From 3c3789575723b09be9232cbe898eae20b95ee7a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: l0ng-ai <24760907+l0ng-ai@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 01:36:18 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(mobile): a pane on its way shows that it is coming

Opening a pane over a slow link left an empty screen until its replay
arrived. After a quarter second without it, three dots say it is coming.
---
 mobile/src/main.ts   | 12 +++++++++++-
 mobile/src/style.css | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mobile/src/main.ts b/mobile/src/main.ts
index f5d21381..08718286 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/main.ts
@@ -2737,13 +2737,21 @@ function terminalScreen(host: Host, place: Place, pane: PaneView, title: string,
     typing.setAttribute("autocorrect", "off");
     typing.setAttribute("autocomplete", "off");
 
+    // Until the pane's screen first arrives, a sign that it is on its way,
+    // not an empty pane; held back a moment so a quick link never flashes it.
+    const loading = h("div", { class: "term-loading", hidden: true }, h("span"), h("span"), h("span"));
+    const loadingSoon = window.setTimeout(() => (loading.hidden = false), 250);
+    const loaded = () => {
+      clearTimeout(loadingSoon);
+      loading.remove();
+    };
     // Back in the history, the way down to what is happening now is one tap.
     const latest = h("button", { class: "to-latest", ariaLabel: "Jump to the latest output", hidden: true }, ico("down"));
     const view = h(
       "div",
       { class: "screen term-screen" },
       bar,
-      h("div", { class: "term-wrap" }, screenEl, typing, copyView, findBar, latest, banner),
+      h("div", { class: "term-wrap" }, screenEl, loading, typing, copyView, findBar, latest, banner),
       h("div", { class: "term-dock" }, h("div", { class: "key-slot" }, pages, answers, suggest), dots, chips, compose),
     );
 
@@ -2896,6 +2904,7 @@ function terminalScreen(host: Host, place: Place, pane: PaneView, title: string,
     // A pane its server no longer has — restarted since, and not started
     // again — is not coming back by retrying: said so, with a way on.
     const gone = () => {
+      loaded();
       ended = true;
       live = false;
       retry.cancel();
@@ -3808,6 +3817,7 @@ function terminalScreen(host: Host, place: Place, pane: PaneView, title: string,
       const replay = () => {
         if (replayed) return;
         replayed = true;
+        loaded();
         term.reset();
       };
       live = false;
diff --git a/mobile/src/style.css b/mobile/src/style.css
index 660d3a1c..2d130029 100644
--- a/mobile/src/style.css
+++ b/mobile/src/style.css
@@ -2705,3 +2705,47 @@ html[data-nav="pop"]::view-transition-new(root) {
 .row {
   -webkit-touch-callout: none;
 }
+
+/* Three dots while a pane's screen is on its way (main.ts `loading`). */
+.term-loading {
+  position: absolute;
+  inset: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.term-loading[hidden] {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.term-loading span {
+  width: 7px;
+  height: 7px;
+  border-radius: 50%;
+  background: var(--ink-3);
+  animation: loading-dot 1s ease-in-out infinite;
+}
+
+.term-loading span:nth-child(2) {
+  animation-delay: 0.15s;
+}
+
+.term-loading span:nth-child(3) {
+  animation-delay: 0.3s;
+}
+
+@keyframes loading-dot {
+  0%,
+  80%,
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0.3;
+    transform: scale(0.8);
+  }
+  40% {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: none;
+  }
+}