Add prompt to the remote branch checkout menu (#3652)

- **PR Description**

As a followup to [this
discussion](https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pull/3388#issuecomment-2002308045),
this PR adds a way to add a prompt text to menus. It is shown above the
menu items, separated by a blank line. We use it to add a prompt to the
remote branch checkout menu.

pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ func NewMenuContext(
 type MenuViewModel struct {
 	c               *ContextCommon
 	menuItems       []*types.MenuItem
+	prompt          string
+	promptLines     []string
 	columnAlignment []utils.Alignment
 	*FilteredListViewModel[*types.MenuItem]
 }
@@ -73,6 +75,23 @@ func (self *MenuViewModel) SetMenuItems(items []*types.MenuItem, columnAlignment
 	self.columnAlignment = columnAlignment
 }
 
+func (self *MenuViewModel) GetPrompt() string {
+	return self.prompt
+}
+
+func (self *MenuViewModel) SetPrompt(prompt string) {
+	self.prompt = prompt
+	self.promptLines = nil
+}
+
+func (self *MenuViewModel) GetPromptLines() []string {
+	return self.promptLines
+}
+
+func (self *MenuViewModel) SetPromptLines(promptLines []string) {
+	self.promptLines = promptLines
+}
+
 // TODO: move into presentation package
 func (self *MenuViewModel) GetDisplayStrings(_ int, _ int) [][]string {
 	menuItems := self.FilteredListViewModel.GetItems()
@@ -94,14 +113,22 @@ func (self *MenuViewModel) GetDisplayStrings(_ int, _ int) [][]string {
 }
 
 func (self *MenuViewModel) GetNonModelItems() []*NonModelItem {
+	result := []*NonModelItem{}
+	result = append(result, lo.Map(self.promptLines, func(line string, _ int) *NonModelItem {
+		return &NonModelItem{
+			Index:   0,
+			Column:  0,
+			Content: line,
+		}
+	})...)
+
 	// Don't display section headers when we are filtering, and the filter mode
 	// is fuzzy. The reason is that filtering changes the order of the items
 	// (they are sorted by best match), so all the sections would be messed up.
 	if self.FilteredListViewModel.IsFiltering() && self.c.UserConfig.Gui.UseFuzzySearch() {
-		return []*NonModelItem{}
+		return result
 	}
 
-	result := []*NonModelItem{}
 	menuItems := self.FilteredListViewModel.GetItems()
 	var prevSection *types.MenuSection = nil
 	for i, menuItem := range menuItems {

pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/confirmation_helper.go

@@ -63,15 +63,20 @@ func (self *ConfirmationHelper) DeactivateConfirmationPrompt() {
 
 // Temporary hack: we're just duplicating the logic in `gocui.lineWrap`
 func getMessageHeight(wrap bool, message string, width int) int {
-	if !wrap {
-		return len(strings.Split(message, "\n"))
+	return len(wrapMessageToWidth(wrap, message, width))
 }
 
-	lineCount := 0
+func wrapMessageToWidth(wrap bool, message string, width int) []string {
 	lines := strings.Split(message, "\n")
+	if !wrap {
+		return lines
+	}
+
+	wrappedLines := make([]string, 0, len(lines))
 
 	for _, line := range lines {
 		n := 0
+		offset := 0
 		lastWhitespaceIndex := -1
 		for i, currChr := range line {
 			rw := runewidth.RuneWidth(currChr)
@@ -79,28 +84,38 @@ func getMessageHeight(wrap bool, message string, width int) int {
 
 			if n > width {
 				if currChr == ' ' {
+					wrappedLines = append(wrappedLines, line[offset:i])
+					offset = i + 1
 					n = 0
 				} else if currChr == '-' {
+					wrappedLines = append(wrappedLines, line[offset:i])
+					offset = i
 					n = rw
 				} else if lastWhitespaceIndex != -1 && lastWhitespaceIndex+1 != i {
 					if line[lastWhitespaceIndex] == '-' {
+						wrappedLines = append(wrappedLines, line[offset:lastWhitespaceIndex+1])
+						offset = lastWhitespaceIndex + 1
 						n = i - lastWhitespaceIndex
 					} else {
+						wrappedLines = append(wrappedLines, line[offset:lastWhitespaceIndex])
+						offset = lastWhitespaceIndex + 1
 						n = i - lastWhitespaceIndex + 1
 					}
 				} else {
+					wrappedLines = append(wrappedLines, line[offset:i])
+					offset = i
 					n = rw
 				}
-				lineCount++
 				lastWhitespaceIndex = -1
 			} else if currChr == ' ' || currChr == '-' {
 				lastWhitespaceIndex = i
 			}
 		}
-		lineCount++
+
+		wrappedLines = append(wrappedLines, line[offset:])
 	}
 
-	return lineCount
+	return wrappedLines
 }
 
 func (self *ConfirmationHelper) getPopupPanelDimensions(wrap bool, prompt string) (int, int, int, int) {
@@ -358,7 +373,9 @@ func (self *ConfirmationHelper) resizeMenu() {
 	itemCount := self.c.Contexts().Menu.UnfilteredLen()
 	offset := 3
 	panelWidth := self.getPopupPanelWidth()
-	x0, y0, x1, y1 := self.getPopupPanelDimensionsForContentHeight(panelWidth, itemCount+offset)
+	contentWidth := panelWidth - 2 // minus 2 for the frame
+	promptLinesCount := self.layoutMenuPrompt(contentWidth)
+	x0, y0, x1, y1 := self.getPopupPanelDimensionsForContentHeight(panelWidth, itemCount+offset+promptLinesCount)
 	menuBottom := y1 - offset
 	_, _ = self.c.GocuiGui().SetView(self.c.Views().Menu.Name(), x0, y0, x1, menuBottom, 0)
 
@@ -368,11 +385,39 @@ func (self *ConfirmationHelper) resizeMenu() {
 	if selectedItem != nil {
 		tooltip = self.TooltipForMenuItem(selectedItem)
 	}
-	contentWidth := panelWidth - 2                                     // minus 2 for the frame
 	tooltipHeight := getMessageHeight(true, tooltip, contentWidth) + 2 // plus 2 for the frame
 	_, _ = self.c.GocuiGui().SetView(self.c.Views().Tooltip.Name(), x0, tooltipTop, x1, tooltipTop+tooltipHeight-1, 0)
 }
 
+// Wraps the lines of the menu prompt to the available width and rerenders the
+// menu if neeeded. Returns the number of lines the prompt takes up.
+func (self *ConfirmationHelper) layoutMenuPrompt(contentWidth int) int {
+	oldPromptLines := self.c.Contexts().Menu.GetPromptLines()
+	var promptLines []string
+	prompt := self.c.Contexts().Menu.GetPrompt()
+	if len(prompt) > 0 {
+		promptLines = wrapMessageToWidth(true, prompt, contentWidth)
+		promptLines = append(promptLines, "")
+	}
+	self.c.Contexts().Menu.SetPromptLines(promptLines)
+	if len(oldPromptLines) != len(promptLines) {
+		// The number of lines in the prompt has changed; this happens either
+		// because we're now showing a menu that has a prompt, and the previous
+		// menu didn't (or vice versa), or because the user is resizing the
+		// terminal window while a menu with a prompt is open.
+
+		// We need to rerender to give the menu context a chance to update its
+		// non-model items, and reinitialize the data it uses for converting
+		// between view index and model index.
+		_ = self.c.Contexts().Menu.HandleRender()
+
+		// Then we need to refocus to ensure the cursor is in the right place in
+		// the view.
+		_ = self.c.Contexts().Menu.HandleFocus(types.OnFocusOpts{})
+	}
+	return len(promptLines)
+}
+
 func (self *ConfirmationHelper) resizeConfirmationPanel() {
 	suggestionsViewHeight := 0
 	if self.c.Views().Suggestions.Visible {

pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/refs_helper.go

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ func (self *RefsHelper) CheckoutRemoteBranch(fullBranchName string, localBranchN
 		Title: utils.ResolvePlaceholderString(self.c.Tr.RemoteBranchCheckoutTitle, map[string]string{
 			"branchName": fullBranchName,
 		}),
+		Prompt: self.c.Tr.RemoteBranchCheckoutPrompt,
 		Items: []*types.MenuItem{
 			{
 				Label:   self.c.Tr.CheckoutTypeNewBranch,

pkg/gui/menu_panel.go

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) createMenu(opts types.CreateMenuOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	gui.State.Contexts.Menu.SetMenuItems(opts.Items, opts.ColumnAlignment)
+	gui.State.Contexts.Menu.SetPrompt(opts.Prompt)
 	gui.State.Contexts.Menu.SetSelection(0)
 
 	gui.Views.Menu.Title = opts.Title

pkg/gui/types/common.go

@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ const (
 
 type CreateMenuOptions struct {
 	Title           string
+	Prompt          string // a message that will be displayed above the menu options
 	Items           []*MenuItem
 	HideCancel      bool
 	ColumnAlignment []utils.Alignment

pkg/i18n/english.go

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	CheckoutByName                        string
 	CheckoutByNameTooltip                 string
 	RemoteBranchCheckoutTitle             string
+	RemoteBranchCheckoutPrompt            string
 	CheckoutTypeNewBranch                 string
 	CheckoutTypeNewBranchTooltip          string
 	CheckoutTypeDetachedHead              string
@@ -1079,6 +1080,7 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() TranslationSet {
 		CheckoutByName:                       "Checkout by name",
 		CheckoutByNameTooltip:                "Checkout by name. In the input box you can enter '-' to switch to the last branch.",
 		RemoteBranchCheckoutTitle:            "Checkout {{.branchName}}",
+		RemoteBranchCheckoutPrompt:           "How would you like to check out this branch?",
 		CheckoutTypeNewBranch:                "New local branch",
 		CheckoutTypeNewBranchTooltip:         "Checkout the remote branch as a local branch, tracking the remote branch.",
 		CheckoutTypeDetachedHead:             "Detached head",