From ee7410c203ef217f1c83a955e27a15bb9fa1fede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Steinberger <peter@steipete.me>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:42:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ui): center external session conversations (#107781)

---
 ui/src/e2e/claude-sessions.e2e.test.ts | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.ts         |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/src/e2e/claude-sessions.e2e.test.ts b/ui/src/e2e/claude-sessions.e2e.test.ts
index 04c99cac6a97..231b0680f42b 100644
--- a/ui/src/e2e/claude-sessions.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/ui/src/e2e/claude-sessions.e2e.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import fs from "node:fs/promises";
+import path from "node:path";
 import { chromium, type Browser } from "playwright";
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import {
@@ -162,6 +164,34 @@ suite("Claude native session catalog", () => {
     await expect
       .poll(() => page.getByText("This session is on a paired node and is view-only.").count())
       .toBe(1);
+    const artifactDir = process.env.OPENCLAW_UI_E2E_ARTIFACT_DIR?.trim();
+    const expectCenteredLayout = async (screenshotName: string) => {
+      const [workbenchBox, threadBox, composerBox] = await Promise.all([
+        page.locator(".chat-workbench").boundingBox(),
+        page.locator(".chat-thread-inner").boundingBox(),
+        page.locator(".agent-chat__composer-shell").boundingBox(),
+      ]);
+      expect(workbenchBox).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(threadBox).not.toBeNull();
+      expect(composerBox).not.toBeNull();
+      const workbenchCenter = workbenchBox!.x + workbenchBox!.width / 2;
+      expect(Math.abs(threadBox!.x + threadBox!.width / 2 - workbenchCenter)).toBeLessThanOrEqual(
+        1,
+      );
+      expect(
+        Math.abs(composerBox!.x + composerBox!.width / 2 - workbenchCenter),
+      ).toBeLessThanOrEqual(1);
+      if (artifactDir) {
+        await fs.mkdir(artifactDir, { recursive: true });
+        await page.screenshot({
+          path: path.join(artifactDir, screenshotName),
+          fullPage: true,
+        });
+      }
+    };
+    await expectCenteredLayout("claude-external-session-centered-1280.png");
+    await page.setViewportSize({ width: 1600, height: 900 });
+    await expectCenteredLayout("claude-external-session-centered-1600.png");
     expect((await gateway.getRequests("sessions.catalog.read")).at(-1)?.params).toMatchObject({
       catalogId: "claude",
       cursor: "older",
diff --git a/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.ts b/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.ts
index e31e08a88eb3..04d0157bec9f 100644
--- a/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.ts
+++ b/ui/src/pages/chat/chat-view.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ export function renderChat(props: ChatProps) {
   const splitRatio = props.splitRatio ?? 0.6;
   const sidebarOpen = Boolean(props.sidebarOpen && props.onCloseSidebar);
   const sidebarStacked = props.sidebarStacked === true;
+  const workspaceCollapsed = props.sessionWorkspace?.collapsed !== false;
   const workspaceDockBottom = Boolean(
     props.sessionWorkspace &&
     (props.sessionWorkspace.dock === "bottom" || props.sessionWorkspace.narrowLayout),
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ export function renderChat(props: ChatProps) {
         requestUpdate,
       )}
       <div
-        class="chat-workbench ${props.sessionWorkspace?.collapsed
+        class="chat-workbench ${workspaceCollapsed
           ? "chat-workbench--workspace-collapsed"
           : ""} ${workspaceDockBottom ? "chat-workbench--dock-bottom" : ""} ${tasksOpen &&
         !tasksDockBottom