fix(web): composer context strip no longer counts its padding as free space

[thymikee]

When the composer rests (after scrolling up in a thread), its model and mode controls move into the context strip next to the Worktree and branch labels. At some widths the strip keeps its labels expanded even though the controls no longer fit, so "Full access" collapses to a bare lock icon while the branch name stays fully spelled out.

The strip decides whether its labels fit by comparing the width it needs against clientWidth, which includes its own ps-1 pe-2 padding. That leaves a 12px band where the strip believes everything fits while the composer, measuring its real host, has to compact its controls. The fix subtracts the strip's inline padding from the available width, so the two measurements agree: the strip labels compact first, and the existing 16px hysteresis still guards re-expansion.

Measured on a 1280px window with a Claude thread (strip clientWidth 724px, content box 712px):

	Strip labels	"Full access"
Before	expanded (needed 718px ≤ 724px)	icon only (host 376px < 381px natural)
After	compact (718px > 712px)	labeled

Sweeping the strip from 712px to 752px, labels and "Full access" are never collapsed at the same time after the fix, and repeated re-measures don't flip the strip at any width.

Before:

After:

The flicker between the two states reported against older nightlies came from the label under-measurement fixed in #13555. This PR removes the remaining steady state where both collapse decisions disagree.

Opus 5.5 (1M context) via Claude Code, running in T3 Code.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved label overflow handling in the branch toolbar so available space is measured more accurately, accounting for the context strip’s padding and spacing. This helps labels display within the space actually available and reduces layout issues when the toolbar has limited room.

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Verdict: Approved at bed5d07

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused, single-file UI bug fix that subtracts the context strip’s padding from available label space, aligning label and composer-control overflow decisions. Its runtime impact is localized to narrow-width layout behavior and introduces no broader capability or sensitive-area changes.

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The branch label overflow calculation now subtracts the context strip’s inline padding from its available width. It also reads the column gap from the computed strip style already captured by the hook.

Changes

Branch label overflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Overflow width calculation apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx	The hook returns when the strip has zero client width, subtracts inline padding from the available width, and reuses the computed style to read the column gap.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to bed5d

The label-width calculation now excludes the strip’s padding. A focused regression test is recommended, but no current user-facing failure is established, so the change is mergeable.

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The change affects 1 system.

Changed systems: apps/web

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Systems and components

• observed — apps/web (ui) was modified; 1 changed file maps to changed impact.

Before / after behavior

• observed — Modified behavior in apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx: useLabelsOverflow now returns early when the strip has zero client width, then subtracts its computed inline-start and inline-end padding from the available width. Previously it used the full client width and returned only when that width was zero.
• observed — Modified behavior in apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx: The strip column gap is now read from the computed style already captured for the strip, rather than fetching the style again.

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364-372: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

The existing tests cover resolveContextStripLabelsCompact with supplied widths, but they do not exercise useLabelsOverflow or its DOM measurement. A focused test would cover a material regression boundary because removing the padding subtraction would still pass the current resolver tests.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx` around lines 364 - 372, Add a
focused test for the DOM measurement in useLabelsOverflow that verifies the
available width excludes the strip’s inline padding before label overflow is
resolved. Keep the existing resolveContextStripLabelsCompact tests, but ensure
the new test would fail if the padding subtraction were removed.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/BranchToolbar.tsx`:
- Around line 364-372: Add a focused test for the DOM measurement in
useLabelsOverflow that verifies the available width excludes the strip’s inline
padding before label overflow is resolved. Keep the existing
resolveContextStripLabelsCompact tests, but ensure the new test would fail if
the padding subtraction were removed.

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