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Waleed 92feb24cb9 perf(workflow): scope resize CSS-var writes to the container, not :root (#5738)
* perf(workflow): scope resize CSS-var writes to the container, not :root

Resizing the editor panel, terminal, output panel, and sidebar was still
laggy on large workflows even after the drag handles stopped re-rendering
React per frame. A CDP trace showed the cost was style recalculation, not
JS or layout: ~3.9s of Document::recalcStyle over a 50-move panel drag.

Root cause: each drag frame wrote its CSS variable to document.documentElement.
On a large document (~42k elements) any inline custom-property write on the
<html> root recalculates style for the whole tree — measured at ~77ms per
write, independent of what actually reads the variable (an unused var costs
the same). Writing the same variable to the element that consumes it recalcs
only that subtree (~0.5ms) — a ~150x reduction.

useDragResize now writes the variable to a caller-provided target element
during the drag and reconciles to :root once on release (so on-demand readers
and the pre-hydration script are unchanged): panel -> .panel-container,
terminal -> .terminal-container, output panel -> .terminal-container (both
consumers inherit it), sidebar -> .sidebar-shell-outer. The terminal's
expanded-threshold sync writes store state directly instead of setTerminalHeight
so it no longer touches :root mid-drag.

Measured (near-empty canvas, 50-move drag): panel style+layout 3891ms -> 56ms,
frame p95 91.6ms -> 8.4ms, main-thread blocking 4566ms -> 0ms; terminal
recalc 3899ms -> 16ms, blocking 5558ms -> 0ms; sidebar recalc ~77ms/frame -> ~1ms/frame.

* perf(workflow): keep float boundary-sync live during scoped resize drags

The resize hooks now write their CSS variable to the consuming container
element during a drag (not :root), so use-float-boundary-sync's MutationObserver
on :root no longer fired mid-drag and open floats (chat, search-replace,
variables) only re-clamped on release. Read each boundary dimension from its
scoped element with a :root fallback, and observe the container elements as
well as :root, so an open float tracks the drag live exactly as before.

* fix(workflow): finalize drag on unmount + clamp reads scoped output width

- useDragResize: unmounting mid-drag now runs endDrag (commit + drop the
  scoped override) instead of a bare cleanup, so navigating away can neither
  lose the resize nor strand an inline override on a surviving target element.
- terminal output-panel clamp: read the live --output-panel-width from the
  terminal element first (where a drag writes its scoped override), then :root,
  then the store, so a mid-drag terminal/window resize can't clamp against a
  stale value.

* fix(workflow): robust drag finalize — last-applied value, sidebar unmount, clamp skip

Addresses three review findings on the scoped-resize change:
- useDragResize: track the last applied value and commit that on release;
  only recompute from the pointer event while the target is still connected.
  On an unmount the target's rect can be detached, so a layout-reading compute
  (e.g. the output panel's) would return a degenerate MIN — committing the last
  shown value avoids persisting the wrong width, and keeps flick-safety on a
  normal release.
- use-sidebar-resize: finalize on unmount (run endDrag, not bare cleanup) so a
  drag interrupted by unmount persists the width and drops the scoped override.
  This matters more than for the panel/terminal because .sidebar-shell-outer
  lives in the workspace chrome and outlives the sidebar, so a stranded override
  would win over :root.
- terminal output-panel clamp: skip while an output-panel drag is active (its
  scoped inline override is present). That drag's own compute clamps every frame
  against the live terminal rect, and a store-driven :root write here would be
  masked by the inline override anyway.

* fix(workflow): sidebar flick-safety + clamp reads committed :root width

- use-sidebar-resize: compute the clamped width synchronously on each pointer
  move (storing lastWidth) and defer only the DOM write to rAF, so a fast flick
  released before the frame runs still commits the final pointer position
  instead of a stale frame or nothing.
- terminal output-panel clamp: when not mid-drag, read the committed
  --output-panel-width from :root (written synchronously by the store setter)
  rather than the React store value, which lags a render behind the commit;
  fall back to the store before any commit. Comment corrected to match.
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