Keep footer unless something actually changes

Signed-off-by: krissetto <chrisjpetito@gmail.com>

Author: krissetto

pkg/tui/handlers.go

@@ -28,14 +28,21 @@ import (
 
 // Session management handlers
 
+func (a *appModel) applyKeyboardEnhancements() {
+	if a.keyboardEnhancements != nil {
+		updated, _ := a.chatPage.Update(*a.keyboardEnhancements)
+		a.chatPage = updated.(chat.Page)
+	}
+}
+
 func (a *appModel) handleNewSession() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	// Theme is now global - no per-session theme reset needed
 	a.application.NewSession()
 	sess := a.application.Session()
 	a.sessionState = service.NewSessionState(sess)
 	a.chatPage = chat.New(a.application, a.sessionState)
 	a.dialog = dialog.New()
-	a.statusBar.SetHelp(a.chatPage)
+	a.applyKeyboardEnhancements()
 
 	return a, tea.Batch(
 		a.Init(),
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ func (a *appModel) handleLoadSession(sessionID string) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	a.sessionState = service.NewSessionState(sess)
 	a.chatPage = chat.New(a.application, a.sessionState)
 	a.dialog = dialog.New()
-	a.statusBar.SetHelp(a.chatPage)
+	a.applyKeyboardEnhancements()
 
 	return a, tea.Batch(
 		a.Init(),

pkg/tui/tui.go

@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@ type appModel struct {
 	themeWatcherEventCh  chan string // Channel for theme file change events (carries themeRef)
 	themeListenerStarted bool        // Guard to prevent multiple listeners
 
+	// keyboardEnhancements stores the last keyboard enhancements message from the terminal.
+	// This is reapplied to new chat/editor instances when sessions are switched.
+	keyboardEnhancements *tea.KeyboardEnhancementsMsg
+
 	ready bool
 	err   error
 }
@@ -255,6 +259,8 @@ func (a *appModel) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		return a, cmd
 
 	case tea.KeyboardEnhancementsMsg:
+		// Store the keyboard enhancements message so we can reapply it to new chat pages
+		a.keyboardEnhancements = &msg
 		updated, cmd := a.chatPage.Update(msg)
 		a.chatPage = updated.(chat.Page)
 		return a, cmd