From 80a8b6a94ffb4e314009e5ca8867a1ecebd0ded9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ciregenz <ciregenz@berkeley.edu>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 03:15:30 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [eric] browser: Cmd+R reloads focused browser, else the app
 (MRU fallback was blocking app reload)

---
 frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx b/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx
index f6773c47..81e9ae52 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/app/components/Layout/AppShell.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useState, useEffect, useRef, useCallback, startTransition, useMemo } from 'react';
 import { NavLink, Outlet, useNavigate, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { openSettingsModal } from '@/shared/state/settingsSlice';
-import { getLastInteractedBrowser, getKeepAliveBrowserIds, setLastInteractedBrowser, clearLastInteractedBrowser } from '@/shared/browserFocus';
+import { getLastInteractedBrowser, setLastInteractedBrowser, clearLastInteractedBrowser } from '@/shared/browserFocus';
 import { getWebview } from '@/shared/browserRegistry';
 import Box from '@mui/material/Box';
 import ListItemButton from '@mui/material/ListItemButton';
@@ -336,15 +336,14 @@ const AppShell: React.FC = () => {
     return () => document.removeEventListener('pointerdown', onPointerDown, true);
   }, []);
 
-  // Cmd/Ctrl+R: main neutralizes the default-menu reload and hands us the decision. Reload the browser you're in or last used IN PLACE (keeps its login); only when no browser is open at all do we fall back to a full app reload, since reloading the renderer destroys every webview and wipes its session.
+  // Cmd/Ctrl+R: main neutralizes the default-menu reload and hands us the decision. If you're focused IN a browser, reload just that one in place (keeps its login); the moment you click off into the dashboard it reloads OpenSwarm itself, same as a normal browser tab vs the app window.
   useEffect(() => {
     const w = window as any;
     if (!w.openswarm?.onReloadShortcut) return;
     return w.openswarm.onReloadShortcut(() => {
-      for (const id of [getLastInteractedBrowser(), ...getKeepAliveBrowserIds()]) {
-        const wv = id ? getWebview(id) : undefined;
-        if (wv) { try { wv.reload(); return; } catch (_e) { /* torn-down webview; try the next */ } }
-      }
+      const id = getLastInteractedBrowser();
+      const wv = id ? getWebview(id) : undefined;
+      if (wv) { try { wv.reload(); return; } catch (_e) { /* torn-down webview; fall through to app reload */ } }
       window.location.reload();
     });
   }, []);