Stop the sync poll from rebuilding the panel every 5 s

@Published fires even when the assigned value is unchanged, so the poll's
unconditional lastError = nil invalidated PanelView — which observes
SyncService — every 5 seconds, forever, hidden or visible. Over five days
that was ~185 CPU-minutes and ~190 MB, and clicks started to lag.

- Route poll state through setError, which skips equal values.
- Watch SyncService from a tiny SyncDot view instead of the panel body.
- Skip the URL cache on polls and give them timeouts.
- Only reassign the composer placeholder when it changed.

AGENTS.md

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ clicking an item copies it back to the clipboard.
   `NSStatusItem Preferred Position Prompt`). Left click toggles the panel,
   right click shows the menu (accessibility state, launch at login, open data
   folder, quit). Contains the single-instance guard and `LoginItem`
-  (`SMAppService`). Also sets `NSApp.mainMenu` with Hide Panel (Cmd+W) and Quit
+  (`SMAppService`). The sync panel also carries a Launch at Login toggle (the
+  app's only settings surface). Also sets `NSApp.mainMenu` with Hide Panel (Cmd+W) and Quit
   (Cmd+Q) — an accessory app shows no menu bar, but the main menu still
   services key equivalents, which is the only way to quit from the keyboard
   while the panel has focus. `applicationShouldHandleReopen` shows the panel so
@@ -37,17 +38,28 @@ clicking an item copies it back to the clipboard.
   light mode keeps the system window colour. `Theme.background` is also handed
   to the `NSPanel` so the strip under the transparent titlebar matches, and the
   row colour stays slightly lighter than black so cards remain visible.
-- `Sources/Prompt/PanelView.swift` — the panel UI. Header (section switcher,
+- `Sources/Prompt/ComposerView.swift` — the chat-style composer
-  search, add photos, close), item list, composer. Composer `# Name` creates/
+  (`NSViewRepresentable` around an `NSTextView`): wraps long prompts, grows to
+  fit up to seven lines, then scrolls. Return submits, Shift+Return inserts a
+  newline, Esc forwards to the panel (clear selection, else hide). Height is
+  measured from the text and pushed into a `height` binding the panel applies
+  as a frame — a representable cannot resize itself through
+  `intrinsicContentSize` once SwiftUI offers a larger size.
+- `Sources/Prompt/PanelView.swift` — the panel UI. Header (workspace switcher,
+  search, add photos), a segmented Workspace/All tab (All lists every prompt
+  labeled with its workspace), item list, in-panel edit modal, composer.
+  There is no in-header close button: the window's own close button hides the
+  panel. Composer `# Name` creates/
   switches sections. Click = select (Shift+click for a range); the selection
-  bar offers Copy (single item), Copy as List and Copy as Lines; right-click =
+  bar offers Copy (single item), Copy as List, Copy as Lines and Delete;
-  context menu acting on the whole selection (Copy, Copy as List, Copy as
+  right-click = context menu acting on the whole selection (Copy, Copy as List,
-  Lines, Done, Edit, Open, Merge, Move To, Delete). Esc clears the selection
+  Copy as Lines, Done, Edit, Open, Merge, Move To, Delete). Esc clears the
-  before it hides the panel. Drop target for images/files.
+  selection before it hides the panel. Drop target for images/files.
 - `Sources/Prompt/PanelController.swift` — owns the floating `NSPanel`
   (`.nonactivatingPanel`, `.floating`, right-edge docked, frame autosaved as
-  `PromptPanel`), the Cmd+V image-paste monitor, and `EditWindowController`
+  `PromptPanel`), and the Cmd+V paste monitor. Editing a note is an in-panel
-  (separate edit window with a `TextEditor`).
+  modal in `PanelView`, not a window — a separate edit window used to float
+  loose from the panel and its theme.
 - `Sources/Prompt/HotkeyManager.swift` — double-Shift detection via a
   CGEvent tap on `flagsChanged` (left Shift ×2 = capture, right Shift ×2 =
   toggle panel), plus Carbon `RegisterEventHotKey` fallbacks (Cmd+Shift+Space
@@ -165,6 +177,14 @@ brew upgrade --cask prompt
 
 ## Gotchas
 
+- **`@Published` publishes on every assignment, even when the value is
+  unchanged.** The 5-second sync poll used to assign `lastError = nil`
+  unconditionally; `PanelView` observes `SyncService`, so the entire panel
+  (rows, overlays, composer) rebuilt every 5 seconds, forever. Over five days
+  of uptime that was ~185 CPU-minutes and ~190 MB of footprint, and every
+  click started to lag. Poll state now goes through `setError`, which no-ops
+  when equal, and the header's sync dot is its own view so sync publishes
+  cannot invalidate the list.
 - **Never assign `NSApp.mainMenu`.** SwiftUI installs a menu whose Edit items
   are how AppKit routes Cmd+C/V/X/A/Z; replacing it with a hand-built menu
   silently breaks pasting, copying and select-all in the composer (this shipped

README.md

@@ -5,16 +5,24 @@ A native macOS app for keeping prompts and photos, in the spirit of
 to your work. Select what you need and send it back to your clipboard.
 
 - **Click to select** — clicking a card selects it (Shift+click for a range),
-  and the selection bar copies a single item as-is, or the whole selection as a
+  and the selection bar copies a single item as-is, the whole selection as a
-  numbered list or as plain newline-separated lines.
+  numbered list or as plain newline-separated lines, or deletes it.
 - **Text or photo** — copying sends text back as text and a photo back as an
   image.
 - **Capture from anywhere** — select text in any app and tap **Left Shift twice**.
 - **Photos** — paste (Cmd+V), drag & drop, or add via the photo button.
+- **A composer that grows** — long prompts wrap and the input grows up to seven
+  lines, then scrolls. Return sends, Shift+Return inserts a newline.
+- **Launch at Login** — toggle in the sync panel (Cmd+,) or the menu bar icon's
+  right-click menu, to start Prompt on boot.
 - **Workspaces** — type `# Name` in the composer, or use "New Workspace" in
   the Cmd+K switcher (which opens a name modal); Cmd+K switches, and the
   up/down arrows in the switcher reorder them. (The code and the saved JSON
   still call these `sections` so existing data keeps working.)
+- **An "All" tab** — a global view of every prompt across every workspace,
+  each labeled with the workspace it lives in.
+- **Edit in place** — right-click → Edit opens an in-panel modal on the same
+  theme, not a separate window.
 - **Right-click for actions** — Copy, Copy as List, Copy as Lines, Mark as Done,
   Edit, Open, Merge Notes, Move To, Delete — each acting on the whole selection.
 - **Search** — Cmd+F searches across all workspaces.
@@ -33,6 +41,7 @@ to your work. Select what you need and send it back to your clipboard.
 | Switch/create workspace | Cmd+K |
 | Search | Cmd+F |
 | Focus composer | Cmd+N |
+| New line in composer | Shift+Return |
 | Sync settings | Cmd+, |
 | Copy selection as numbered list | Shift+Cmd+C |
 | Copy selection as plain lines | Option+Cmd+C |

Sources/Prompt/ComposerView.swift

@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+import AppKit
+import SwiftUI
+
+/// A chat-style composer backed by AppKit: wraps long prompts, grows to fit up
+/// to seven lines, then scrolls. Return submits; Shift+Return inserts a
+/// newline. A plain SwiftUI `TextField(axis: .vertical)` cannot keep Return as
+/// "send", which is why this is not one.
+///
+/// Height is driven by the caller: the representable measures the text and
+/// writes the clamped height into `height`, which the caller applies as a
+/// `.frame(height:)`. Driving the frame is what actually resizes a
+/// representable — `intrinsicContentSize` is ignored once SwiftUI offers a
+/// bigger size.
+struct ComposerView: NSViewRepresentable {
+    @Binding var text: String
+    @Binding var isFocused: Bool
+    @Binding var height: CGFloat
+    var placeholder: String
+    var onSubmit: () -> Void
+    var onEscape: (() -> Void)? = nil
+
+    private let maxLines: CGFloat = 7
+
+    /// The one-line height, so the composer starts at exactly one line instead
+    /// of snapping to its real height on the first keystroke.
+    static var oneLineHeight: CGFloat {
+        let font = NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: NSFont.systemFontSize)
+        return font.ascender - font.descender + font.leading + 10 // 2 x 5 inset
+    }
+
+    func makeCoordinator() -> Coordinator { Coordinator(self) }
+
+    func makeNSView(context: Context) -> NSScrollView {
+        let scrollView = NSScrollView()
+        scrollView.drawsBackground = false
+        scrollView.borderType = .noBorder
+        scrollView.hasVerticalScroller = true
+        scrollView.autohidesScrollers = true
+        scrollView.horizontalScrollElasticity = .none
+
+        let textView = ComposerTextView()
+        textView.delegate = context.coordinator
+        textView.placeholderText = placeholder
+        textView.isRichText = false
+        textView.isVerticallyResizable = true
+        textView.isHorizontallyResizable = false
+        textView.autoresizingMask = [.width]
+        textView.textContainer?.widthTracksTextView = true
+        textView.textContainer?.lineFragmentPadding = 0
+        textView.textContainerInset = NSSize(width: 0, height: 5)
+        textView.font = .systemFont(ofSize: NSFont.systemFontSize)
+        textView.textColor = .labelColor
+        textView.drawsBackground = false
+        // No containerSize: with widthTracksTextView the container follows the
+        // view's width, which is what makes long lines wrap.
+
+        scrollView.documentView = textView
+        textView.frame = NSRect(origin: .zero, size: scrollView.contentSize)
+        context.coordinator.watchWindow(of: textView)
+        return scrollView
+    }
+
+    func updateNSView(_ scrollView: NSScrollView, context: Context) {
+        guard let textView = scrollView.documentView as? ComposerTextView else { return }
+        context.coordinator.parent = self
+        if textView.string != text {
+            textView.string = text
+            updateHeight(textView)
+        }
+        if textView.placeholderText != placeholder {
+            textView.placeholderText = placeholder
+        }
+        if isFocused, scrollView.window?.firstResponder != textView {
+            scrollView.window?.makeFirstResponder(textView)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fileprivate func updateHeight(_ textView: ComposerTextView) {
+        guard let layoutManager = textView.layoutManager,
+              let textContainer = textView.textContainer else { return }
+        layoutManager.ensureLayout(for: textContainer)
+        let content = layoutManager.usedRect(for: textContainer).height + 2 * textView.textContainerInset.height
+        let line = Self.oneLineHeight
+        let clamped = max(line, min(content, line * maxLines + 1))
+        if abs(height - clamped) > 0.5 {
+            // Defer so the binding is not written from inside a layout pass.
+            DispatchQueue.main.async { self.height = clamped }
+        }
+    }
+
+    final class Coordinator: NSObject, NSTextViewDelegate {
+        var parent: ComposerView
+        private var windowObserver: Any?
+
+        init(_ parent: ComposerView) { self.parent = parent }
+
+        /// Re-assert focus every time the panel becomes key again. The focus
+        /// binding stays `true` while hidden, so without this a re-shown panel
+        /// would not refocus the composer.
+        fileprivate func watchWindow(of textView: ComposerTextView) {
+            windowObserver = NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(
+                forName: NSWindow.didBecomeKeyNotification, object: nil, queue: .main
+            ) { [weak self, weak textView] note in
+                guard let self, let textView,
+                      (note.object as? NSWindow) === textView.window,
+                      self.parent.isFocused else { return }
+                textView.window?.makeFirstResponder(textView)
+            }
+        }
+
+        deinit {
+            if let windowObserver {
+                NotificationCenter.default.removeObserver(windowObserver)
+            }
+        }
+
+        func textDidChange(_ notification: Notification) {
+            guard let textView = notification.object as? ComposerTextView else { return }
+            if parent.text != textView.string {
+                parent.text = textView.string
+            }
+            parent.updateHeight(textView)
+        }
+
+        // Return sends, Shift+Return inserts a newline. Esc is forwarded so the
+        // panel can clear its selection or hide, which a TextField used to do
+        // via onExitCommand.
+        func textView(_ textView: NSTextView, doCommandBy commandSelector: Selector) -> Bool {
+            if commandSelector == #selector(NSResponder.cancelOperation(_:)) {
+                parent.onEscape?()
+                return true
+            }
+            guard commandSelector == #selector(NSResponder.insertNewline(_:)) else { return false }
+            if NSApp.currentEvent?.modifierFlags.contains(.shift) == true {
+                return false
+            }
+            parent.onSubmit()
+            return true
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+private final class ComposerTextView: NSTextView {
+    var placeholderText: String = "" {
+        didSet { needsDisplay = true }
+    }
+
+    override func draw(_ dirtyRect: NSRect) {
+        super.draw(dirtyRect)
+        guard string.isEmpty, !placeholderText.isEmpty else { return }
+        let attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key: Any] = [
+            .font: font as Any,
+            .foregroundColor: NSColor.placeholderTextColor,
+        ]
+        let inset = textContainerInset
+        let origin = NSPoint(x: inset.width + (textContainer?.lineFragmentPadding ?? 0), y: inset.height)
+        placeholderText.draw(at: origin, withAttributes: attributes)
+    }
+}

Sources/Prompt/PanelController.swift

@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ final class PanelController: NSObject {
 
     private var panel: KeyablePanel?
     private var pasteMonitor: Any?
-    let editController = EditWindowController()
 
     var isVisible: Bool { panel?.isVisible ?? false }
 
@@ -102,56 +101,4 @@ final class PanelController: NSObject {
     }
 }
 
-@MainActor
-final class EditWindowController: NSObject {
-    private var window: NSWindow?
 
-    func edit(itemID: UUID, text: String) {
-        let view = EditView(
-            text: text,
-            onSave: { [weak self] newText in
-                Store.shared.updateText(itemID, newText: newText)
-                self?.window?.close()
-            },
-            onCancel: { [weak self] in self?.window?.close() }
-        )
-        let window = NSWindow(
-            contentRect: NSRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: 480, height: 320),
-            styleMask: [.titled, .closable, .resizable],
-            backing: .buffered,
-            defer: false
-        )
-        window.title = "Edit Note"
-        window.contentView = NSHostingView(rootView: view)
-        window.isReleasedWhenClosed = false
-        window.center()
-        window.makeKeyAndOrderFront(nil)
-        NSApp.activate(ignoringOtherApps: true)
-        self.window = window
-    }
-}
-
-private struct EditView: View {
-    @State var text: String
-    var onSave: (String) -> Void
-    var onCancel: () -> Void
-
-    var body: some View {
-        VStack(spacing: 12) {
-            TextEditor(text: $text)
-                .font(.body)
-                .padding(4)
-                .background(Color.primary.opacity(0.05))
-                .cornerRadius(6)
-            HStack {
-                Spacer()
-                Button("Cancel", action: onCancel)
-                    .keyboardShortcut(.cancelAction)
-                Button("Save") { onSave(text) }
-                    .keyboardShortcut(.defaultAction)
-                    .keyboardShortcut("s", modifiers: .command)
-            }
-        }
-        .padding(16)
-    }
-}

Sources/Prompt/PanelView.swift

@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import UniformTypeIdentifiers
 struct PanelView: View {
     @ObservedObject var store: Store
     @ObservedObject private var sync = SyncService.shared
-
     @State private var composer = ""
+    @State private var composerFocused = false
+    @State private var composerHeight: CGFloat = ComposerView.oneLineHeight
     @State private var search = ""
     @State private var showSearch = false
     @State private var showSectionSwitcher = false
@@ -16,10 +17,15 @@ struct PanelView: View {
     @State private var joinCode = ""
     @State private var selection = Set<UUID>()
     @State private var lastSelectedID: UUID?
+    @State private var editingItem: PromptItem?
+    @State private var editText = ""
     @State private var copiedID: UUID?
     @State private var accessibilityGranted = AXIsProcessTrusted()
 
-    private enum Field: Hashable { case composer, search, newWorkspace }
+    private enum Tab { case workspace, all }
+    @State private var tab: Tab = .workspace
+
+    private enum Field: Hashable { case search, newWorkspace, editor }
     @FocusState private var focusedField: Field?
 
     var body: some View {
@@ -28,6 +34,7 @@ struct PanelView: View {
             if !accessibilityGranted {
                 permissionBanner
             }
+            tabPicker
             if showSearch {
                 searchField
             }
@@ -45,12 +52,13 @@ struct PanelView: View {
         .overlay(sectionSwitcher)
         .overlay(syncOverlay)
         .overlay(newWorkspaceModal)
+        .overlay(editModal)
         .onDrop(of: [UTType.image.identifier, UTType.fileURL.identifier], isTargeted: nil, perform: handleDrop)
         .onReceive(NotificationCenter.default.publisher(for: .promptPanelDidShow)) { _ in
-            focusedField = .composer
+            composerFocused = true
             accessibilityGranted = AXIsProcessTrusted()
         }
-        .onAppear { focusedField = .composer }
+        .onAppear { composerFocused = true }
     }
 
     // MARK: - Header
@@ -75,22 +83,32 @@ struct PanelView: View {
             Spacer()
 
             Button { withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.15)) { showSync.toggle() } } label: {
-                Image(systemName: "arrow.triangle.2.circlepath")
+                SyncDot()
-                    .foregroundStyle(sync.code == nil ? Color.secondary : Color.accentColor)
             }
             .buttonStyle(.plain).help("Sync")
             Button { toggleSearch() } label: { Image(systemName: "magnifyingglass") }
                 .buttonStyle(.plain).foregroundStyle(.secondary).help("Search (Cmd+F)")
             Button { addPhotos() } label: { Image(systemName: "photo.on.rectangle.angled") }
                 .buttonStyle(.plain).foregroundStyle(.secondary).help("Add photos")
-            Button { PanelController.shared.hide() } label: { Image(systemName: "xmark") }
-                .buttonStyle(.plain).foregroundStyle(.secondary)
-                .help("Hide the panel (Cmd+W) — Prompt keeps running so Shift-Shift capture still works. Quit from the menu bar icon or Cmd+Q.")
         }
         .padding(.horizontal, 12)
         .padding(.vertical, 10)
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Tabs
+
+    /// The global view: every prompt across every workspace, each labeled.
+    private var tabPicker: some View {
+        Picker("View", selection: $tab) {
+            Text(store.activeSection.name).tag(Tab.workspace)
+            Text("All").tag(Tab.all)
+        }
+        .pickerStyle(.segmented)
+        .labelsHidden()
+        .padding(.horizontal, 12)
+        .padding(.vertical, 6)
+    }
+
     private var permissionBanner: some View {
         HStack(spacing: 8) {
             Image(systemName: "exclamationmark.triangle.fill")
@@ -123,7 +141,7 @@ struct PanelView: View {
                 .onExitCommand {
                     search = ""
                     showSearch = false
-                    focusedField = .composer
+                    composerFocused = true
                 }
             if !search.isEmpty {
                 Button { search = "" } label: { Image(systemName: "xmark.circle.fill") }
@@ -136,21 +154,27 @@ struct PanelView: View {
 
     // MARK: - Content
 
-    private var displayedItems: [(section: String, item: PromptItem)] {
+    /// Every item across every workspace, each labeled with its workspace.
-        if search.isEmpty {
+    private var allLabeledItems: [(section: String, item: PromptItem)] {
-            return store.activeSection.items.map { ("", $0) }
+        store.sections.flatMap { section in
+            section.items.map { (section.name, $0) }
         }
-        let query = search.lowercased()
+    }
-        return store.sections.flatMap { section in
+
-            section.items.compactMap { item in
+    private var displayedItems: [(section: String, item: PromptItem)] {
-                switch item.content {
+        if !search.isEmpty {
-                case .text(let text) where text.lowercased().contains(query):
+            let query = search.lowercased()
-                    return (section.name, item)
+            return allLabeledItems.filter { entry in
-                default:
+                if case .text(let text) = entry.item.content {
-                    return nil
+                    return text.lowercased().contains(query)
                 }
+                return false
             }
         }
+        if tab == .all {
+            return allLabeledItems
+        }
+        return store.activeSection.items.map { ("", $0) }
     }
 
     private var content: some View {
@@ -297,7 +321,9 @@ struct PanelView: View {
             }
             if case .text(let text) = item.content, !multiple {
                 Button("Edit…") {
-                    PanelController.shared.editController.edit(itemID: item.id, text: text)
+                    editText = text
+                    editingItem = item
+                    focusedField = .editor
                 }
             }
             if case .image(let filename) = item.content, !multiple {
@@ -377,6 +403,7 @@ struct PanelView: View {
                     .contentShape(Rectangle())
                     .onTapGesture {
                         store.activeSectionID = section.id
+                        tab = .workspace
                         showSectionSwitcher = false
                     }
                 }
@@ -476,6 +503,12 @@ struct PanelView: View {
                         .font(.caption)
                         .foregroundStyle(.secondary)
                 }
+                Divider()
+                Toggle("Launch at Login", isOn: Binding(
+                    get: { LoginItem.isEnabled },
+                    set: { _ in _ = LoginItem.toggle() }
+                ))
+                .font(.callout)
                 if let error = sync.lastError {
                     Text(error)
                         .font(.caption)
@@ -507,6 +540,62 @@ struct PanelView: View {
         }
     }
 
+    // MARK: - Edit
+
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private var editModal: some View {
+        if let item = editingItem {
+            ZStack {
+                Color.black.opacity(0.25)
+                    .onTapGesture { dismissEditor() }
+                VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: 12) {
+                    Text("Edit")
+                        .font(.headline)
+                    TextEditor(text: $editText)
+                        .font(.callout)
+                        .scrollContentBackground(.hidden)
+                        .frame(minHeight: 120, maxHeight: 280)
+                        .padding(8)
+                        .background(Theme.rowSwiftUI)
+                        .cornerRadius(8)
+                        .focused($focusedField, equals: .editor)
+                    HStack {
+                        Spacer()
+                        Button("Cancel") { dismissEditor() }
+                            .keyboardShortcut(.cancelAction)
+                        Button("Save") { saveEdit(item) }
+                            .keyboardShortcut("s", modifiers: .command)
+                            .disabled(editText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines).isEmpty)
+                    }
+                }
+                .padding(16)
+                .frame(maxWidth: 320)
+                .background(Theme.backgroundSwiftUI)
+                .cornerRadius(12)
+                .overlay(
+                    RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: 12)
+                        .stroke(Color.primary.opacity(0.12), lineWidth: 1)
+                )
+                .shadow(radius: 18)
+            }
+            .transition(.opacity)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private func saveEdit(_ item: PromptItem) {
+        let text = editText.trimmingCharacters(in: .whitespacesAndNewlines)
+        if !text.isEmpty {
+            store.updateText(item.id, newText: text)
+        }
+        dismissEditor()
+    }
+
+    private func dismissEditor() {
+        editingItem = nil
+        editText = ""
+        composerFocused = true
+    }
+
     // MARK: - New workspace
 
     @ViewBuilder
@@ -551,7 +640,7 @@ struct PanelView: View {
     private func dismissNewWorkspace() {
         showNewWorkspace = false
         newWorkspaceName = ""
-        focusedField = .composer
+        composerFocused = true
     }
 
     // MARK: - Selection
@@ -576,6 +665,12 @@ struct PanelView: View {
                 .font(.caption)
                 .buttonStyle(.plain)
                 .foregroundStyle(Color.accentColor)
+            Button { deleteSelection() } label: {
+                Image(systemName: "trash")
+            }
+            .buttonStyle(.plain)
+            .foregroundStyle(.red)
+            .help("Delete selected")
             Button { clearSelection() } label: {
                 Image(systemName: "xmark.circle.fill")
             }
@@ -588,6 +683,12 @@ struct PanelView: View {
         .background(Color.accentColor.opacity(0.12))
     }
 
+    private func deleteSelection() {
+        guard !selection.isEmpty else { return }
+        store.delete(ids: selection)
+        clearSelection()
+    }
+
     private func copySelection(asList: Bool) {
         guard !selection.isEmpty else { return }
         if asList {
@@ -606,28 +707,32 @@ struct PanelView: View {
     // MARK: - Composer
 
     private var composerField: some View {
-        HStack(spacing: 8) {
+        HStack(alignment: .bottom, spacing: 8) {
-            TextField("Add a note or prompt (\(store.activeSection.name))", text: $composer)
+            ComposerView(
-                .textFieldStyle(.plain)
+                text: $composer,
-                .focused($focusedField, equals: .composer)
+                isFocused: $composerFocused,
-                .onSubmit(submit)
+                height: $composerHeight,
-                .onExitCommand {
+                placeholder: "Add a note or prompt (\(store.activeSection.name))",
-                    // Esc clears a selection first, and only hides the panel
+                onSubmit: submit,
-                    // once there is nothing selected.
+                onEscape: {
                     if selection.isEmpty {
                         PanelController.shared.hide()
                     } else {
                         clearSelection()
                     }
                 }
+            )
+            .frame(maxWidth: .infinity)
+            .frame(height: composerHeight)
             if !composer.isEmpty {
                 Button(action: submit) { Image(systemName: "arrow.up.circle.fill") }
                     .buttonStyle(.plain)
                     .foregroundStyle(Color.accentColor)
+                    .help("Add (Return; Shift+Return for a new line)")
             }
         }
         .padding(.horizontal, 12)
-        .padding(.vertical, 10)
+        .padding(.vertical, 8)
     }
 
     private func submit() {
@@ -654,7 +759,7 @@ struct PanelView: View {
                 withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.15)) { showSectionSwitcher.toggle() }
             }
             .keyboardShortcut("k", modifiers: .command)
-            Button("") { focusedField = .composer }
+            Button("") { composerFocused = true }
                 .keyboardShortcut("n", modifiers: .command)
             Button("") {
                 withAnimation(.easeInOut(duration: 0.15)) { showSync.toggle() }
@@ -730,7 +835,7 @@ struct PanelView: View {
             focusedField = .search
         } else {
             search = ""
-            focusedField = .composer
+            composerFocused = true
         }
     }
 
@@ -774,3 +879,15 @@ struct PanelView: View {
         return (try? AttributedString(markdown: string, options: options)) ?? AttributedString(string)
     }
 }
+
+/// Sync status lives in its own view so a `SyncService` publish cannot
+/// invalidate the panel's list. Watching it from `PanelView`'s body meant every
+/// sync event — including the 5-second poll — re-rendered every row.
+private struct SyncDot: View {
+    @ObservedObject private var sync = SyncService.shared
+
+    var body: some View {
+        Image(systemName: "arrow.triangle.2.circlepath")
+            .foregroundStyle(sync.code == nil ? Color.secondary : Color.accentColor)
+    }
+}

Sources/Prompt/SyncService.swift

@@ -193,13 +193,20 @@ final class SyncService: ObservableObject {
 
     private func poll() {
         guard !isSyncing, let code, let versionURL = endpoint("/api/sync/\(code)/version") else { return }
+        // A cached /version would keep reporting the version the client already
+        // has, so polls must always hit the network. The responses are a few
+        // bytes; letting CFNetwork write them to the disk cache every 5 s only
+        // adds churn.
+        var versionRequest = URLRequest(url: versionURL)
+        versionRequest.cachePolicy = .reloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
+        versionRequest.timeoutInterval = 15
         Task {
             do {
                 // Cheap poll first: the full payload can be megabytes of
                 // base64 images, so only download it when the version moved.
-                let (versionData, versionResponse) = try await URLSession.shared.data(from: versionURL)
+                let (versionData, versionResponse) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: versionRequest)
                 if (versionResponse as? HTTPURLResponse)?.statusCode == 404 {
-                    lastError = "Sync group no longer exists on the server"
+                    setError("Sync group no longer exists on the server")
                     return
                 }
                 guard let versionHTTP = versionResponse as? HTTPURLResponse, versionHTTP.statusCode == 200 else {
@@ -208,12 +215,15 @@ final class SyncService: ObservableObject {
                 }
                 let remoteVersion = try JSONDecoder().decode([String: Int64].self, from: versionData)["version"] ?? 0
                 guard remoteVersion > lastVersion else {
-                    lastError = nil
+                    setError(nil)
                     return
                 }
                 syncLog("poll remote v\(remoteVersion) local v\(lastVersion) — fetching payload")
                 guard let payloadURL = endpoint("/api/sync/\(code)") else { return }
-                let (data, response) = try await URLSession.shared.data(from: payloadURL)
+                var payloadRequest = URLRequest(url: payloadURL)
+                payloadRequest.cachePolicy = .reloadIgnoringLocalCacheData
+                payloadRequest.timeoutInterval = 30
+                let (data, response) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: payloadRequest)
                 guard let http = response as? HTTPURLResponse, http.statusCode == 200 else { return }
                 let remote = try JSONDecoder().decode(SyncGetResponse.self, from: data)
                 if let payload = remote.data {
@@ -221,15 +231,25 @@ final class SyncService: ObservableObject {
                 } else {
                     lastVersion = remote.version
                 }
-                lastError = nil
+                setError(nil)
             } catch {
                 syncLog("poll failed: \(error.localizedDescription)")
                 // Polling errors are transient; stay quiet unless nothing ever worked.
-                if lastSyncedAt == nil { lastError = "Cannot reach sync server" }
+                if lastSyncedAt == nil { setError("Cannot reach sync server") }
             }
         }
     }
 
+    /// `@Published` fires on every assignment, even when the value is
+    /// unchanged. The 5-second poll would otherwise republish `lastError`
+    /// forever, and since `PanelView` observes this object, the whole panel
+    /// (list, rows, overlays) re-rendered every 5 seconds — the app grew to
+    /// ~190 MB and ~90 ms of layout per poll over five days of uptime.
+    private func setError(_ message: String?) {
+        guard lastError != message else { return }
+        lastError = message
+    }
+
     private func restartPolling() {
         pollTimer?.invalidate()
         pollTimer = nil