fix(ui): project dialog improvements, onboarding cleanup, scroll-area fix

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

ui/src/components/NewProjectDialog.tsx

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import { PROJECT_COLORS } from "@paperclip/shared";
 import { cn } from "../lib/utils";
 import { MarkdownEditor, type MarkdownEditorRef } from "./MarkdownEditor";
 import { StatusBadge } from "./StatusBadge";
+import { ChoosePathButton } from "./PathInstructionsModal";
 
 const projectStatuses = [
   { value: "backlog", label: "Backlog" },
@@ -333,12 +334,15 @@ export function NewProjectDialog() {
           {(workspaceSetup === "local" || workspaceSetup === "both") && (
             <div className="rounded-md border border-border p-2">
               <label className="mb-1 block text-xs text-muted-foreground">Local folder (full path)</label>
-              <input
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                className="w-full rounded border border-border bg-transparent px-2 py-1 text-xs font-mono outline-none"
+                <input
-                value={workspaceLocalPath}
+                  className="w-full rounded border border-border bg-transparent px-2 py-1 text-xs font-mono outline-none"
-                onChange={(e) => setWorkspaceLocalPath(e.target.value)}
+                  value={workspaceLocalPath}
-                placeholder="/absolute/path/to/workspace"
+                  onChange={(e) => setWorkspaceLocalPath(e.target.value)}
-              />
+                  placeholder="/absolute/path/to/workspace"
+                />
+                <ChoosePathButton />
+              </div>
             </div>
           )}
           {(workspaceSetup === "repo" || workspaceSetup === "both") && (

ui/src/components/OnboardingWizard.tsx

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { cn } from "../lib/utils";
 import { getUIAdapter } from "../adapters";
 import { defaultCreateValues } from "./agent-config-defaults";
 import { AsciiArtAnimation } from "./AsciiArtAnimation";
+import { ChoosePathButton } from "./PathInstructionsModal";
 import {
   Building2,
   Bot,
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ export function OnboardingWizard() {
   const [command, setCommand] = useState("");
   const [args, setArgs] = useState("");
   const [url, setUrl] = useState("");
-  const [cwdPickerNotice, setCwdPickerNotice] = useState<string | null>(null);
 
   // Step 3
   const [taskTitle, setTaskTitle] = useState("Create your CEO HEARTBEAT.md");
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ export function OnboardingWizard() {
     setCommand("");
     setArgs("");
     setUrl("");
-    setCwdPickerNotice(null);
     setTaskTitle("Create your CEO HEARTBEAT.md");
     setTaskDescription("You're the CEO of the company, make sure you have a file agents/ceo/HEARTBEAT.md that tells you your core loop. You MUST use the Paperclip SKILL.");
     setCreatedCompanyId(null);
@@ -415,44 +414,8 @@ export function OnboardingWizard() {
                             value={cwd}
                             onChange={(e) => setCwd(e.target.value)}
                           />
-                          <button
+                          <ChoosePathButton />
-                            type="button"
-                            className="inline-flex items-center rounded-md border border-border px-2 py-0.5 text-xs text-muted-foreground hover:bg-accent/50 transition-colors shrink-0"
-                            onClick={async () => {
-                              try {
-                                setCwdPickerNotice(null);
-                                // @ts-expect-error -- showDirectoryPicker is not in all TS lib defs yet
-                                const handle = await window.showDirectoryPicker({ mode: "read" });
-                                const pickedPath =
-                                  typeof handle === "object" &&
-                                  handle !== null &&
-                                  typeof (handle as { path?: unknown }).path === "string"
-                                    ? String((handle as { path: string }).path)
-                                    : "";
-                                if (pickedPath) {
-                                  setCwd(pickedPath);
-                                  return;
-                                }
-                                const selectedName =
-                                  typeof handle === "object" &&
-                                  handle !== null &&
-                                  typeof (handle as { name?: unknown }).name === "string"
-                                    ? String((handle as { name: string }).name)
-                                    : "selected folder";
-                                setCwdPickerNotice(
-                                  `Directory picker only exposed "${selectedName}". Paste the absolute path manually.`,
-                                );
-                              } catch {
-                                // user cancelled or API unsupported
-                              }
-                            }}
-                          >
-                            Choose
-                          </button>
                         </div>
-                        {cwdPickerNotice && (
-                          <p className="mt-1 text-xs text-amber-400">{cwdPickerNotice}</p>
-                        )}
                       </div>
                       <div>
                         <label className="text-xs text-muted-foreground mb-1 block">

ui/src/components/ProjectProperties.tsx

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import { Popover, PopoverContent, PopoverTrigger } from "@/components/ui/popover";
 import { Tooltip, TooltipContent, TooltipTrigger } from "@/components/ui/tooltip";
 import { ExternalLink, Github, Plus, Trash2, X } from "lucide-react";
+import { ChoosePathButton } from "./PathInstructionsModal";
 
 interface ProjectPropertiesProps {
   project: Project;
@@ -384,12 +385,15 @@ export function ProjectProperties({ project, onUpdate }: ProjectPropertiesProps)
           </div>
           {workspaceMode === "local" && (
             <div className="space-y-1.5 rounded-md border border-border p-2">
-              <input
+              <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
-                className="w-full rounded border border-border bg-transparent px-2 py-1 text-xs font-mono outline-none"
+                <input
-                value={workspaceCwd}
+                  className="w-full rounded border border-border bg-transparent px-2 py-1 text-xs font-mono outline-none"
-                onChange={(e) => setWorkspaceCwd(e.target.value)}
+                  value={workspaceCwd}
-                placeholder="/absolute/path/to/workspace"
+                  onChange={(e) => setWorkspaceCwd(e.target.value)}
-              />
+                  placeholder="/absolute/path/to/workspace"
+                />
+                <ChoosePathButton />
+              </div>
               <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
                 <Button
                   variant="outline"

ui/src/components/ui/scroll-area.tsx

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function ScrollArea({
   return (
     <ScrollAreaPrimitive.Root
       data-slot="scroll-area"
-      className={cn("relative flex flex-col", className)}
+      className={cn("relative flex flex-col overflow-hidden", className)}
       {...props}
     >
       <ScrollAreaPrimitive.Viewport