From e90d7dba769f55f265fed766f01bf2338a928774 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: didericis <eric@dideric.is>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 15:01:56 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(dashboard): repaint stdscr immediately after modal closes
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After the operator pressed `y` on the preflight modal (or
picked an agent in the picker), the modal's curses sub-window
stayed on screen until the dashboard's main loop ticked again
— which during a 5-10s launch made it look like the
confirmation never registered.

Add `_erase_modal` (touchwin + refresh on stdscr) and call it
at every exit from `_preflight_modal` and `_picker_modal`.
The pre-modal frame buffered on stdscr immediately overwrites
the sub-window's area; the launch proceeds with a clean
dashboard underneath.
---
 claude_bottle/cli/dashboard.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/claude_bottle/cli/dashboard.py b/claude_bottle/cli/dashboard.py
index d2962b0..8aae861 100644
--- a/claude_bottle/cli/dashboard.py
+++ b/claude_bottle/cli/dashboard.py
@@ -445,6 +445,7 @@ def _picker_modal(
         try:
             key = stdscr.getch()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            _erase_modal(stdscr)
             return None
 
         if key == 27:  # Esc
@@ -452,9 +453,11 @@ def _picker_modal(
                 query = ""
                 selected = 0
                 continue
+            _erase_modal(stdscr)
             return None
         if key in (curses.KEY_ENTER, 10, 13):
             if filtered:
+                _erase_modal(stdscr)
                 return filtered[selected]
             continue
         if key in (curses.KEY_DOWN, ord("\x0e")):  # KEY_DOWN, Ctrl-N
@@ -578,13 +581,28 @@ def _preflight_modal(
         try:
             key = stdscr.getch()
         except KeyboardInterrupt:
+            _erase_modal(stdscr)
             return False
         if key in (ord("y"), ord("Y")):
+            _erase_modal(stdscr)
             return True
         if key in (ord("n"), ord("N"), 27, curses.KEY_ENTER, 10, 13):
+            _erase_modal(stdscr)
             return False
 
 
+def _erase_modal(stdscr: "curses._CursesWindow") -> None:
+    """Force-redraw the dashboard's pre-modal frame so a modal
+    sub-window's content stops showing. Curses tracks the modal
+    via the newwin sub-window we created; touchwin + refresh
+    on stdscr repaints stdscr's last buffered frame over the
+    sub-window's area. Without this, the modal stays on screen
+    until the dashboard's main loop ticks again — which during
+    a long-running launch is several seconds away."""
+    stdscr.touchwin()
+    stdscr.refresh()
+
+
 def _capture_preflight_text(plan) -> str:
     """Capture `plan.print` output by temporarily redirecting
     stderr. Plan rendering is stderr-bound (existing behavior the