fix(web): selected text stays visible on a revealed file line

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When you open a file from a chat link (for example CodexSessionRuntime.ts · L582), the target line gets a blue tint. Selecting text on that line showed nothing, so you could not tell what you had selected.

The cause was layering, not only color. The reveal CSS set background-color on the row element. In the editable file view, that row paints above the editor's text selection layer, so it covered the selection completely. The fix sets the tint through --diffs-line-bg instead. The editor paints that variable on its row background layer, below the selection, the same way the diff view already tints selected rows. The read-only file view reads the same variable, so the reveal tint still shows there.

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• Style
  • Adjusted the tint shown on revealed diff lines while preserving light and dark theme colors and selection behavior.

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Thread transfer impact

✅ Thread transfer remains within every enforced ceiling.

Provider	Metric	Main baseline	This PR	Impact	PR ceiling
Codex	Total thread wire	13.5 KiB	13.5 KiB	−20 B (−0.1%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Codex	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	−1 B (−0.0%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.5 KiB	6.5 KiB	−19 B (−0.3%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn WebSocket decoded	56.3 KiB	56.3 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Codex	Live turn messages	10	10	0 (0.0%)	21	✅
Claude	Total thread wire	13.5 KiB	13.5 KiB	−4 B (−0.0%)	15.1 KiB	✅
Claude	Thread snapshot wire	7.1 KiB	7.1 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	7.3 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket wire	6.5 KiB	6.4 KiB	−4 B (−0.1%)	7.8 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn WebSocket decoded	57.0 KiB	57.0 KiB	0 B (0.0%)	66.4 KiB	✅
Claude	Live turn messages	9	9	0 (0.0%)	21	✅

Baseline: 568c9bc · PR result: 8f576ce · Source CI: success

Scenario and decoded snapshot size

10 historical turns, 5 command tools per turn, 878.9 KiB retained MCP result per historical turn, and a 1.05 MiB retained result in the measured turn.

• Codex decoded thread snapshot: 114.0 KiB
• Claude decoded thread snapshot: 114.7 KiB

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 8f576ce

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused one-file UI bug fix that preserves the existing revealed-line tint while moving it beneath text selection. It introduces no new capability, product-default change, schema change, or static-analysis override.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The revealed-line selector now applies its tint through --diffs-line-bg instead of setting background-color directly. The tint values and selection-color fallbacks remain unchanged.

Changes

Revealed-line styling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Apply tint through the diff line background variable apps/web/src/components/files/fileSurfaceChrome.tsx	The revealed-line selector sets --diffs-line-bg. A comment notes that this keeps the tint beneath text selection. Existing tint values and selection fallbacks are unchanged.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 8f576

The reveal highlight disappears on an editable row when that line is selected. This is a localized visual regression; the change is mergeable with a small follow-up to preserve the tint.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main bug fix: selected text remains visible on a revealed file line.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the problem, root cause, implementation, and UI result. It includes before-and-after screenshots and remains focused. It does not use the template headings or complete the che…
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
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Inline comments:
In `@apps/web/src/components/files/fileSurfaceChrome.tsx`:
- Around line 35-36: Update the reveal-row styling in the `fileSurfaceChrome`
rules so selected editable rows retain the reveal tint: add a `::after`
background rule for rows matching `FILE_LINK_REVEAL_ATTRIBUTE`, `data-line`, and
`data-selected-line`, using the computed `--diffs-line-bg` value. Leave the
existing reveal tint calculation unchanged.

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