fix(desktop): keep browser surfaces interactive

This commit is contained in:
Mohamed Boudra
2026-08-07 22:34:59 +02:00
parent 98d3281cad
commit dc19b45f23
9 changed files with 234 additions and 34 deletions
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@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ or parking changes that surface's geometry without reparenting the webview. The
uses `left:0`, `top:0`, `width:1px`, `height:1px`, `overflow:hidden`, `opacity:1`, and
`pointer-events:none`. The webview stays at its resolved logical viewport, defaulting to
1280x800 before first presentation, with `display:inline-flex` at `left:0`, `top:0`.
Presentation resolves responsive guests to the pane's exact pixel dimensions after the surface
has visible bounds. Do not apply percentage guest sizing against the parked surface: Electron
exposes the 1x1 parking geometry as a real guest resize before expanding it again.
The permanent browser host and `overlay-root` are explicit sibling paint planes. The browser
plane stays below the overlay plane regardless of body insertion order; menus keep their relative
layering inside `overlay-root`. Activating a presented browser also focuses its registered guest
`WebContents` in main so macOS assigns keyboard first-responder ownership to the page.
There is no renderer prep/restore handshake. Main disables guest background throttling
once when the webview attaches, then screenshot capture uses the shared serialized queue,
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ import {
useBrowserStore,
} from "@/desktop/browser/store";
import {
applyBrowserWebviewViewport,
applyInactiveBrowserWebviewViewport,
isResidentBrowserWebviewReady,
prepareBrowserWebview,
@@ -787,8 +786,7 @@ export function BrowserPane({
}
releaseResidentBrowserWebview(browserId, webview);
if (isPresentedRef.current) {
applyBrowserWebviewViewport(webview, browserViewportRef.current);
presentBrowserWebview(browserId, webview, host, clip);
presentBrowserWebview(browserId, webview, host, clip, browserViewportRef.current);
} else {
applyInactiveBrowserWebviewViewport(browserId, webview, browserViewportRef.current);
}
@@ -799,7 +797,13 @@ export function BrowserPane({
if (!isPresentedRef.current) {
return;
}
presentBrowserWebview(browserIdRef.current, webview, host, clip);
presentBrowserWebview(
browserIdRef.current,
webview,
host,
clip,
browserViewportRef.current,
);
rememberResolvedBrowserWebviewSize(browserIdRef.current, webview);
});
@@ -882,6 +886,13 @@ export function BrowserPane({
};
const handleWebviewFocus = () => {
onFocusPane?.();
webview.focus?.();
const focusBrowser = getDesktopHost()?.browser?.focus;
if (typeof focusBrowser === "function") {
void focusBrowser(browserIdRef.current).catch((error) => {
console.error("[browser-webview] focus failed", error);
});
}
};
webview.addEventListener("did-start-loading", handleStartLoading);
@@ -946,11 +957,10 @@ export function BrowserPane({
releaseResidentBrowserWebview(browserId, webview);
return;
}
applyBrowserWebviewViewport(webview, browserViewport);
const host = webviewHostRef.current;
const clip = webviewClipRef.current;
if (host && clip) {
presentBrowserWebview(browserId, webview, host, clip);
presentBrowserWebview(browserId, webview, host, clip, browserViewport);
}
if (browserViewport.mode === "fixed") {
rememberBrowserWebviewSize({
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
import {
applyBrowserWebviewViewport,
applyInactiveBrowserWebviewViewport,
type BrowserWebviewProfileHost,
clearResidentBrowserWebviewsForTests,
@@ -141,7 +140,9 @@ describe("resident browser webviews", () => {
}
const permanentParent = webview.parentElement;
presentBrowserWebview("browser-stable-parent", webview, anchor, clip);
presentBrowserWebview("browser-stable-parent", webview, anchor, clip, {
mode: "responsive",
});
expect(webview.parentElement).toBe(permanentParent);
expect(permanentParent.style.left).toBe("40px");
expect(permanentParent.style.top).toBe("60px");
@@ -149,12 +150,17 @@ describe("resident browser webviews", () => {
expect(permanentParent.style.height).toBe("480px");
expect(permanentParent.style.pointerEvents).toBe("auto");
expect(permanentParent.getAttribute("aria-hidden")).toBe("false");
expect(webview.style.flex).toBe("0 0 auto");
expect(webview.style.width).toBe("640px");
expect(webview.style.height).toBe("480px");
releaseResidentBrowserWebview("browser-stable-parent", webview);
expect(webview.parentElement).toBe(permanentParent);
expectParkedSurface(permanentParent);
presentBrowserWebview("browser-stable-parent", webview, anchor, clip);
presentBrowserWebview("browser-stable-parent", webview, anchor, clip, {
mode: "responsive",
});
expect(webview.parentElement).toBe(permanentParent);
});
@@ -167,7 +173,6 @@ describe("resident browser webviews", () => {
if (!webview?.parentElement) {
throw new Error("Expected resident browser surface");
}
applyBrowserWebviewViewport(webview, { mode: "fixed", width: 2560, height: 1440 });
const anchor = document.createElement("div");
const clip = document.createElement("div");
Object.defineProperty(anchor, "getBoundingClientRect", {
@@ -177,7 +182,11 @@ describe("resident browser webviews", () => {
value: () => ({ left: 100, top: 150, width: 800, height: 600 }),
});
presentBrowserWebview("browser-oversized", webview, anchor, clip);
presentBrowserWebview("browser-oversized", webview, anchor, clip, {
mode: "fixed",
width: 2560,
height: 1440,
});
expect(webview.parentElement.style.left).toBe("100px");
expect(webview.parentElement.style.top).toBe("150px");
@@ -359,8 +368,20 @@ describe("resident browser webviews", () => {
it("applies an exact fixed viewport without a flex width override", () => {
const webview = document.createElement("webview");
const anchor = document.createElement("div");
const clip = document.createElement("div");
Object.defineProperty(anchor, "getBoundingClientRect", {
value: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0, width: 640, height: 480 }),
});
Object.defineProperty(clip, "getBoundingClientRect", {
value: () => ({ left: 0, top: 0, width: 640, height: 480 }),
});
applyBrowserWebviewViewport(webview, { mode: "fixed", width: 640, height: 480 });
presentBrowserWebview("browser-fixed", webview, anchor, clip, {
mode: "fixed",
width: 640,
height: 480,
});
expect(webview.style.flex).toBe("0 0 auto");
expect(webview.style.width).toBe("640px");
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
type DesktopBrowserBridge,
} from "@/desktop/host";
import type { BrowserViewport } from "@/desktop/browser/store";
import { WEB_SURFACE_PLANE } from "@/lib/overlay-root";
const RESIDENT_BROWSER_HOST_ID = "paseo-browser-resident-webviews";
const BROWSER_ID_ATTRIBUTE = "data-paseo-browser-id";
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ function applyResidentHostParkingStyle(host: HTMLElement): void {
host.style.opacity = "1";
host.style.pointerEvents = "none";
host.style.display = "block";
host.style.zIndex = "0";
host.style.zIndex = String(WEB_SURFACE_PLANE.browser);
host.style.clipPath = "";
host.style.visibility = "visible";
host.style.transform = "";
@@ -220,24 +221,16 @@ export function rememberBrowserWebviewSize(input: {
return dimensions;
}
function applyBrowserWebviewDimensions(webview: HTMLElement, viewport: BrowserViewport): void {
function applyBrowserWebviewDimensions(
webview: HTMLElement,
dimensions: { width: number; height: number },
): void {
webview.style.display = "flex";
webview.style.border = "0";
webview.style.background = "transparent";
if (viewport.mode === "responsive") {
webview.style.flex = "1";
webview.style.width = "100%";
webview.style.height = "100%";
return;
}
webview.style.flex = "0 0 auto";
webview.style.width = `${viewport.width}px`;
webview.style.height = `${viewport.height}px`;
}
export function applyBrowserWebviewViewport(webview: HTMLElement, viewport: BrowserViewport): void {
clearResidentWebviewParkingStyle(webview);
applyBrowserWebviewDimensions(webview, viewport);
webview.style.width = `${Math.max(1, Math.round(dimensions.width))}px`;
webview.style.height = `${Math.max(1, Math.round(dimensions.height))}px`;
}
export function applyInactiveBrowserWebviewViewport(
@@ -256,6 +249,7 @@ export function presentBrowserWebview(
webview: HTMLElement,
anchor: HTMLElement,
clip: HTMLElement,
viewport: BrowserViewport,
): void {
const normalizedBrowserId = trimNonEmpty(browserId);
if (!normalizedBrowserId) {
@@ -297,6 +291,13 @@ export function presentBrowserWebview(
surface.style.pointerEvents = hasVisibleArea ? "auto" : "none";
surface.style.display = "flex";
surface.style.visibility = "visible";
clearResidentWebviewParkingStyle(webview);
applyBrowserWebviewDimensions(
webview,
viewport.mode === "responsive"
? { width: anchorBounds.width, height: anchorBounds.height }
: viewport,
);
webview.style.position = "absolute";
webview.style.left = `${Math.round(anchorBounds.left - surfaceLeft)}px`;
webview.style.top = `${Math.round(anchorBounds.top - surfaceTop)}px`;
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ export function resizeResidentBrowserWebview(input: {
const ownerDocument = readDocument();
const webview = ownerDocument ? findBrowserWebview(normalizedBrowserId, ownerDocument) : null;
if (webview) {
applyBrowserWebviewDimensions(webview, { mode: "fixed", ...dimensions });
applyBrowserWebviewDimensions(webview, dimensions);
}
return dimensions;
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@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ export interface DesktopBrowserBridge {
workspaceId: string;
browserId: string | null;
}) => Promise<void>;
focus?: (browserId: string) => Promise<boolean>;
openDevTools?: (browserId: string) => Promise<unknown>;
clearProfile?: (legacyBrowserIds: string[]) => Promise<void>;
executeAutomationCommand?: (
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@@ -28,14 +28,20 @@ export function getOverlayRoot(): HTMLElement {
if (!el) {
el = document.createElement("div");
el.id = "overlay-root";
el.style.position = "fixed";
el.style.inset = "0";
el.style.pointerEvents = "none";
document.body.appendChild(el);
}
el.style.position = "fixed";
el.style.inset = "0";
el.style.pointerEvents = "none";
el.style.zIndex = String(WEB_SURFACE_PLANE.overlay);
return el;
}
export const WEB_SURFACE_PLANE = {
browser: 0,
overlay: 1,
} as const;
export const OVERLAY_Z = {
floating: 10,
modal: 20,
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@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ async function startTargetPage() {
<head><title>Desktop browser target</title></head>
<body>
<button id="bridge-target" onclick="this.textContent = 'Clicked'">Bridge target</button>
<label for="typing-target">Typing target</label>
<input id="typing-target" />
</body>
</html>`);
});
@@ -323,6 +325,55 @@ async function readViewport(client, browserId) {
return JSON.parse(evaluated.resultJson);
}
async function clickGuestElement(page, client, browserId, selector) {
const evaluated = await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_evaluate", {
browserId,
function: `() => {
const element = document.querySelector(${JSON.stringify(selector)});
if (!(element instanceof HTMLElement)) return null;
const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
return { x: rect.x, y: rect.y, width: rect.width, height: rect.height };
}`,
});
const elementRect = JSON.parse(evaluated.resultJson);
assert(elementRect, `Guest element ${selector} was unavailable`);
const webviewRect = await page.evaluate((id) => {
const webview = document.querySelector(`[data-paseo-browser-id="${id}"]`);
if (!(webview instanceof HTMLElement)) return null;
const rect = webview.getBoundingClientRect();
return { x: rect.x, y: rect.y };
}, browserId);
assert(webviewRect, `Browser webview ${browserId} was unavailable`);
await page.mouse.click(
webviewRect.x + elementRect.x + elementRect.width / 2,
webviewRect.y + elementRect.y + elementRect.height / 2,
);
}
async function selectDeviceSize(page, label) {
await page.locator('[aria-label="Device size"]').click();
const item = page.getByText(label, { exact: true });
await item.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: timeoutMs });
const rect = await item.boundingBox();
assert(rect, `Device size menu item ${label} had no bounds`);
const clip = {
x: Math.max(0, rect.x),
y: Math.max(0, rect.y),
width: rect.width,
height: rect.height,
};
const openPixels = await page.screenshot({ clip });
await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
await item.waitFor({ state: "hidden", timeout: timeoutMs });
const closedPixels = await page.screenshot({ clip });
await page.locator('[aria-label="Device size"]').click();
await item.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: timeoutMs });
await page.mouse.click(rect.x + rect.width / 2, rect.y + rect.height / 2);
await page.keyboard.press("Escape");
return !openPixels.equals(closedPixels);
}
function recordViewportMismatch(failures, label, actual, expected) {
if (actual.width === expected.width && actual.height === expected.height) {
return;
@@ -341,6 +392,16 @@ async function runRegression({ page, client, serverId, targetUrl, callerAgentId
await originalWorkspaceRow.waitFor({ state: "visible", timeout: timeoutMs });
await originalWorkspaceRow.click();
await page.evaluate(() => {
if (document.getElementById("overlay-root")) return;
const overlayRoot = document.createElement("div");
overlayRoot.id = "overlay-root";
overlayRoot.style.position = "fixed";
overlayRoot.style.inset = "0";
overlayRoot.style.pointerEvents = "none";
document.body.appendChild(overlayRoot);
});
const created = await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_new_tab", { url: targetUrl });
const browserId = created.browserId;
assert(typeof browserId === "string", "browser_new_tab returned no browserId");
@@ -364,6 +425,30 @@ async function runRegression({ page, client, serverId, targetUrl, callerAgentId
{ width: firstGuest.width, height: firstGuest.height },
);
await clickGuestElement(page, client, browserId, "#typing-target");
const activeGuestElement = await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_evaluate", {
browserId,
function: "() => document.activeElement?.id ?? null",
});
assert(
JSON.parse(activeGuestElement.resultJson) === "typing-target",
"Physical browser click did not focus the guest input",
);
const focusedGuest = await page.evaluate(
(id) => window.paseoDesktop?.browser?.focus?.(id),
browserId,
);
assert(focusedGuest === true, "Electron did not focus the registered browser guest");
const deviceSizeMenuPainted = await selectDeviceSize(page, "iPhone SE · 375×667");
assert(deviceSizeMenuPainted, "Device size menu did not paint above the browser surface");
recordViewportMismatch(
failures,
"device size menu paints and receives input above the browser surface",
await readViewport(client, browserId),
{ width: 375, height: 667 },
);
await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_wait", {
browserId,
text: "Bridge target",
@@ -426,6 +511,9 @@ async function runRegression({ page, client, serverId, targetUrl, callerAgentId
}
await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_resize", { browserId, ...requestedViewport });
await selectDeviceSize(page, "Responsive");
const responsiveViewport = await readViewport(client, browserId);
await originalDeck.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-agent_${callerAgentId}`).click();
await page.waitForTimeout(500);
try {
@@ -437,13 +525,40 @@ async function runRegression({ page, client, serverId, targetUrl, callerAgentId
failures,
"inactive browser preserves the shared viewport",
await readViewport(client, browserId),
requestedViewport,
responsiveViewport,
);
const focusContinuitySentinel = "preserve-browser-document-across-focus";
await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_evaluate", {
browserId,
function: `() => { globalThis.__paseoFocusContinuity = ${JSON.stringify(focusContinuitySentinel)}; return globalThis.__paseoFocusContinuity; }`,
function: `() => {
globalThis.__paseoFocusContinuity = ${JSON.stringify(focusContinuitySentinel)};
globalThis.__paseoViewportTransitions = [{ width: innerWidth, height: innerHeight }];
addEventListener('resize', () => {
globalThis.__paseoViewportTransitions.push({ width: innerWidth, height: innerHeight });
});
return globalThis.__paseoFocusContinuity;
}`,
});
await page.evaluate((id) => {
const webview = document.querySelector(`[data-paseo-browser-id="${id}"]`);
if (!webview) throw new Error(`Browser webview ${id} was unavailable`);
const events = [];
globalThis.__paseoBrowserReactivationEvents = events;
for (const name of [
"did-start-loading",
"did-navigate-in-page",
"load-commit",
"did-stop-loading",
]) {
webview.addEventListener(name, (event) => {
events.push({
name,
url: event.url ?? null,
isMainFrame: event.isMainFrame ?? null,
});
});
}
}, browserId);
await originalDeck.getByTestId(`workspace-tab-browser_${browserId}`).click();
await page.waitForFunction(
@@ -458,6 +573,29 @@ async function runRegression({ page, client, serverId, targetUrl, callerAgentId
{ id: browserId, webContentsId: firstGuest.webContentsId },
{ timeout: timeoutMs },
);
await page.waitForTimeout(1_500);
const reactivationEvents = await page.evaluate(
() => globalThis.__paseoBrowserReactivationEvents ?? [],
);
const unexpectedReactivationCommits = reactivationEvents.filter(
(event) => event.name === "did-navigate-in-page" || event.name === "load-commit",
);
assert(
unexpectedReactivationCommits.length === 0,
`responsive browser reactivation committed the current document: ${JSON.stringify(unexpectedReactivationCommits)}`,
);
const viewportTransitionsResult = await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_evaluate", {
browserId,
function: "() => globalThis.__paseoViewportTransitions ?? []",
});
const viewportTransitions = JSON.parse(viewportTransitionsResult.resultJson);
const collapsedViewport = viewportTransitions.find(
(viewport) => viewport.width <= 1 || viewport.height <= 1,
);
assert(
collapsedViewport === undefined,
`responsive browser reactivation collapsed the guest viewport: ${JSON.stringify(viewportTransitions)}`,
);
const continuityResult = await callBrowserTool(client, "browser_evaluate", {
browserId,
function: "() => globalThis.__paseoFocusContinuity ?? null",
@@ -531,7 +669,7 @@ async function runRegression({ page, client, serverId, targetUrl, callerAgentId
failures,
"browser viewport survives workspace eviction and reattachment",
await readViewport(client, browserId),
requestedViewport,
responsiveViewport,
);
await originalDeck.getByRole("button", { name: "Annotate element" }).click();
@@ -553,6 +691,8 @@ async function runRegression({ page, client, serverId, targetUrl, callerAgentId
originalWebContentsId: firstGuest.webContentsId,
finalWebContentsId: parkedGuest.webContentsId,
viewport: "passed",
guestFocus: "passed",
overlayPlane: "passed",
inactiveCapture: "passed",
list: "passed",
snapshot: "passed",
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@@ -463,6 +463,18 @@ ipcMain.handle("paseo:browser:set-workspace-active-browser", (event, rawInput: u
}
});
ipcMain.handle("paseo:browser:focus", (event, browserId: unknown): boolean => {
if (typeof browserId !== "string" || browserId.trim().length === 0) {
return false;
}
const contents = getPaseoBrowserWebContentsForHostWindow(browserId, event.sender.id);
if (!contents) {
return false;
}
contents.focus();
return true;
});
ipcMain.handle("paseo:browser:open-devtools", (event, browserId: unknown) => {
if (typeof browserId !== "string" || browserId.trim().length === 0) {
const result = {
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@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("paseoDesktop", {
ipcRenderer.invoke("paseo:browser:unregister-workspace-browser", browserId),
setWorkspaceActiveBrowser: (input: { workspaceId: string; browserId: string | null }) =>
ipcRenderer.invoke("paseo:browser:set-workspace-active-browser", input),
focus: (browserId: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke("paseo:browser:focus", browserId),
openDevTools: (browserId: string) =>
ipcRenderer.invoke("paseo:browser:open-devtools", browserId),
clearProfile: (legacyBrowserIds: string[]) =>