Feature request: optional UI tooltips / learning mode for non-obvious interactions (split view, rewind, pickers)

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Activity 0 comments · opened Aug 28, 2026

Is your feature request related to a problem?

The desktop app (and CLI) rely heavily on non-discoverable interactions: split view via Ctrl+click in the session sidebar, closing a pane with Ctrl+\, /rewind checkpoint selection and its restore options, double-Esc behavior differing based on whether the input has text. As a non-developer user, I needed several rounds of Q&A with Claude just to split two sessions side by side and pick a rewind point — each answer was one sentence, but nothing in the UI surfaces it.

Describe the solution you'd like

An optional "tooltips / learning mode" setting (off by default) that overlays short hints on interactive elements:

  • Session sidebar: "Ctrl+click to open side by side"
  • Split panes: "Click a pane to focus it; sidebar clicks replace the focused pane; Ctrl+\ closes"
  • Rewind menu: one-line explanation of each restore option (conversation / code / both / summarize)
  • First-run pickers and other interactive menus: what the keys do

Veterans keep the current clean UI; new users get in-place learning instead of trial and error or asking the model about the harness UI.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Asking Claude in-session works but burns turns on UI mechanics; docs cover it but require leaving the app and knowing what to search for.

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