fix(desktop): keep preview picking active across subframe navigation

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What Changed

• Keep the preview element-pick navigation listener active until the pick session is cleaned up.
• Read isMainFrame from the current Electron navigation event details instead of deprecated positional arguments.
• Make the regression test model Electron once semantics and cover a subframe navigation followed by a main-frame navigation.

Why

Electron removes a once listener after the first matching event, even when that event comes from a subframe. A subframe navigation could therefore consume the listener and leave the picker promise and listeners active when the main frame navigated afterward. Electron 43 exposes frame details on the event object, so the handler and regression test use that current shape.

sequenceDiagram
    participant S as Subframe
    participant P as Picker session
    participant M as Main frame
    S->>P: did-start-navigation
    Note over P: Ignore event and keep listener
    M->>P: did-start-navigation
    P->>P: Settle and remove listeners

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Verification

• pnpm exec vp test run src/preview/Manager.test.ts (80 tests)
• pnpm --filter @t3tools/desktop typecheck
• Targeted lint and format checks for both changed files
• Fallow audit against main for @t3tools/desktop (pass; zero introduced findings)

Checklist

• This PR is small and focused
• I explained what changed and why
• Screenshots are not applicable because there is no visual UI change
• Video is not applicable because there is no animation or timing change

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Low Risk
Localized preview pick-session behavior with listener removal already handled in pickElement cleanup; regression test added for the subframe-then-main-frame case.

Overview
Fixes preview element picking ending too early when a subframe navigates before the main document does.

pickElement now registers a persistent did-start-navigation listener (removed in the existing pick cleanup) instead of once, because Electron drops one-shot listeners on the first event—including non–main-frame navigations that should not cancel the pick. The handler reads event.isMainFrame from the navigation event object.

Tests update the webview once mock to match real Electron behavior and assert the pick stays in flight after a subframe navigation and only settles when the main frame navigates.

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Note

Fix PreviewManager element picking losing navigation listener on subframe nav

Changes the did-start-navigation subscription in PreviewManager.makeNativeOperations from a one-time listener to a regular listener so it keeps receiving navigation events until the pick settles. The callback now consumes the typed navigation event and only settles the pick with null when main-frame is true; non-main-frame events leave the pick pending. Tests in Manager.test.ts were updated to model one-time listener semantics, pass structured navigation events, and assert the pick settles after a main-frame navigation.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Improved element picking in the preview while navigation is in progress.
  • Picking remains active when content within a subframe navigates.
  • Picking now settles correctly when the main page begins navigating.
  • Repeated navigation starts are handled consistently, helping prevent picking from becoming inactive prematurely or responding inconsistently during page changes.

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The element-picking session now handles every navigation start. Tests model Electron one-shot listeners and verify that subframe navigation does not end the pick session.

Changes

Element picking navigation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Navigation listener and validation apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts, apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.test.ts	The handler reads typed navigation event objects and uses wc.on to process every navigation. Tests verify that subframe navigation keeps the pick active and main-frame navigation settles it.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge, t3dotgg

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 8c8ab

Main-frame navigation during element picking can leave the picker active instead of cancelling cleanly; this should be corrected before merging.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main fix: keeping desktop preview picking active across subframe navigation.
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Verdict: Approved at c482cbd

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — This is a focused preview-picking bug fix that keeps the listener active through subframe navigation and still cancels on main-frame navigation, with regression coverage for both cases. The runtime change is isolated to the existing preview manager and does not alter defaults, schemas, security-sensitive code, or deployment behavior.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts`:
- Around line 2566-2574: Update the onNavigated handler in registerPickElement
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Use Electron’s positional navigation arguments. wc.on("did-start-navigation", onNavigated) invokes the handler with Electron’s positional arguments, so isMainFrame is not available as event.isMainFrame. The current handler therefore does not settle the pick on main-frame navigation. Update the handler to accept the positional isMainFrame argument, and update the regression test to emit those arguments instead of an object payload.

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In `@apps/desktop/src/preview/Manager.ts` around lines 2566 - 2574, Update the
onNavigated handler in registerPickElement to accept Electron’s positional
did-start-navigation arguments and use the positional isMainFrame value when
settling the pick. Update the regression test to emit the same positional
arguments rather than an object payload.

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