From 5dddedb667e454012fdc4398c6b8e673514c88d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: operator-main <operator-main@frontdoor.local>
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2026 02:11:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] muse-chat-api: Press chat button to refocus Main Chat\n\nUser
 confirmed pressing the chat button properly refocuses Main Chat.\nSimpler and
 more reliable than searching for Main chat text in sidebar.

---
 bin/muse-chat-api.py | 24 +++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/muse-chat-api.py b/bin/muse-chat-api.py
index cd7f49e..b4c71a2 100755
--- a/bin/muse-chat-api.py
+++ b/bin/muse-chat-api.py
@@ -207,22 +207,20 @@ def cmd_sidechat_use(ws, chat_id):
     print(f"Navigated to: {result}")
 
 def cmd_sidechat_main(ws):
-    """Navigate back to main chat by clicking the Main chat button."""
+    """Navigate back to main chat by pressing the chat button."""
+    # The chat button (not the sidebar search) properly refocuses Main Chat.
     # Do NOT navigate to https://muse.ai/ (landing page) - it restores the
-    # last-viewed chat which may be a side chat. Click Main chat instead.
-    # Uses fuzzy matching like cmd_sidechat_use (substring + shortest first).
+    # last-viewed chat which may be a side chat.
     js = (
         "(async()=>{"
-        "const ob=[...document.querySelectorAll('button')].find("
-        "b=>b.textContent.includes('Open chat and side chats'));"
-        "if(ob)ob.click();"
-        "await new Promise(r=>setTimeout(r,2000));"
-        "const els=[...document.querySelectorAll('*')];"
-        "const cands=els.filter(e=>e.textContent&&e.textContent.includes('Main chat'));"
-        "cands.sort((a,b)=>a.textContent.length-b.textContent.length);"
-        "const el=cands[0];"
-        "if(!el)return 'NOTFOUND';"
-        "el.click();"
+        # Find the chat button - it refocuses Main Chat when pressed
+        "const btns=[...document.querySelectorAll('button')];"
+        "const chatBtn=btns.find(b=>"
+        "b.textContent.includes('Open chat and side chats')||"
+        "b.getAttribute('aria-label')&&b.getAttribute('aria-label').toLowerCase().includes('chat')"
+        ");"
+        "if(!chatBtn)return 'NOBUTTON';"
+        "chatBtn.click();"
         "await new Promise(r=>setTimeout(r,4000));"
         "return window.location.href;"
         "})()"