Waleed a19fce1cd8 improvement(workflow): zero-render drag-resize for panel, terminal, and output panel (#5730)
* improvement(workflow): zero-render drag-resize for panel, terminal, and output panel

Port the sidebar's pointer-capture + rAF + CSS-variable drag pattern to
use-panel-resize, use-terminal-resize, and use-output-panel-resize so a
drag writes only --panel-width/--terminal-height/--output-panel-width
per frame and commits to Zustand (one re-render + one localStorage
write) on pointerup. Previously every mousemove dispatched a store set,
re-rendering the whole always-mounted Panel tree (Chat/Editor/Toolbar)
and the terminal, plus a persist localStorage write per move. Also drop
the Panel's unused panelWidth subscription and drive the output panel
width via a CSS variable instead of React state.

* improvement(workflow): shared useDragResize hook + review fixes

Extract the drag mechanism into a shared useDragResize hook (pointer
capture, rAF-aligned apply, commit-on-release) consumed by the panel,
terminal, and output-panel resize hooks. Fixes from adversarial review:
commit the last computed value instead of reading the CSS var back (a
fast single-frame flick could be lost to a cancelled rAF, and a
pre-rehydration read returned '' -> NaN), floor the panel/terminal max
clamp at the minimum so narrow viewports can't invert the clamp, guard
pointerup/pointercancel by pointerId so a second touch pointer can't
kill the drag, and capture the terminal rect once on drag start instead
of per-frame getBoundingClientRect. Remove the now-dead isResizing store
state and centralize CONTENT_WINDOW_GAP in stores/constants.

* fix(workflow): compute drag value rAF-aligned from the latest pointer event

Run compute inside the rAF (before the CSS-var write, so any layout read
hits clean layout at most once per frame) and derive the final value from
the latest pointer event on release. The output-panel hook now captures
the terminal element on drag start and re-reads its rect per frame, so
the clamp stays correct when the terminal resizes mid-drag and the live
width can never exceed the current max.

* fix(terminal): clamp output panel against the live CSS-var width

The ResizeObserver clamp compared the persisted store width, which is
intentionally stale during a drag; a terminal shrink mid-drag could
overwrite the live width with a stale store value. Compare against the
live --output-panel-width variable (store as pre-write fallback) so the
clamp converges with the drag instead of fighting it.
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bun install
bun run prepare  # Set up pre-commit hooks
  1. Set up PostgreSQL with pgvector:
docker run --name simstudio-db -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your_password -e POSTGRES_DB=simstudio -p 5432:5432 -d pgvector/pgvector:pg17

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cp apps/sim/.env.example apps/sim/.env
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perl -i -pe "s/your_api_encryption_key/$(openssl rand -hex 32)/" apps/sim/.env
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cp packages/db/.env.example packages/db/.env
# Edit both .env files to set DATABASE_URL="postgresql://postgres:your_password@localhost:5432/simstudio"
  1. Run migrations:
cd packages/db && bun run db:migrate
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