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-rw-r--r--packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/chat-app.js10
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diff --git a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/chat-app.js b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/chat-app.js
index 3d518b3..f21ec2c 100644
--- a/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/chat-app.js
+++ b/packages/meshbay-hub/src/meshbay_hub/static/chat-app.js
@@ -316,6 +316,16 @@ function ChatPanel({ transportRef, username, entries, gekRef, onRefreshIndex,
return () => ro.disconnect();
}, [messages]);
+ // Entering the Chat tab should leave the cursor in the composer, ready to
+ // type — the panel mounts fresh on every tab switch, so a mount effect is
+ // the tab-entry hook. `preventScroll` because the layout effects above are
+ // still settling the panel height and a focus-driven scroll would fight
+ // them; on a phone this also means the keyboard opens without the view
+ // jumping.
+ useEffect(() => {
+ inputRef.current?.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+ }, []);
+
// The panel was `calc(100vh - 220px)`: a guess at how much sits above it. On a
// phone the group header — title, description, edit link, delete button, tabs
// — is closer to 430px, so the panel ran past the fold and the composer ended