How AIClaw Keeps Conversation Search from Rearranging the Sidebar
Searching for an old conversation should not change how the rest of the workspace is organized. A project tree answers where work belongs; a search result answers where a particular piece of work can be found. Treating both as the same list makes switching between them harder than it needs to be. AIClaw introduced a centered search-and-command panel in 3.9.2 . The published 3.10.0 release retains…
AIClaw's centered search-and-command panel, introduced in version 3.9.2, remains in version 3.10.0. This panel allows users to search for and manage conversations without disrupting the project tree organization. When opened, the panel appears in the sidebar header, offering actions such as starting a conversation, renaming or archiving, creating a project, or navigating to settings.
Typing filters these actions, and conversation results are displayed below the panel. Selecting a result opens the conversation as usual. The panel does not alter project assignments or introduce a new grouping system, preserving the existing sidebar organization. The search functionality utilizes a debounce technique to prevent excessive searches and maintains existing commands while the conversation search is pending.
Closing the panel restores the sidebar's original organization. The panel's codebase includes robust error handling and avoids treating command failures as successful navigation. It delegates to existing application actions for rename and archive functions, ensuring consistency in user experience. The panel serves as an entry point for various application actions, not a shell-command launcher or natural language agent.
The article verifies the panel's functionality through a clean checkout, verification against the source code, and running tests on the desktop work UI.
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