feat(web): gauge option for the composer's effort display by PedroNavHur · Pull Request #26802 · pingdotgg/t3code

PedroNavHur · 2026-10-29T04:13:37Z

Effort display can show the level as a word or as bars. This adds a third option, Gauge: the Lucide gauge already used for the effort control, with its needle on the selected level and the arc filled up to it.

Summary

 EffortDisplay = "label" | "bars"
+                         | "gauge"

 <TraitsPicker>
   resolveEffortGlyph()            # unchanged: count / filled
-  <EffortGlyph />                 # bars
+  effortDisplay === "gauge"
+    ? <EffortGauge />             # needle 180° → 0° across the levels; off rests at 210° with no fill
+    : <EffortGlyph />

The gauge reads the same count and filled as the bars, so levels sit in the same order. Max, Ultracode and Ultrathink still show their names.

Evidence

Codex (GPT-6 Astra) at each level, captured in a dev build with Effort display set to Bars, then Gauge. The composer controls were rendered at 4x with a CSS transform, so they are sharp rather than upscaled:

Before:
After:
Before:
After:

EffortGlyph.test.ts adds an effortGaugeAngle case: four levels land at 180°, 120°, 60° and 0°, off at 210°, and a single level at 0°. vp run check:changed passes (format, lint, knip, typecheck of 32 packages, tests in 3 files). Not checked: the xs composer size and mobile, which has no effort glyph.

Merge Danger

Door: two-way

A new setting value. A client from before this change that reads a saved "gauge" would fail to decode it, the same as for any added literal.

Blast Radius: small

Only the composer's effort control when Gauge is chosen. Word stays the default, and Bars is unchanged.

Created with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code (T3 Code).

macroscopeapp · 2026-10-29T04:15:31Z

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Verdict: Approved at c063583

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — Adds an optional gauge for the composer's effort indicator while preserving the existing default and reasoning behavior. The change is confined to presentation and its appearance preference.

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Walkthrough

The effort display setting now includes a gauge option. When selected, the traits picker renders a muted arc and a needle, with a highlighted arc when effort is filled.

Changes: Effort Gauge Display

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Add the gauge setting `packages/contracts/src/settings.ts`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/AppearanceSettingsPanel.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts`	The `EffortDisplay` contract and appearance selector now accept `gauge`. The selector labels and describes the option, and settings search includes it.
Render the effort gauge `apps/web/src/components/chat/EffortGlyph.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/chat/TraitsPicker.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/chat/EffortGlyph.test.ts`	`EffortGlyph.tsx` adds the gauge angle calculation and SVG rendering. `TraitsPicker` uses the gauge when the selected display is `gauge` and the effort glyph has no word label. Tests check gauge angles for filled levels, an empty gauge, and a single-level gauge.

Priority: Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Feature

Possibly related issues

pingdotgg/t3code#26989: The issue concerns the composer effort control blending into the model label. This PR adds a gauge visual for the effort control.

Possibly related PRs

pingdotgg/t3code#25354: Maps the composer gauge needle to the selected reasoning level in TraitsPicker.tsx.
pingdotgg/t3code#25869: Adds the effort display setting and bars display that this change extends.
pingdotgg/t3code#27186: Changes icon-only effort rendering in EffortGlyph.tsx and TraitsPicker.tsx.

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg

Merge Risk: Moderate · up to 9f74d

Saving the Gauge setting can make settings unreadable by older desktop builds, so cross-version compatibility should be addressed before merging.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title is concise, uses the repository's conventional format, and clearly identifies the main change: adding a gauge option for the composer's effort display.
Description check		The description explains the existing behavior, the new Gauge option, affected components, compatibility risk, visual evidence, and verification results. It does not use the template headings exactly …
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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coderabbitai · 2026-10-29T04:21:02Z

-/** How the composer shows reasoning effort: the level's name, or rising bars. */
-export const EffortDisplay = Schema.Literals(["label", "bars"]);
+/** How the composer shows reasoning effort: the level's name, rising bars, or a gauge. */
+export const EffortDisplay = Schema.Literals(["label", "bars", "gauge"]);


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Preserve compatibility with older desktop builds.

If a user selects Gauge in a newer build and then opens an older build, the older ClientSettingsSchema rejects the entire settings document. Packaged builds share the same settings directory across release channels. The older client then cannot load or save client settings. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Store Gauge in a backward-compatible field, or keep the persisted effortDisplay value valid for older clients.

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This is true, but I'm leaving it out of this PR. Adding any new choice to a client settings dropdown has the same downgrade problem, because the desktop app decodes ClientSettingsSchema strictly (apps/desktop/src/settings/DesktopClientSettings.ts). #26138 recently added nightly-artwork and dev-artwork to EnvironmentIdentificationMode the same way.

A separate field just for the gauge would fix this one setting and nothing else. The general fix is to make the settings read tolerate unknown values, for example by falling back to each field's default. That changes how every setting is read, so it should be its own PR rather than part of this one.

@PedroNavHur Understood. A shared settings-read fix belongs in a separate PR. I won’t press for a Gauge-specific field here.

The downgrade risk remains valid but deferred, rather than fixed. The follow-up should verify that an unknown setting value falls back without preventing other settings from loading or saving.

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Minor · Map gauge levels to the full Lucide arc. · EffortGlyph.tsx:112-123

apps/web/src/components/chat/EffortGlyph.tsx:112-123
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Map gauge levels to the full Lucide arc.

When filled === count, effortGaugeAngle returns 0, but the background arc ends at -30°. The filled path therefore leaves a visible 30° gap at full effort. Map filled levels from the arc start (210°) to its end (-30°), while keeping the off state at 210°.
Suggested fix
 const GAUGE_OFF_ANGLE = 210;
+const GAUGE_ARC_END_ANGLE = -30;

 export function effortGaugeAngle(count: number, filled: number): number {
   if (filled === 0) return GAUGE_OFF_ANGLE;
-  return count === 1 ? 0 : 180 - (180 * (filled - 1)) / (count - 1);
+  return GAUGE_OFF_ANGLE - ((GAUGE_OFF_ANGLE - GAUGE_ARC_END_ANGLE) * filled) / count;
 }
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Effort display gains a third choice beside Word and Bars: Lucide's gauge, with the needle at the selected level and the arc filled up to it. The needle sweeps left to right across the levels the bars count, and an off level rests it at the arc's start with no fill.

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[Bug]: Composer model and effort controls read as one label ("Opus 5.5 High") #26989

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