Rename "Chat" to "Build" in interaction mode toggle by heysonder · Pull Request #1769 · pingdotgg/t3code

heysonder · 2026-04-06T03:20:17Z

What changed

Renamed the interaction mode toggle label from "Chat" to "Code" (the non-plan default mode). Updated the corresponding browser test assertions.

Why

T3 Code is a coding agent app, not a chatbot. The default mode label should reflect what the tool actually does — execute code, edit files, and run commands. "Chat" undersells the capability and is misleading.

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Low Risk
Low risk: text/label tweaks plus a small layout width class change, with browser tests updated accordingly.

Overview
Renames the default (non-plan) interaction mode from “Chat” to “Build” across the composer UI, including the toggle button label/tooltip text and the /default slash-command description.

Updates the ChatView.browser.tsx interaction-mode hotkey test to assert against the new label and tooltip copy, and slightly widens the composer form by changing its max-width class.

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Rename 'Chat' to 'Build' in interaction mode toggle

Updates the default interaction mode label from 'Chat' to 'Build' in ChatView.tsx, including the toggle button label, tooltip text, and /default slash command description. Also changes the composer form max-width from max-w-[52rem] to max-w-208. Browser tests are updated to match the new 'Build' label and tooltip text.

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T3 Code is a coding agent, not a chatbot — the default mode label should reflect that.

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Verdict: Approved

This PR contains purely mechanical changes: renaming UI text from 'Chat' to 'Build' in the interaction mode toggle, with corresponding test updates. The CSS class change (max-w-[52rem] to max-w-208) is equivalent notation. No runtime behavior is affected.

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apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx

                              <BotIcon />
                              <span className="sr-only sm:not-sr-only">
-                                {interactionMode === "plan" ? "Plan" : "Chat"}
+                                {interactionMode === "plan" ? "Plan" : "Build"}


Label says "Build" but PR specifies "Code"

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The PR title and description both state the rename is from "Chat" to "Code", but the implementation uses "Build" everywhere instead. The button label, title tooltip text ("normal build mode"), slash-command description, and all test assertions all say "Build". Either the code or the PR description is wrong — worth confirming the intended label.

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apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx#L4286-L4287

apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx#L1478-L1479

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apps/web/src/components/ChatView.tsx

              ref={composerFormRef}
              onSubmit={onSend}
-              className="mx-auto w-full min-w-0 max-w-[52rem]"
+              className="mx-auto w-full min-w-0 max-w-208"


Unrelated CSS class change included in PR

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The max-w-[52rem] → max-w-208 class change is unrelated to renaming the interaction mode label. While functionally equivalent in Tailwind v4, this appears to be an accidentally included change that doesn't match the PR's scope.

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