feat(sidebar): restore section headers and compact separators

HellionChat/Plugin.cs

@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ public sealed class Plugin : IAsyncDalamudPlugin
                 new SelfTests.TabRenamePersistStep(this),
                 new SelfTests.NotificationSoundSelectStep(),
                 new SelfTests.SidebarGreetedGlyphStep(this),
+                new SelfTests.SidebarSectionHeaderStep(this),
             ]);
 
             // Re-surface the wizard for existing users when a major UX

HellionChat/SelfTests/SidebarSectionHeaderStep.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
+using Dalamud.Plugin.SelfTest;
+using HellionChat.Code;
+using HellionChat.GameFunctions.Types;
+
+namespace HellionChat.SelfTests;
+
+// B3-4: section headers render once per non-empty temp-tab pool, and compact
+// mode suppresses the header text (separators stay). Drives the REAL
+// Sidebar.Draw inside the /xlperf window frame (same render precedent as
+// SidebarGreetedGlyphStep) and reads the render observability counter.
+// Injects a mixed tab set (persistent + unpinned temp + pinned temp) and
+// restores config in finally.
+internal sealed class SidebarSectionHeaderStep : ISelfTestStep
+{
+    private readonly Plugin plugin;
+
+    public SidebarSectionHeaderStep(Plugin plugin) => this.plugin = plugin;
+
+    public string Name => "Hellion Chat - Sidebar section header";
+
+    public SelfTestStepResult RunStep()
+    {
+        var sidebar = plugin.MainWindow.GetSidebarForSelfTest();
+        if (sidebar is null)
+        {
+            ImGui.Text("Sidebar null");
+            return SelfTestStepResult.Fail;
+        }
+
+        var savedCompact = Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay;
+        var savedSidebarWidth = Plugin.Config.SidebarWidth;
+
+        // Both headers need a populated pool behind them. Persistent tabs
+        // normally already exist — inject a probe only when the live config
+        // has none, so the section order has a real first section.
+        var injected = new List<Tab>();
+        if (Plugin.Config.Tabs.All(t => t.IsTempTab))
+        {
+            injected.Add(
+                new Tab
+                {
+                    Name = "Persistent Probe@SelfTest",
+                    SelectedChannels = new Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)>
+                    {
+                        [ChatType.Say] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
+                    },
+                }
+            );
+        }
+        injected.Add(BuildTempProbe("Tell Probe@SelfTest", pinned: false));
+        injected.Add(BuildTempProbe("Pinned Probe@SelfTest", pinned: true));
+        foreach (var tab in injected)
+            Plugin.Config.Tabs.Add(tab);
+
+        Tab? active = null;
+        var width = (float)Plugin.Config.SidebarAutoSwitchThresholdPx + 100f; // expanded
+        try
+        {
+            // Headers are not width-gated, but the pinned width keeps the step
+            // uniform with SidebarGreetedGlyphStep (expanded rows, no min-drag
+            // row drops while the probes render).
+            Plugin.Config.SidebarWidth = 220;
+
+            Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = false;
+            sidebar.Draw(width, Plugin.Config.Tabs, ref active);
+            if (sidebar.LastDrawnSectionHeaderCount != 2)
+            {
+                ImGui.Text(
+                    $"Expected 2 section headers with compact OFF, got {sidebar.LastDrawnSectionHeaderCount}"
+                );
+                return SelfTestStepResult.Fail;
+            }
+
+            Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = true;
+            sidebar.Draw(width, Plugin.Config.Tabs, ref active);
+            if (sidebar.LastDrawnSectionHeaderCount != 0)
+            {
+                ImGui.Text(
+                    $"Compact ON must suppress header text, got {sidebar.LastDrawnSectionHeaderCount}"
+                );
+                return SelfTestStepResult.Fail;
+            }
+        }
+        finally
+        {
+            foreach (var tab in injected)
+                Plugin.Config.Tabs.Remove(tab);
+            Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay = savedCompact;
+            Plugin.Config.SidebarWidth = savedSidebarWidth;
+        }
+
+        return SelfTestStepResult.Pass;
+    }
+
+    public void CleanUp() { }
+
+    // Mirror of AutoTellTabsService.BuildTempTab (the real builder is
+    // private); only the sheet-based tab name is replaced with a literal.
+    private static Tab BuildTempProbe(string name, bool pinned) =>
+        new()
+        {
+            Name = name,
+            IsTempTab = true,
+            IsPinned = pinned,
+            AllSenderMessages = true,
+            TellTarget = new TellTarget(name, 0, 0, TellReason.Direct),
+            Channel = InputChannel.Tell,
+            DisplayTimestamp = true,
+            UnreadMode = UnreadMode.Unseen,
+            HideWhenInactive = false,
+            SelectedChannels = new Dictionary<ChatType, (ChatSource, ChatSource)>
+            {
+                [ChatType.TellIncoming] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
+                [ChatType.TellOutgoing] = (ChatSourceExt.All, ChatSourceExt.All),
+            },
+        };
+}

HellionChat/Ui/Components/Sidebar.cs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Dalamud.Bindings.ImGui;
 using Dalamud.Interface;
 using Dalamud.Interface.Utility.Raii;
 using HellionChat.Code;
+using HellionChat.Resources;
 using HellionChat.Themes;
 using HellionChat.Ui.StyleEngine;
 using HellionChat.Util;
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
     // The SelfTest reads it after driving the real Draw — no dead service roundtrip.
     internal int LastRenderedGreetedGlyphCount;
 
+    // B3-4 render observability: section headers actually drawn this frame.
+    // Incremented only in the real header branch; reset at Draw start.
+    internal int LastDrawnSectionHeaderCount;
+
     // Inline mirror of the old TabIconMapping table so the Ui layer carries
     // its own glyph lookup once the standalone file is removed.
     private static readonly Dictionary<string, FontAwesomeIcon> IconByName = new(
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
     public void Draw(float windowWidth, IList<Tab> tabs, ref Tab? activeTab)
     {
         LastRenderedGreetedGlyphCount = 0;
+        LastDrawnSectionHeaderCount = 0;
 
         if (!_fonts.FontsReady)
         {
@@ -120,18 +126,74 @@ internal sealed class Sidebar
         var dimAbgr = ColourUtil.RgbaToAbgr(theme.Colors.TextDim);
         var dl = ImGui.GetWindowDrawList();
 
+        // B3-4 sectioned render order (1.5.6 parity): persistent → pinned
+        // TempTabs → unpinned TempTabs. Only the display sequence regroups;
+        // the tab list itself stays untouched and every row keeps its
+        // ORIGINAL list index for PushID, so an open context-menu popup
+        // stays bound to its tab when sectioning moves it visually.
+        var renderOrder = BuildRenderOrder(tabs);
+        var pinnedHeaderRendered = false;
+        var unpinnedHeaderRendered = false;
+        foreach (var i in renderOrder)
+        {
+            var tab = tabs[i];
+            if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool(tab) && !pinnedHeaderRendered)
+            {
+                DrawSectionHeader(
+                    HellionStrings.PinTab_SectionHeader,
+                    Plugin.Instance.AutoTellTabsService.PinnedTempTabCount
+                );
+                pinnedHeaderRendered = true;
+            }
+            else if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(tab) && !unpinnedHeaderRendered)
+            {
+                DrawSectionHeader(
+                    HellionStrings.AutoTellTabs_SectionHeader,
+                    Plugin.Instance.AutoTellTabsService.ActiveTempTabCount
+                );
+                unpinnedHeaderRendered = true;
+            }
+
+            DrawRow(tab, i, expanded, accentRgba, textAbgr, mutedAbgr, dimAbgr, dl, ref activeTab);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Section transition marker (1.5.6 parity): the separator always renders,
+    // compact mode suppresses only the header text. Real cursor-advancing
+    // widgets on purpose — rows advance the cursor via InvisibleButton, so a
+    // drawlist-only header would overlap the next row.
+    private void DrawSectionHeader(string header, int count)
+    {
+        ImGui.Separator();
+        if (Plugin.Config.AutoTellTabsCompactDisplay)
+            return;
+
+        ImGui.TextDisabled($"{header} ({count})");
+        LastDrawnSectionHeaderCount++;
+    }
+
+    // Mirror of 1.5.6's BuildSidebarRenderOrder: returns indices into the
+    // live tab list grouped by section, so the list order itself is never
+    // mutated and headers gate on the first tab actually reached per pool
+    // (an empty pool draws neither separator nor header).
+    private static List<int> BuildRenderOrder(IList<Tab> tabs)
+    {
+        var persistent = new List<int>(tabs.Count);
+        var pinned = new List<int>();
+        var unpinned = new List<int>();
         for (var i = 0; i < tabs.Count; i++)
-            DrawRow(
+        {
-                tabs[i],
+            if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInPinnedPool(tabs[i]))
-                i,
+                pinned.Add(i);
-                expanded,
+            else if (TabLifecycleHelpers.IsInUnpinnedPool(tabs[i]))
-                accentRgba,
+                unpinned.Add(i);
-                textAbgr,
+            else
-                mutedAbgr,
+                persistent.Add(i);
-                dimAbgr,
+        }
-                dl,
+
-                ref activeTab
+        persistent.AddRange(pinned);
-            );
+        persistent.AddRange(unpinned);
+        return persistent;
     }
 
     private void DrawRow(