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Add composer prompt history navigation with ArrowUp and ArrowDown#1157
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What Changed

  • added terminal-style prompt history navigation to the chat composer for ArrowUp and ArrowDown
  • history prefers prior user prompts from the current thread, then falls back to other threads in the same repo/project when the thread is new
  • history navigation only triggers when the caret is on the top or bottom visible line of the composer, including internal composer scroll state
  • pressing ArrowDown back out of history restores the saved in-progress draft instead of dropping it
  • added focused tests for history ordering, draft restoration, and oldest-entry stop behaviour

Why

Prompt iteration in the composer should behave like terminal history. The goal was to make recalling, editing, and resending earlier prompts fast and predictable without losing the current draft. The follow-up commit fixes the edge cases so history only triggers at the real visual top/bottom of the composer and does not wrap at the oldest entry.

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Add composer prompt history navigation with ArrowUp and ArrowDown
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- Recall prior user prompts in the composer when caret is on first/last visual line
- Preserve draft text while navigating history and reset state on send/thread changes
- Extract prompt history resolution/navigation utilities with coverage in new unit tests
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