fix(edit-history): harden diff after review

Address findings from 2 review agents on the edit-history diff:

- Perf: diffWords is O(n*m); cap at 2000 tokens/side and fall back to a
  coarse whole-block replaced diff above that, so a very large multi-edit
  message can't freeze the main thread. Memoize the per-row diff in
  DiffText. (Added a unit test for the coarse fallback.)

- Perceivability (a11y/design): the added-word <ins> highlight was
  color-fill only, which is faint against the modal surface in the lotus
  themes. Add a Success.ContainerLine border + horizontal padding (so the
  rounded corners read as a chip) + box-decoration-break: clone for clean
  wrapping, so the "added" cue survives low fill contrast.

- Consistency: a media/no-body edit now renders "(no text)" in diff mode
  too (matched the toggle-off view; was blank).

- Softened the code comment's screen-reader claim (bare <ins>/<del> aren't
  announced by default).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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2026-07-10 11:11:16 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Opus 4.8
parent 961789fd71
commit 90e6901a60
3 changed files with 36 additions and 4 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
import React, { ReactNode, useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import React, { ReactNode, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
import parse from 'html-react-parser';
import Linkify from 'linkify-react';
import FocusTrap from 'focus-trap-react';
@@ -113,10 +113,11 @@ function getVersionText(evt: MatrixEvent): string {
}
// Renders a word-level diff of prev -> next: added words highlighted, removed
// words struck-through. Uses semantic <ins>/<del> so screen readers announce
// the change. Plain-text only (formatting isn't diffed — see the toggle).
// words struck-through, using semantic <ins>/<del> elements. Plain-text only
// (formatting isn't diffed — see the "Highlight changes" toggle).
function DiffText({ prev, next }: { prev: string; next: string }) {
const segments = diffWords(prev, next);
const segments = useMemo(() => diffWords(prev, next), [prev, next]);
if (segments.length === 0) return <>(no text)</>;
return (
<>
{segments.map((seg, i) => {
@@ -128,8 +129,12 @@ function DiffText({ prev, next }: { prev: string; next: string }) {
style={{
background: color.Success.Container,
color: color.Success.OnContainer,
border: `${config.borderWidth.B300} solid ${color.Success.ContainerLine}`,
borderRadius: config.radii.R300,
padding: `0 ${config.space.S100}`,
textDecoration: 'none',
boxDecorationBreak: 'clone',
WebkitBoxDecorationBreak: 'clone',
}}
>
{seg.text}