src/lotus/LotusFrameScreenshare.module.css

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/* [cinny #43] EC's screenshare button, floating in the frame's bottom-right
-corner while the host draws the rest of the call bar. */
-.floating {
-  position: fixed;
-  right: var(--cpd-space-4x);
-  bottom: calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom) + var(--cpd-space-4x));
-  z-index: 1;
-}

src/lotus/LotusFrameScreenshare.test.tsx

@@ -1,88 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2026 Lotus Guild
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
-Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
-*/
-
-import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
-import { act, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
-import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { TooltipProvider } from "@vector-im/compound-web";
-import { BehaviorSubject } from "rxjs";
-
-import { type CallViewModel } from "../state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel";
-import { LotusFrameScreenshare } from "./LotusFrameScreenshare";
-import {
-  lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled,
-  lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$,
-  parseFrameScreensharePayload,
-} from "./lotusControls";
-
-// lotusFlag memoizes the URL params on first read, so set them once here.
-window.history.pushState(
-  {},
-  "",
-  "/?lotusHostControls=1&lotusFrameScreenshare=1",
-);
-
-const mockVm = (
-  toggle: (() => void) | null,
-  sharing = new BehaviorSubject(false),
-): CallViewModel =>
-  ({
-    sharingScreen$: sharing,
-    toggleScreenSharing: toggle,
-  }) as unknown as CallViewModel;
-
-const renderButton = (vm: CallViewModel): void => {
-  render(
-    <TooltipProvider>
-      <LotusFrameScreenshare vm={vm} />
-    </TooltipProvider>,
-  );
-};
-
-describe("LotusFrameScreenshare", () => {
-  it("is enabled by lotusHostControls + lotusFrameScreenshare", () => {
-    expect(lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled()).toBe(true);
-  });
-
-  it("toggles the share from a click inside the frame", async () => {
-    const toggle = vi.fn();
-    renderButton(mockVm(toggle));
-    await userEvent.click(screen.getByTestId("lotus_frame_screenshare"));
-    expect(toggle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-  });
-
-  it("follows the sharing state", () => {
-    const sharing = new BehaviorSubject(false);
-    renderButton(mockVm(vi.fn(), sharing));
-    const button = screen.getByTestId("lotus_frame_screenshare");
-    expect(button).toHaveAttribute("aria-checked", "false");
-    act(() => sharing.next(true));
-    expect(button).toHaveAttribute("aria-checked", "true");
-  });
-
-  it("hides while the host's policy forbids sharing, unless a share is live", () => {
-    const sharing = new BehaviorSubject(false);
-    act(() => lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$.next(false));
-    renderButton(mockVm(vi.fn(), sharing));
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId("lotus_frame_screenshare")).toBeNull();
-    act(() => sharing.next(true));
-    expect(screen.getByTestId("lotus_frame_screenshare")).toBeInTheDocument();
-    act(() => lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$.next(true));
-  });
-
-  it("parses the set_frame_screenshare payload", () => {
-    expect(parseFrameScreensharePayload({ visible: false })).toBe(false);
-    expect(parseFrameScreensharePayload({ visible: true })).toBe(true);
-    expect(parseFrameScreensharePayload({})).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(parseFrameScreensharePayload(null)).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it("renders nothing when screensharing is unavailable", () => {
-    renderButton(mockVm(null));
-    expect(screen.queryByTestId("lotus_frame_screenshare")).toBeNull();
-  });
-});

src/lotus/LotusFrameScreenshare.tsx

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2026 Lotus Guild
-
-SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
-Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
-*/
-
-import { type FC } from "react";
-
-import { ShareScreenButton } from "../button";
-import { type CallViewModel } from "../state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel";
-import { useBehavior } from "../useBehavior";
-import {
-  lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled,
-  lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$,
-} from "./lotusControls";
-import styles from "./LotusFrameScreenshare.module.css";
-
-/**
- * [cinny #43] EC's screenshare button, shown inside the frame when the host
- * can't start a share for us (`lotusFrameScreenshare`). The rest of EC's
- * footer stays hidden behind the host's call bar.
- */
-export const LotusFrameScreenshare: FC<{ vm: CallViewModel }> = ({ vm }) => {
-  const sharing = useBehavior(vm.sharingScreen$);
-  const visible = useBehavior(lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$);
-  if (!lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled() || !vm.toggleScreenSharing) return null;
-  // Hidden by the host's call policy, but never while a share is live: the
-  // user must still be able to stop it.
-  if (!visible && !sharing) return null;
-  return (
-    <div className={styles.floating}>
-      <ShareScreenButton
-        size="md"
-        enabled={sharing}
-        onClick={vm.toggleScreenSharing}
-        data-testid="lotus_frame_screenshare"
-      />
-    </div>
-  );
-};

src/lotus/LotusScreensharePrompt.module.css

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/* [cinny #43] "Share your screen?" card, drawn inside the frame just above the
+host's call bar (the frame's bottom edge). */
+.prompt {
+  position: fixed;
+  left: 50%;
+  bottom: calc(env(safe-area-inset-bottom) + var(--cpd-space-4x));
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  z-index: 2;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  width: max-content;
+  max-width: min(360px, calc(100% - 2 * var(--cpd-space-2x)));
+  padding: var(--cpd-space-4x);
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: var(--cpd-space-2x);
+  background: var(--cpd-color-bg-canvas-default);
+  border: 1px solid var(--cpd-color-border-interactive-secondary);
+  border-radius: var(--cpd-space-3x);
+  box-shadow: 0 8px 32px rgb(0 0 0 / 35%);
+  color: var(--cpd-color-text-primary);
+}
+
+.title {
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.buttons {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: var(--cpd-space-2x);
+}
+
+/* The call's picture-in-picture window is only ~158px tall: keep the card to
+the question and the two buttons. */
+@media (max-height: 240px) {
+  .prompt {
+    bottom: var(--cpd-space-2x);
+    padding: var(--cpd-space-2x) var(--cpd-space-3x);
+    gap: var(--cpd-space-1-5x);
+  }
+  .description {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}

src/lotus/LotusScreensharePrompt.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 Lotus Guild
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
+*/
+
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { act, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
+import { TooltipProvider } from "@vector-im/compound-web";
+import { BehaviorSubject } from "rxjs";
+
+import { type CallViewModel } from "../state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel";
+import { LotusScreensharePrompt } from "./LotusScreensharePrompt";
+import {
+  lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled,
+  lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$,
+  lotusScreensharePrompt$,
+  shouldPromptScreenshare,
+} from "./lotusControls";
+
+// lotusFlag memoizes the URL params on first read, so set them once here.
+window.history.pushState(
+  {},
+  "",
+  "/?lotusHostControls=1&lotusFrameScreenshare=1",
+);
+
+const mockVm = (
+  toggle: (() => void) | null,
+  sharing = new BehaviorSubject(false),
+): CallViewModel =>
+  ({
+    sharingScreen$: sharing,
+    toggleScreenSharing: toggle,
+  }) as unknown as CallViewModel;
+
+const renderPrompt = (vm: CallViewModel): void => {
+  render(
+    <TooltipProvider>
+      <LotusScreensharePrompt vm={vm} />
+    </TooltipProvider>,
+  );
+};
+const prompt = (): HTMLElement | null =>
+  screen.queryByTestId("lotus_screenshare_prompt");
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  act(() => {
+    lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(false);
+    lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$.next(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("LotusScreensharePrompt", () => {
+  it("is enabled by lotusHostControls + lotusFrameScreenshare", () => {
+    expect(lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("stays hidden until the host asks", () => {
+    renderPrompt(mockVm(vi.fn()));
+    expect(prompt()).toBeNull();
+    act(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true));
+    expect(prompt()).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(
+      screen.getByRole("alertdialog", { name: "Share your screen?" }),
+    ).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("focuses Share, and Share starts the share and closes", async () => {
+    const toggle = vi.fn();
+    renderPrompt(mockVm(toggle));
+    act(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true));
+    const share = screen.getByTestId("lotus_screenshare_prompt_share");
+    expect(share).toHaveFocus();
+    await userEvent.click(share);
+    expect(toggle).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(prompt()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("Cancel and Escape close without sharing", async () => {
+    const toggle = vi.fn();
+    renderPrompt(mockVm(toggle));
+    act(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true));
+    await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Cancel" }));
+    expect(prompt()).toBeNull();
+    act(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true));
+    await userEvent.keyboard("{Escape}");
+    expect(prompt()).toBeNull();
+    expect(toggle).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it("closes when a share starts some other way", () => {
+    const sharing = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+    renderPrompt(mockVm(vi.fn(), sharing));
+    act(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true));
+    act(() => sharing.next(true));
+    expect(prompt()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("closes when the room's policy stops allowing screensharing", () => {
+    renderPrompt(mockVm(vi.fn()));
+    act(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true));
+    act(() => lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$.next(false));
+    expect(prompt()).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("renders nothing when screensharing is unavailable", () => {
+    renderPrompt(mockVm(null));
+    act(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true));
+    expect(prompt()).toBeNull();
+  });
+});
+
+describe("shouldPromptScreenshare", () => {
+  const ok = { enabled: true, allowed: true, canShare: true, sharing: false };
+  it("prompts only in prompt mode, when allowed, able and not sharing", () => {
+    expect(shouldPromptScreenshare(ok)).toBe(true);
+    expect(shouldPromptScreenshare({ ...ok, enabled: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPromptScreenshare({ ...ok, allowed: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPromptScreenshare({ ...ok, canShare: false })).toBe(false);
+    expect(shouldPromptScreenshare({ ...ok, sharing: true })).toBe(false);
+  });
+});

src/lotus/LotusScreensharePrompt.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2026 Lotus Guild
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only OR LicenseRef-Element-Commercial
+Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
+*/
+
+import { type FC, useCallback, useEffect, useId, useRef } from "react";
+import { Button, Text } from "@vector-im/compound-web";
+
+import { type CallViewModel } from "../state/CallViewModel/CallViewModel";
+import { useBehavior } from "../useBehavior";
+import {
+  lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled,
+  lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$,
+  lotusScreensharePrompt$,
+} from "./lotusControls";
+import styles from "./LotusScreensharePrompt.module.css";
+
+/**
+ * [cinny #43] "Share your screen?" asked inside the call frame, for hosts that
+ * can't hand the user's click to this frame (Firefox, Safari, WebKitGTK). The
+ * host's call-bar button sends `io.lotus.prompt_screenshare`; the Share click
+ * lands here, so getDisplayMedia runs with this frame's own activation. Same
+ * two clicks as the host's own confirm on Chromium.
+ */
+export const LotusScreensharePrompt: FC<{ vm: CallViewModel }> = ({ vm }) => {
+  const open = useBehavior(lotusScreensharePrompt$);
+  const sharing = useBehavior(vm.sharingScreen$);
+  const allowed = useBehavior(lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$);
+  const shareRef = useRef<HTMLButtonElement>(null);
+  const titleId = useId();
+  const descriptionId = useId();
+
+  const close = useCallback(() => lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(false), []);
+
+  // Stale once a share is running (started some other way) or the room's
+  // policy stops allowing it.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (open && (sharing || !allowed)) close();
+  }, [open, sharing, allowed, close]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (open) shareRef.current?.focus();
+  }, [open]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!open) return undefined;
+    const onKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent): void => {
+      if (e.key !== "Escape") return;
+      e.preventDefault();
+      close();
+    };
+    window.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+    return (): void => window.removeEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, true);
+  }, [open, close]);
+
+  const toggle = vm.toggleScreenSharing;
+  if (!open || !lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled() || !toggle) return null;
+
+  const onShare = (): void => {
+    close();
+    // Synchronously inside this click: getDisplayMedia needs its activation.
+    toggle();
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={styles.prompt}
+      role="alertdialog"
+      aria-labelledby={titleId}
+      aria-describedby={descriptionId}
+      data-testid="lotus_screenshare_prompt"
+    >
+      <Text
+        as="h2"
+        id={titleId}
+        size="md"
+        weight="semibold"
+        className={styles.title}
+      >
+        Share your screen?
+      </Text>
+      <Text id={descriptionId} size="md" className={styles.description}>
+        Your screen will be visible to everyone in this call.
+      </Text>
+      <div className={styles.buttons}>
+        <Button
+          ref={shareRef}
+          size="md"
+          onClick={onShare}
+          data-testid="lotus_screenshare_prompt_share"
+        >
+          Share
+        </Button>
+        <Button size="md" kind="secondary" onClick={close}>
+          Cancel
+        </Button>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+};

src/lotus/lotusActions.test.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ describe("LotusWidgetActions", () => {
       LotusWidgetActions.SetScreenshare,
       LotusWidgetActions.SetHotkeys,
       LotusWidgetActions.SetFrameScreenshare,
+      LotusWidgetActions.PromptScreenshare,
     ];
 
     expect(new Set(LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS)).toEqual(new Set(expectedToWidget));

src/lotus/lotusActions.ts

@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ export enum LotusWidgetActions {
    * policy forbids screensharing (cinny #43). Defaults to visible.
    */
   SetFrameScreenshare = "io.lotus.set_frame_screenshare",
+  /**
+   * toWidget: `{}` — show the "Share your screen?" prompt inside this frame
+   * (cinny #43). For hosts that can't delegate the user's click: the prompt's
+   * Share button is clicked here, so getDisplayMedia gets its activation.
+   */
+  PromptScreenshare = "io.lotus.prompt_screenshare",
   /**
    * fromWidget: a watched key went down/up here, or this window's focus
    * changed; see `LotusHotkeyReport` (cinny #43).
@@ -99,7 +105,8 @@ export enum LotusWidgetActions {
   Hotkey = "io.lotus.hotkey",
   /**
    * fromWidget: `{ screensharing: boolean, layout: "grid" | "spotlight" | null,
-   * screenshareAction: true, hotkeys: true, frameScreenshare: boolean }`
+   * screenshareAction: true, hotkeys: true, frameScreenshare: false,
+   * screensharePrompt: boolean, screensharePromptOpen: boolean }`
    * whenever either changes (cinny #43), so the host stops reading EC's DOM for
    * them. Its arrival also tells the host this fork supports the actions above.
    */
@@ -125,4 +132,5 @@ export const LOTUS_TO_WIDGET_ACTIONS: LotusWidgetActions[] = [
   LotusWidgetActions.SetScreenshare,
   LotusWidgetActions.SetHotkeys,
   LotusWidgetActions.SetFrameScreenshare,
+  LotusWidgetActions.PromptScreenshare,
 ];

src/lotus/lotusControls.ts

@@ -26,23 +26,39 @@ export interface LotusControlsState {
   /** This fork handles `io.lotus.set_hotkeys` (always true). */
   hotkeys: true;
   /**
-   * EC's own screenshare button is shown inside the frame (see
-   * `lotusFrameScreenshare`), so the host should hide its own.
+   * EC's own screenshare button is shown inside the frame, so the host should
+   * hide its own. Always false since the prompt replaced that button; kept so
+   * a host that still reads it doesn't hide its button.
    */
-  frameScreenshare: boolean;
+  frameScreenshare: false;
+  /**
+   * The host should start a share with `io.lotus.prompt_screenshare` (the
+   * in-frame prompt) instead of `set_screenshare`: see
+   * `lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled`.
+   */
+  screensharePrompt: boolean;
+  /**
+   * The prompt is showing. The host must let clicks through to this frame
+   * meanwhile (e.g. its picture-in-picture overlay).
+   */
+  screensharePromptOpen: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
  * [cinny #43] `lotusFrameScreenshare=1` (with `lotusHostControls`): the host
  * can't hand the user's click into this frame (no Capability Delegation:
  * Firefox, Safari, WebKitGTK), and `getDisplayMedia` needs that click here.
- * So EC's own screenshare button stays visible in the frame, where the click
- * is native, instead of the host clicking it through the DOM.
+ * The host's call-bar button then asks for `io.lotus.prompt_screenshare`, and
+ * the "Share your screen?" prompt is drawn inside this frame, where the Share
+ * click is native.
  */
 export function lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled(): boolean {
   return lotusFlag("lotusHostControls") && lotusFlag("lotusFrameScreenshare");
 }
 
+/** Whether the in-frame "Share your screen?" prompt is showing. */
+export const lotusScreensharePrompt$ = new BehaviorSubject(false);
+
 /**
  * Host-controlled visibility of the in-frame screenshare button
  * (`io.lotus.set_frame_screenshare`): the host hides it while the room's
@@ -50,6 +66,21 @@ export function lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled(): boolean {
  */
 export const lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$ = new BehaviorSubject(true);
 
+/**
+ * Whether `io.lotus.prompt_screenshare` should show the prompt: only in
+ * prompt mode, where the room's policy allows sharing, EC can share, and no
+ * share is running (stopping goes through `set_screenshare`, which needs no
+ * click). Exported for tests.
+ */
+export function shouldPromptScreenshare(s: {
+  enabled: boolean;
+  allowed: boolean;
+  canShare: boolean;
+  sharing: boolean;
+}): boolean {
+  return s.enabled && s.allowed && s.canShare && !s.sharing;
+}
+
 /** `{ visible }` payload → the visibility to apply, or undefined. Exported for tests. */
 export function parseFrameScreensharePayload(
   data: unknown,
@@ -138,30 +169,51 @@ export function startLotusControls(vm: CallViewModel): () => void {
     if (visible !== undefined) lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$.next(visible);
   };
 
+  const onPromptScreenshare = (ev: CustomEvent<IWidgetApiRequest>): void => {
+    w.api.transport.reply(ev.detail, {});
+    if (
+      shouldPromptScreenshare({
+        enabled: lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled(),
+        allowed: lotusFrameScreenshareVisible$.value,
+        canShare: !!vm.toggleScreenSharing,
+        sharing: vm.sharingScreen$.value,
+      })
+    ) {
+      lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(true);
+    }
+  };
+
   w.lazyActions.on(LotusWidgetActions.SetScreenshare, onSetScreenshare);
   w.lazyActions.on(
     LotusWidgetActions.SetFrameScreenshare,
     onSetFrameScreenshare,
   );
+  w.lazyActions.on(LotusWidgetActions.PromptScreenshare, onPromptScreenshare);
 
   const sub: Subscription = combineLatest([
     vm.sharingScreen$,
     vm.layoutSwitchVm$.pipe(
       switchMap((l) => (l ? l.layout$ : of<LayoutMode | null>(null))),
     ),
+    lotusScreensharePrompt$,
   ])
     .pipe(
       map(
-        ([screensharing, layout]): LotusControlsState => ({
+        ([screensharing, layout, promptOpen]): LotusControlsState => ({
           screensharing,
           layout,
           screenshareAction: true,
           hotkeys: true,
-          frameScreenshare: lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled(),
+          frameScreenshare: false,
+          screensharePrompt: lotusFrameScreenshareEnabled(),
+          screensharePromptOpen: promptOpen,
         }),
       ),
       distinctUntilChanged(
-        (a, b) => a.screensharing === b.screensharing && a.layout === b.layout,
+        (a, b) =>
+          a.screensharing === b.screensharing &&
+          a.layout === b.layout &&
+          a.screensharePromptOpen === b.screensharePromptOpen,
       ),
     )
     .subscribe((state) => {
@@ -178,5 +230,10 @@ export function startLotusControls(vm: CallViewModel): () => void {
       LotusWidgetActions.SetFrameScreenshare,
       onSetFrameScreenshare,
     );
+    w.lazyActions.off(
+      LotusWidgetActions.PromptScreenshare,
+      onPromptScreenshare,
+    );
+    lotusScreensharePrompt$.next(false);
   };
 }

src/room/InCallView.tsx

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import { startLotusCallState } from "../lotus/lotusCallState";
 import { startLotusFocus } from "../lotus/lotusFocus";
 import { startLotusControls } from "../lotus/lotusControls";
 import { startLotusHotkeys } from "../lotus/lotusHotkeys";
-import { LotusFrameScreenshare } from "../lotus/LotusFrameScreenshare";
+import { LotusScreensharePrompt } from "../lotus/LotusScreensharePrompt";
 import { startLotusMicLevel } from "../lotus/lotusMicLevel";
 import { startLotusAudioInject } from "../lotus/lotusAudioInject";
 import { startLotusQuality } from "../lotus/lotusQuality";
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
       {earpieceOverlay}
       <ReactionsOverlay vm={vm} />
       {footer}
-      <LotusFrameScreenshare vm={vm} />
+      <LotusScreensharePrompt vm={vm} />
       {showModals && (
         <>
           <RageshakeRequestModal {...rageshakeRequestModalProps} />