" : "content";
+  }
+  return {
+    sidebarCorners: sidebarOwnsTopLeft ? ("top-left" as const) : ("none" as const),
+    contentCorners: sidebarOwnsTopLeft ? ("top-right" as const) : ("both" as const),
+    sidebarToggleOwner,
+  };
+}
+
 function resolveDesktopPanelWidth(input: {
   requestedWidth: number;
   viewportWidth: number;

packages/app/src/components/explorer-sidebar.tsx

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import { HEADER_INNER_HEIGHT } from "@/constants/layout";
 import { GitDiffPane } from "@/git/diff-pane";
 import { FileExplorerPane } from "./file-explorer-pane";
 import { useKeyboardShiftStyle } from "@/hooks/use-keyboard-shift-style";
-import { WindowChromeSafeArea } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
+import { useHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction, WindowChromeSafeArea } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
 import { TitlebarDragRegion } from "@/components/desktop/titlebar-drag-region";
 import { RetainedPanelActivity } from "@/components/retained-panel";
 import { isWeb } from "@/constants/platform";
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ export function CompactExplorerSidebar({
           workspaceId={workspaceId}
           workspaceRoot={workspaceRoot}
           isGit={isGit}
-          isMobile
           isOpen={isOpen}
           onOpenFile={onOpenFile}
         />
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ export function ExplorerSidebar({
           workspaceId={workspaceId}
           workspaceRoot={workspaceRoot}
           isGit={isGit}
-          isMobile={false}
           isOpen={isOpen}
           onOpenFile={onOpenFile}
         />
@@ -270,7 +268,6 @@ interface SidebarContentProps {
   workspaceId?: string | null;
   workspaceRoot: string;
   isGit: boolean;
-  isMobile: boolean;
   isOpen: boolean;
   onOpenFile?: (filePath: string) => void;
 }
@@ -283,13 +280,13 @@ function ExplorerSidebarContent({
   workspaceId,
   workspaceRoot,
   isGit,
-  isMobile,
   isOpen,
   onOpenFile,
 }: SidebarContentProps) {
   const { theme } = useUnistyles();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const toast = useToast();
+  const hasRightWindowControls = useHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction("top-right");
   const canQueryPullRequest = isGit && Boolean(workspaceRoot);
   const prPane = usePrPaneData({
     serverId,
@@ -359,9 +356,25 @@ function ExplorerSidebarContent({
           )}
         </View>
         <View style={styles.headerRightSection}>
-          {isMobile && (
+          {!hasRightWindowControls && (
-            <Pressable onPress={onClose} style={styles.closeButton}>
+            <Pressable
-              <X size={18} color={theme.colors.foregroundMuted} />
+              onPress={onClose}
+              style={styles.closeButton}
+              testID="explorer-close"
+              nativeID="explorer-close"
+              accessible
+              accessibilityRole="button"
+              accessibilityLabel={t("workspace.tabs.explorer.close")}
+              hitSlop={8}
+            >
+              {({ hovered, pressed }) => (
+                <X
+                  size={18}
+                  color={
+                    hovered || pressed ? theme.colors.foreground : theme.colors.foregroundMuted
+                  }
+                />
+              )}
             </Pressable>
           )}
         </View>

packages/app/src/components/headers/menu-header.tsx

@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ import { StyleSheet, useUnistyles } from "react-native-unistyles";
 import { PanelLeft } from "lucide-react-native";
 import { ScreenHeader } from "./screen-header";
 import { ScreenTitle } from "./screen-title";
-import { HeaderToggleButton } from "./header-toggle-button";
+import { HeaderToggleButton, headerIconSlotStyle } from "./header-toggle-button";
 import { selectIsAgentListOpen, usePanelStore } from "@/stores/panel-store";
 import { useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
 import { getShortcutOs } from "@/utils/shortcut-platform";
+import { useHasWindowChromeObstruction, useOwnsWindowChromeCorner } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
 
 interface MenuHeaderProps {
   title?: string;
@@ -42,15 +43,18 @@ function MobileMenuIcon({ color }: { color: string }) {
   );
 }
 
-export function SidebarMenuToggle({
+function SidebarMenuToggleButton({
-  style,
+  isMobile,
+  resolvedStyle,
   tooltipSide = "right",
   testID = "menu-button",
   nativeID = "menu-button",
-}: SidebarMenuToggleProps = {}) {
+}: Omit<SidebarMenuToggleProps, "style"> & {
+  isMobile: boolean;
+  resolvedStyle: StyleProp<ViewStyle>;
+}) {
   const { theme } = useUnistyles();
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const isMobile = useIsCompactFormFactor();
   const isOpen = usePanelStore((state) => selectIsAgentListOpen(state, { isCompact: isMobile }));
   const toggleAgentListForLayout = usePanelStore((state) => state.toggleAgentListForLayout);
   const toggleShortcutKeys = useMemo(
@@ -58,9 +62,6 @@ export function SidebarMenuToggle({
     [],
   );
 
-  const menuIconColor =
-    !isMobile && isOpen ? theme.colors.foreground : theme.colors.foregroundMuted;
-
   const handlePress = useCallback(() => {
     toggleAgentListForLayout({ isCompact: isMobile });
   }, [toggleAgentListForLayout, isMobile]);
@@ -75,21 +76,54 @@ export function SidebarMenuToggle({
       tooltipSide={tooltipSide}
       testID={testID}
       nativeID={nativeID}
-      style={style}
+      style={resolvedStyle}
       accessible
       accessibilityRole="button"
       accessibilityLabel={isOpen ? t("shell.menu.close") : t("shell.menu.open")}
       accessibilityState={accessibilityState}
     >
-      {isMobile ? (
+      {({ hovered, pressed }) => {
-        <MobileMenuIcon color={menuIconColor} />
+        const color = hovered || pressed ? theme.colors.foreground : theme.colors.foregroundMuted;
-      ) : (
+        return isMobile ? (
-        <PanelLeft size={theme.iconSize.md} color={menuIconColor} />
+          <MobileMenuIcon color={color} />
-      )}
+        ) : (
+          <PanelLeft size={theme.iconSize.md} color={color} />
+        );
+      }}
     </HeaderToggleButton>
   );
 }
 
+export function SidebarMenuToggle({ style, ...props }: SidebarMenuToggleProps = {}) {
+  const isMobile = useIsCompactFormFactor();
+  const ownsTopLeft = useOwnsWindowChromeCorner("top-left");
+  const hasTopLeftWindowControls = useHasWindowChromeObstruction("top-left");
+  const resolvedStyle = useMemo(() => [styles.leadingToggle, style], [style]);
+  const placeholderStyle = useMemo(
+    () => [headerIconSlotStyle.slot, resolvedStyle],
+    [resolvedStyle],
+  );
+
+  if (!isMobile && !ownsTopLeft) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  if (!isMobile && hasTopLeftWindowControls) {
+    return (
+      <View pointerEvents="none" style={placeholderStyle}>
+        <View style={styles.desktopMenuIconSpace} />
+      </View>
+    );
+  }
+
+  return <SidebarMenuToggleButton {...props} isMobile={isMobile} resolvedStyle={resolvedStyle} />;
+}
+
+export function WindowSidebarMenuToggle({ style, ...props }: SidebarMenuToggleProps = {}) {
+  const resolvedStyle = useMemo(() => [styles.leadingToggle, style], [style]);
+  return <SidebarMenuToggleButton {...props} isMobile={false} resolvedStyle={resolvedStyle} />;
+}
+
 export function MenuHeader({ title, rightContent, borderless }: MenuHeaderProps) {
   return (
     <ScreenHeader
@@ -107,6 +141,12 @@ export function MenuHeader({ title, rightContent, borderless }: MenuHeaderProps)
 }
 
 const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
+  leadingToggle: {
+    marginLeft: {
+      xs: 0,
+      md: -theme.spacing[2],
+    },
+  },
   left: {
     gap: theme.spacing[2],
   },
@@ -116,6 +156,10 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
     justifyContent: "space-between",
     alignItems: "flex-start",
   },
+  desktopMenuIconSpace: {
+    width: theme.iconSize.md,
+    height: theme.iconSize.md,
+  },
   mobileMenuLine: {
     width: MOBILE_MENU_LINE_WIDTH,
     height: MOBILE_MENU_LINE_HEIGHT,

packages/app/src/components/headers/screen-header.tsx

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export function ScreenHeader({
   const isMobile = useIsCompactFormFactor();
   // Only add extra padding on mobile for better touch targets; on desktop, only use safe area insets
   const topPadding = isMobile ? HEADER_TOP_PADDING_MOBILE : 0;
-  const baseHorizontalPadding = theme.spacing[2];
+  const baseHorizontalPadding = isMobile ? theme.spacing[2] : theme.spacing[3];
 
   const innerStyle = useMemo(
     () => [styles.inner, { paddingTop: insets.top + topPadding }],

packages/app/src/components/left-sidebar.tsx

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import { SidebarDisplayPreferencesMenu } from "@/components/sidebar/sidebar-disp
 import { SidebarHelpMenu } from "@/components/sidebar/sidebar-help-menu";
 import { Shortcut } from "@/components/ui/shortcut";
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
-import { useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
+import { HEADER_INNER_HEIGHT, useIsCompactFormFactor } from "@/constants/layout";
 import { isWeb } from "@/constants/platform";
 import { useOpenProjectPicker } from "@/hooks/use-open-project-picker";
 import { useShortcutKeys } from "@/hooks/use-shortcut-keys";
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import { useHosts } from "@/runtime/host-runtime";
 import { useActiveWorkspaceSelection } from "@/stores/navigation-active-workspace-store";
 import { useWorkspace } from "@/stores/session-store-hooks";
 import { selectIsAgentListOpen, usePanelStore } from "@/stores/panel-store";
-import { WindowChromeSafeArea } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
+import { useOwnsWindowChromeCorner, WindowChromeSafeArea } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
 import { useCloseAgentListGesture } from "@/mobile-panels/gestures";
 import { MobilePanelOverlay } from "@/mobile-panels/presentation";
 import {
@@ -706,6 +706,7 @@ function DesktopSidebar({
   handleViewMore,
   handleViewSchedules,
 }: DesktopSidebarProps) {
+  const ownsTopLeft = useOwnsWindowChromeCorner("top-left");
   const pathname = usePathname();
   const hasActiveHostFilter = useSidebarViewStore((state) => state.hostFilters.length > 0);
   const isSessionsActive = pathname.includes("/sessions");
@@ -759,6 +760,10 @@ function DesktopSidebar({
     () => [styles.desktopSidebarBorder, { flex: 1, paddingTop: insetsTop }],
     [insetsTop],
   );
+  const sidebarHeaderGroupStyle = useMemo(
+    () => [styles.sidebarHeaderGroup, ownsTopLeft && styles.sidebarHeaderGroupBelowChrome],
+    [ownsTopLeft],
+  );
   const resizeHandleStyle = useMemo(
     () => [styles.resizeHandle, isWeb && ({ cursor: "col-resize" } as object)],
     [],
@@ -772,9 +777,14 @@ function DesktopSidebar({
     <Animated.View style={desktopSidebarStyle}>
       <View style={desktopSidebarBorderStyle}>
         <View style={styles.sidebarDragArea}>
-          <TitlebarDragRegion />
+          {ownsTopLeft ? (
-          <WindowChromeSafeArea placement="below" />
+            <View style={styles.desktopChromeRow}>
-          <View style={styles.sidebarHeaderGroup}>
+              <TitlebarDragRegion />
+            </View>
+          ) : (
+            <TitlebarDragRegion />
+          )}
+          <View style={sidebarHeaderGroupStyle}>
             <SidebarNewWorkspaceHeaderRow
               label={labels.newWorkspace}
               testID="sidebar-global-new-workspace"
@@ -920,6 +930,9 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
     borderBottomWidth: 1,
     borderBottomColor: theme.colors.border,
   },
+  sidebarHeaderGroupBelowChrome: {
+    paddingTop: 0,
+  },
   workspacesSectionHeader: {
     flexDirection: "row",
     alignItems: "center",
@@ -991,6 +1004,14 @@ const styles = StyleSheet.create((theme) => ({
   sidebarDragArea: {
     position: "relative",
   },
+  desktopChromeRow: {
+    position: "relative",
+    height: HEADER_INNER_HEIGHT,
+    flexDirection: "row",
+    alignItems: "center",
+    borderBottomWidth: theme.borderWidth[1],
+    borderBottomColor: "transparent",
+  },
   sidebarFooter: {
     flexDirection: "row",
     alignItems: "center",

packages/app/src/utils/desktop-window.test.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
   intersectWindowChromeCorners,
+  resolveHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction,
   resolveWindowChromeObstruction,
   resolveWindowChromeSafeArea,
 } from "@/utils/desktop-window";
@@ -49,4 +50,33 @@ describe("window chrome", () => {
     expect(intersectWindowChromeCorners("top-right", "both")).toBe("top-right");
     expect(intersectWindowChromeCorners("top-left", "top-right")).toBe("none");
   });
+
+  it("reports an obstruction only when the surface owns its corner", () => {
+    const obstruction = {
+      topLeft: { width: 78, height: 45 },
+      topRight: { width: 140, height: 48 },
+    };
+
+    expect(
+      resolveHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction({
+        obstruction,
+        corners: "top-left",
+        corner: "top-left",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+    expect(
+      resolveHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction({
+        obstruction,
+        corners: "top-left",
+        corner: "top-right",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+    expect(
+      resolveHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction({
+        obstruction: { topLeft: null, topRight: null },
+        corners: "both",
+        corner: "top-right",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
 });

packages/app/src/utils/desktop-window.tsx

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ interface WindowChromeObstruction {
   topRight: WindowChromeCornerObstruction | null;
 }
 
+export type WindowChromeCorner = "top-left" | "top-right";
+
 type WindowChromeSafeAreaStyle = { height: number } | { paddingLeft: number; paddingRight: number };
 
 const EMPTY_OBSTRUCTION: WindowChromeObstruction = { topLeft: null, topRight: null };
@@ -37,6 +39,29 @@ function windowChromeCornersFromFlags(topLeft: boolean, topRight: boolean): Wind
   return "none";
 }
 
+export function windowChromeCornersInclude(
+  corners: WindowChromeCorners,
+  corner: WindowChromeCorner,
+): boolean {
+  return corners === "both" || corners === corner;
+}
+
+export function resolveHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction(input: {
+  obstruction: WindowChromeObstruction;
+  corners: WindowChromeCorners;
+  corner: WindowChromeCorner;
+}): boolean {
+  if (!windowChromeCornersInclude(input.corners, input.corner)) return false;
+  return input.corner === "top-left"
+    ? input.obstruction.topLeft !== null
+    : input.obstruction.topRight !== null;
+}
+
+export function useHasWindowChromeObstruction(corner: WindowChromeCorner): boolean {
+  const obstruction = useContext(WindowChromeContext);
+  return corner === "top-left" ? obstruction.topLeft !== null : obstruction.topRight !== null;
+}
+
 export function intersectWindowChromeCorners(
   inherited: WindowChromeCorners,
   declared: WindowChromeCorners,
@@ -210,6 +235,17 @@ export function useWindowChromeCorners(): WindowChromeCorners {
   return useContext(WindowChromeCornersContext);
 }
 
+export function useOwnsWindowChromeCorner(corner: WindowChromeCorner): boolean {
+  const corners = useContext(WindowChromeCornersContext);
+  return windowChromeCornersInclude(corners, corner);
+}
+
+export function useHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction(corner: WindowChromeCorner): boolean {
+  const obstruction = useContext(WindowChromeContext);
+  const corners = useContext(WindowChromeCornersContext);
+  return resolveHasOwnedWindowChromeObstruction({ obstruction, corners, corner });
+}
+
 type WindowChromeSafeAreaProps = ViewProps & {
   placement: WindowChromeSafeAreaPlacement;
   horizontalPadding?: number;