feat: add Quick Prompt global hotkey popup for one-off AI questions

Add a system-wide global hotkey (Win+Shift+A / Cmd+Shift+A) that summons
a floating, frameless popup window for quick AI interactions from any app.

Main process:
- GlobalHotkeyService for registering/unregistering system-wide shortcuts
- Frameless, transparent, always-on-top BrowserWindow factory
- IPC handlers for send, discard, close, continue-in-aryx, cancel
- Session event routing from sidecar to quick prompt window
- Settings persistence for default model, hotkey, and reasoning effort

Renderer (separate lightweight entry):
- QuickPromptApp with session state, streaming, keyboard shortcuts
- QuickPromptInput with model selector trigger and cancel support
- QuickPromptResponse with streamed markdown and thinking blocks
- QuickPromptActions (Discard / Close / Continue in Aryx)
- ModelSelector dropdown with tier badges and reasoning effort
- Glass Command Bar aesthetic with animated gradient border

Settings:
- Quick Prompt section in SettingsPanel with enable toggle, hotkey
  display, default model selector, and reasoning effort picker

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
David Kaya
2026-04-13 11:23:14 +02:00
co-authored by Copilot
parent ec92b61663
commit b038019954
24 changed files with 1404 additions and 11 deletions
+19 -3
View File
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ flowchart LR
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Renderer | Screens, interaction, local view composition, theme application | Filesystem, process spawning, raw Electron access, Copilot runtime | Typed preload API and pushed events |
| Preload | Narrow bridge between browser context and Electron IPC | Business logic, persistence, orchestration | `ipcRenderer` / `ipcMain` |
| Main process | Workspace mutation, persistence, git inspection/write operations, run change attribution, commit workflow orchestration, session lifecycle, native window state, sidecar lifecycle, PTY-backed terminal lifecycle | UI rendering, LLM orchestration internals | IPC, filesystem, git CLI, stdio with sidecar, native child processes |
| Main process | Workspace mutation, persistence, git inspection/write operations, run change attribution, commit workflow orchestration, session lifecycle, native window state, global hotkey registration, sidecar lifecycle, PTY-backed terminal lifecycle | UI rendering, LLM orchestration internals | IPC, filesystem, git CLI, stdio with sidecar, native child processes |
| Sidecar | Capability discovery, workflow validation, run execution, streaming deltas and activity | UI, workspace persistence, Electron APIs | Line-delimited JSON over stdio |
| External systems | Git data, Copilot account/model access, OS window chrome | Application state and UI behavior | Controlled adapters owned by main or sidecar |
@@ -350,7 +350,8 @@ That gives the system:
The main process owns desktop concerns such as:
- native window creation
- native window creation (main window and quick prompt overlay)
- global hotkey registration
- title bar behavior
- background process management
- filesystem access
@@ -358,13 +359,28 @@ The main process owns desktop concerns such as:
This keeps those concerns out of the renderer while still letting the UI feel native.
### Multi-window setup and Quick Prompt
Aryx runs two `BrowserWindow` instances:
- the **main window** — the full workspace UI
- the **quick prompt window** — a frameless, transparent, always-on-top overlay for one-off AI questions
The quick prompt window loads a separate, lightweight renderer entry (`quickprompt.html` / `quickprompt.tsx`) with its own preload script (`preload/quickprompt.ts`). This keeps its bundle small and avoids loading the full workspace renderer. It communicates with the main process through dedicated IPC channels prefixed with `quick-prompt:`.
A **global hotkey service** (`src/main/services/globalHotkey.ts`) registers a system-wide keyboard shortcut (default `Super+Shift+A`, configurable in settings) using Electron's `globalShortcut` API. Pressing the hotkey toggles the quick prompt window. The service re-registers the shortcut when the configured hotkey changes and unregisters on app quit.
Quick prompt sessions are real `SessionRecord` instances created on the scratchpad project. The main process routes matching session events from the sidecar to the quick prompt window's `webContents`. After a response completes, the user can discard the session, close the window (preserving the session for later access in the main UI), or continue the conversation in the main window.
The `window-all-closed` handler excludes the quick prompt window so the app does not stay alive solely because the hidden popup exists.
## Build and release architecture
Aryx ships as an Electron application bundled together with a self-contained .NET sidecar.
The build pipeline is organized around three layers:
- building the Electron renderer and main process assets
- building the Electron renderer entries (main workspace and quick prompt) and main process assets
- publishing the sidecar for the target runtime
- packaging platform artifacts with electron-builder