F1-F5 leave full-screen views; dialogs still block them

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

internal/ui/app.go

@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ type overlay struct {
 	page  string
 	focus tview.Primitive
 	hints string
+	full  bool   // full-screen view (can be left with F1-F5), as opposed to a dialog
+	close func() // optional cleanup when the overlay is removed
 }
 
 // New builds the application shell: a tab bar, one page per view and a status bar.
@@ -185,9 +187,9 @@ func (a *App) renderStatus() {
 }
 
 // pushOverlay stacks p above everything and focuses focus.
-func (a *App) pushOverlay(p, focus tview.Primitive, hints string) {
+func (a *App) pushOverlay(p, focus tview.Primitive, hints string, full bool, onClose func()) {
 	name := fmt.Sprintf("overlay-%d", len(a.overlays))
-	a.overlays = append(a.overlays, overlay{page: name, focus: a.app.GetFocus(), hints: hints})
+	a.overlays = append(a.overlays, overlay{page: name, focus: a.app.GetFocus(), hints: hints, full: full, close: onClose})
 	a.pages.AddPage(name, p, true, true)
 	a.app.SetFocus(focus)
 	a.renderStatus()
@@ -202,12 +204,12 @@ func (a *App) openModal(p tview.Primitive, width, height int) {
 			AddItem(p, height, 0, true).
 			AddItem(nil, 0, 1, false), width, 0, true).
 		AddItem(nil, 0, 1, false)
-	a.pushOverlay(box, p, "↑↓ move · ←→ change · Enter select · Esc cancel")
+	a.pushOverlay(box, p, "↑↓ move · ←→ change · Enter select · Esc cancel", false, nil)
 }
 
 // openFull shows p above the whole view area (the tab bar and status bar stay visible).
-func (a *App) openFull(p tview.Primitive, hints string) {
-	a.pushOverlay(p, p, hints)
+func (a *App) openFull(p tview.Primitive, hints string, onClose func()) {
+	a.pushOverlay(p, p, hints, true, onClose)
 }
 
 // closeModal removes the topmost overlay and restores the previous focus.
@@ -218,6 +220,9 @@ func (a *App) closeModal() {
 	top := a.overlays[len(a.overlays)-1]
 	a.overlays = a.overlays[:len(a.overlays)-1]
 	a.pages.RemovePage(top.page)
+	if top.close != nil {
+		top.close()
+	}
 	if top.focus != nil {
 		a.app.SetFocus(top.focus)
 	}
@@ -239,6 +244,16 @@ func (a *App) confirm(text string, yes func()) {
 	a.openModal(m, 60, 7+min(lines, 10))
 }
 
+// onlyFullOverlays is true when no dialog is open (full-screen views may be).
+func (a *App) onlyFullOverlays() bool {
+	for _, o := range a.overlays {
+		if !o.full {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 // typing reports whether keystrokes belong to a text field or dialog and must
 // not trigger global shortcuts.
 func (a *App) typing() bool {
@@ -254,13 +269,17 @@ func (a *App) handleKey(ev *tcell.EventKey) *tcell.EventKey {
 		a.app.Stop()
 		return nil
 	}
-	// Shortcuts that also work while typing in a search box. Not while a dialog is open.
-	if len(a.overlays) == 0 {
-		if ev.Key() == tcell.KeyF9 {
+	// Shortcuts that also work while typing in a search box. Dialogs block them;
+	// full-screen views (release list, episodes) are closed by a view switch.
+	if a.onlyFullOverlays() {
+		if ev.Key() == tcell.KeyF9 && len(a.overlays) == 0 {
 			a.showHelp()
 			return nil
 		}
 		if i := a.viewShortcut(ev); i >= 0 && i < len(a.views) {
+			for len(a.overlays) > 0 {
+				a.closeModal()
+			}
 			a.switchTo(i)
 			return nil
 		}

internal/ui/episodes.go

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func (a *App) openSeries(c *sonarr.Client, s sonarr.Series, onChange func()) {
 	})
 
 	v.render()
-	a.openFull(v.root, "Enter expand/releases · i releases · s search · t monitor · r reload · Esc back")
+	a.openFull(v.root, "Enter expand/releases · i releases · s search · t monitor · r reload · Esc back", nil)
 	v.reload()
 }
 

internal/ui/help.go

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const helpText = `[yellow]Global[-]
-  F1-F5                  switch view
+  F1-F5                  switch view (also from the release and episode lists)
   Tab, Shift+Tab         switch panel within a view
   ?, F9                  this help (F9 works while typing)
   q, Ctrl+C              quit

internal/ui/notify_test.go

@@ -24,3 +24,18 @@ func TestToastProgress(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("progress detection wrong")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestOnlyFullOverlays(t *testing.T) {
+	a := &App{}
+	if !a.onlyFullOverlays() {
+		t.Error("no overlays: view shortcuts must work")
+	}
+	a.overlays = []overlay{{full: true}, {full: true}}
+	if !a.onlyFullOverlays() {
+		t.Error("full-screen views must not block view shortcuts")
+	}
+	a.overlays = append(a.overlays, overlay{})
+	if a.onlyFullOverlays() {
+		t.Error("a dialog must block view shortcuts")
+	}
+}

internal/ui/releases.go

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func (a *App) openReleases(title string, fetch func(context.Context) ([]arr.Rele
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 3*time.Minute)
 	v.cancel = cancel
 	v.render() // shows the "searching" placeholder
-	a.openFull(v.root, "Enter/g grab · s sort · f hide rejected · Esc back")
+	a.openFull(v.root, "Enter/g grab · s sort · f hide rejected · Esc back", v.cancel)
 
 	go func() {
 		releases, err := fetch(ctx)
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ func (a *App) openReleases(title string, fetch func(context.Context) ([]arr.Rele
 }
 
 func (v *releasesView) close() {
-	v.cancel()
-	v.app.closeModal()
+	v.app.closeModal() // cancels the running search via the overlay's cleanup
 }
 
 func (v *releasesView) setReleases(releases []arr.Release) {