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tui: add tab navigation hint to footers (#512)#581

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ixchio:fix-tab-navigation-issue-512
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tui: add tab navigation hint to footers (#512)#581
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ixchio:fix-tab-navigation-issue-512

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@ixchio ixchio commented Mar 8, 2026

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Fixes #512.

As per the user feedback, navigating fields inside the CLI modals and screens exclusively with the Tab key was atypical and unintuitive, leaving users to think the application was broken.

To improve discoverability:

  1. Added the Tab key binding globally to the main Application via OpenHandsApp.
  2. Modified the SettingsScreen modal to explicitly include a Footer and added the Tab key to its bindings list as well.

Evidence of Changes

  • Ran make lint and the changes are formatting-compliant.
  • Ran make test for regression tests.
  • Re-generated visual SVGs via make test-snapshots --snapshot-update to capture the new footer text logic showing "Tab Navigate".

I hope this helps new users get to their setup much quicker! Let me know if there's anything else you need.

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[CLI] Using "Tab" to navigate in CLI is atypical

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