fix(web): type in front of bold that starts a composer line

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What Changed

In the rich text composer, the caret now has two stops wherever styled text meets plain text or the edge of a line: one that types plain text and one that types styled text. ArrowLeft and ArrowRight switch between the two stops before moving on, and the revealed ** markers are drawn on the side of the caret that matches what you'll type.

Why

If you paste Markdown that starts with bold, like **What the cloud won't fix:** it gives us..., you can't type anything in front of it. The caret shows up before the **, but whatever you type lands inside the bold.

The markers are decorations, not text, so the start of the line and the start of the bold are the same document position. ProseMirror gives that position the marks of the text after it, so typing there is always bold. The end of a line has the same problem in reverse, where you can't type plain text after a trailing bold.

The fix uses ProseMirror stored marks to pick which stop the caret is on. It doesn't add hidden characters or change how the prompt serializes.

Two related adjustments:

• If you toggle a style by hand at an edge (for example Cmd+I), the arrow keys move as usual and don't reset it.
• The stop check runs before the existing chip skip, so the plain stop between styled text and a chip right after it is still reachable.
• Inline code no longer uses Tiptap's exitable exit, which inserted a space when you pressed ArrowRight at the end of a line. ArrowRight now leaves code the same way it leaves bold, and the next press moves on normally.

UI Changes

The same recorded flow on both revisions: paste the text above, arrow left to the start of the line, press ArrowLeft once more, then type Note: .

Before (base): the caret appears in front of **, but "Note: " goes inside the bold.

After (this PR): ArrowLeft steps in front of the **, and "Note: " stays plain.

Recordings: before.mp4, after.mp4. Captured from the web client in headless Chrome against an isolated dev server with rich text on (the default). Serialized drafts: base gives **Note: What the cloud won't fix:** ..., this PR gives Note: **What the cloud won't fix:** ....

Verification:

• vp test run src/composer-rich-text-doc.test.ts: 88 passed, including 7 new tests covering typing in front of a leading bold, typing after a trailing bold, both stops mid-line, the stop next to an adjacent chip, leaving inline code without a stray space, keeping marks you toggled by hand at an edge, and arrows behaving normally away from styled edges.
• Keyboard checks in the same client on the final head: `code` then a new line, ArrowRight twice from the end of the code moves to the next line with no space added. head **bold** plus ArrowRight types plain text after the bold. The leading-bold flow above gives Note: **What the cloud won't fix:** ....
• tsc --noEmit for apps/web passes, and lint is clean on the changed files.
• Mobile uses its own composer and isn't affected. With rich text off there are no marks, so nothing changes.

Checklist

• This PR is small and focused
• I explained what changed and why
• I included before/after screenshots for any UI changes
• I included a video for animation/interaction changes

Done by Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (inside T3 Code).

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Closes #14604

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved arrow-key movement at the edges of bold, italic, and other styled text, including around mention chips.
  • Caret movement now respects formatting choices toggled at a text boundary, and leaves arrow-key behavior unchanged when no styled edge is involved.
  • Moving out of inline code no longer inserts an unwanted space.

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Verdict: Approved at 6b367f5

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The rich-text document adds helpers for caret movement across styled-text boundaries and disables the stock code-mark exit behavior. The composer editor uses these helpers for marker placement and arrow-key handling. Tests cover caret movement and typing at styled edges.

Changes

Styled-edge caret handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Define styled-edge caret behavior apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.ts, apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.test.ts	Adds helpers to detect styled edges and switch stored marks. Disables the stock code-mark exit behavior. Adds tests for caret movement and typing at styled edges.
Apply caret behavior in the composer editor apps/web/src/components/ComposerPromptEditorTiptap.tsx	Recalculates marker decorations when stored marks change, adjusts marker sides at the caret, and checks styled edges before moving across adjacent composer chips.

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In `@apps/web/src/composer-rich-text-doc.ts`:
- Around line 698-699: Update the edge-handling branch around Mark.sameSet so it
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