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refactor(tui): remove [i] prefix from system messages and use red color for errors #121

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49 changes: 17 additions & 32 deletions src/cortex-tui/src/views/minimal_session/rendering.rs
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Expand Up @@ -89,50 +89,35 @@ pub fn render_message_with_theme(
lines.extend(rendered_lines);
}
MessageRole::System => {
// Detect error messages - no prefix, show in error color
// Detect error messages - show in error color
let is_error = msg.content.contains("Check your")
|| msg.content.contains("Access denied")
|| msg.content.contains("timed out")
|| msg.content.contains("failed")
|| msg.content.contains("Invalid")
|| msg.content.contains("limit")
|| msg.content.starts_with("Error:");

let (prefix, text_color) = if is_error {
// Error messages: no prefix, use error color
(Span::raw(""), colors.error)
|| msg.content.starts_with("Error:")
|| msg.content.contains("provider appears to be overloaded")
|| msg.content.contains("internet connection")
|| msg.content.contains("proxy is experiencing issues");

// No prefix for any system messages - use error color for errors, muted for info
let text_color = if is_error {
colors.error
} else {
// Info messages: [i] prefix, use muted color
(
Span::styled("[i] ", Style::default().fg(colors.text_muted)),
colors.text_muted,
)
colors.text_muted
};

// Calculate available width for text
let prefix_width = if is_error { 0 } else { 2 };
let text_width = (width as usize).saturating_sub(prefix_width + 1);
// Calculate available width for text (no prefix)
let text_width = (width as usize).saturating_sub(1);

// Wrap text and render each line
let wrapped_lines = wrap_text(&msg.content, text_width);
for (i, line_content) in wrapped_lines.iter().enumerate() {
if i == 0 {
let mut spans = Vec::new();
if !is_error {
spans.push(prefix.clone());
}
spans.push(Span::styled(
line_content.clone(),
Style::default().fg(text_color),
));
lines.push(Line::from(spans));
} else {
let indent = if is_error { "" } else { " " };
lines.push(Line::from(vec![
Span::raw(indent.to_string()),
Span::styled(line_content.clone(), Style::default().fg(text_color)),
]));
}
for line_content in wrapped_lines.iter() {
lines.push(Line::from(vec![Span::styled(
line_content.clone(),
Style::default().fg(text_color),
)]));
}
}
MessageRole::Tool => {
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