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fix(prompts): calculate multi-select vertical offsets using post-wrapped line counts #577

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions .changeset/multiselect-overflow-fix.md
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'@clack/prompts': patch
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fix: correctly calculate multiselect layout row padding on narrow terminals to prevent option text overflow and visual overwriting
10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions packages/prompts/src/multi-select.ts
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Expand Up @@ -170,8 +170,9 @@ export const multiselect = <Value>(opts: MultiSelectOptions<Value>) => {
)
.join('\n');
// Calculate rowPadding: title lines + footer lines (error message + trailing newline)
const titleLineCount = title.split('\n').length;
const footerLineCount = footer.split('\n').length + 1; // footer + trailing newline
const titleLineCount = title.split('\n').length - 1;
const wrappedFooter = wrapTextWithPrefix(opts.output, footer, '');
const footerLineCount = wrappedFooter.split('\n').length + 1; // footer + trailing newline
return `${title}${prefix}${limitOptions({
output: opts.output,
options: this.options,
Expand All @@ -184,14 +185,15 @@ export const multiselect = <Value>(opts: MultiSelectOptions<Value>) => {
}
default: {
const prefix = hasGuide ? `${styleText('cyan', S_BAR)} ` : '';
const titleLineCount = title.split('\n').length;
const titleLineCount = title.split('\n').length - 1;
const footerLines = showInstructions
? formatInstructionFooter(MULTISELECT_INSTRUCTIONS, hasGuide)
: hasGuide
? [styleText('cyan', S_BAR_END)]
: [];
const footerText = footerLines.join('\n');
const footerLineCount = footerLines.length + 1;
const wrappedFooter = wrapTextWithPrefix(opts.output, footerText, '');
const footerLineCount = wrappedFooter.split('\n').length + 1;
return `${title}${prefix}${limitOptions({
output: opts.output,
options: this.options,
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