Add a sidebar text-size selector to the terminal toolbar

extension/sidepanel-terminal.js

@@ -39,8 +39,18 @@
     ended: document.getElementById('terminal-ended'),
     restart: document.getElementById('terminal-restart'),
     restartNow: document.getElementById('terminal-restart-now'),
+    fontSize: document.getElementById('terminal-fontsize'),
   };
 
+  // Sidebar text-size selector. sm = 13px is the shipped default (do not change it — it is
+  // what every existing session renders at); the others step around it. Persisted per user
+  // in chrome.storage.local and applied to the live xterm.
+  const FONT_SIZES = { xs: 11, sm: 13, md: 15, lg: 17, xl: 20 };
+  const FONT_SIZE_DEFAULT = 'sm';
+  const FONT_SIZE_KEY = 'terminalFontSize';
+  let fontSizeKey = FONT_SIZE_DEFAULT; // the chosen T-shirt size; px comes from FONT_SIZES
+  const fontPx = () => FONT_SIZES[fontSizeKey] || FONT_SIZES[FONT_SIZE_DEFAULT];
+
   /** State machine. */
   const STATE = {
     IDLE: 'idle',
@@ -392,7 +402,7 @@
     if (term) return;
     term = new Terminal({
       fontFamily: '"JetBrains Mono", "SF Mono", Menlo, "Noto Sans Mono CJK KR", "Malgun Gothic", monospace',
-      fontSize: 13,
+      fontSize: fontPx(), // the persisted size (default 13 = sm); see FONT_SIZES
       theme: { background: '#0a0a0a', foreground: '#e5e5e5' },
       cursorBlink: true,
       scrollback: 5000,
@@ -931,6 +941,40 @@
     els.restart?.addEventListener('click', forceRestart);
     els.restartNow?.addEventListener('click', forceRestart);
 
+    // Re-measure the terminal and tell the PTY its new size. Same body the first-fit and the
+    // ResizeObserver use — a bare fitAddon.fit() is not enough: without the resize message
+    // claude keeps wrapping to the old cols/rows.
+    const refitTerminal = () => {
+      try {
+        fitAddon && fitAddon.fit();
+        if (term && ws && ws.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
+          ws.send(JSON.stringify({ type: 'resize', cols: term.cols, rows: term.rows }));
+        }
+      } catch {}
+    };
+
+    // Sidebar text-size selector: restore the saved size, then apply on change. Changing the
+    // font is asynchronous inside xterm — it re-measures the character cell on the next render
+    // frame, so fitting in the same tick reads the OLD cell and leaves the grid clipped (the
+    // bug that made a live change need a close/reopen). Two rAFs let the new metrics land
+    // before we fit + resize. If the terminal isn't up yet, ensureXterm reads fontPx() at
+    // creation, so no refit is needed then.
+    const applyFontSize = (key, persist) => {
+      fontSizeKey = FONT_SIZES[key] ? key : FONT_SIZE_DEFAULT;
+      if (els.fontSize) els.fontSize.value = fontSizeKey;
+      if (term) {
+        term.options.fontSize = fontPx();
+        requestAnimationFrame(() => requestAnimationFrame(refitTerminal));
+      }
+      if (persist) { try { chrome.storage.local.set({ [FONT_SIZE_KEY]: fontSizeKey }); } catch {} }
+    };
+    els.fontSize?.addEventListener('change', (e) => applyFontSize(e.target.value, true));
+    try {
+      chrome.storage.local.get([FONT_SIZE_KEY], (r) => applyFontSize(r?.[FONT_SIZE_KEY] || FONT_SIZE_DEFAULT, false));
+    } catch {
+      applyFontSize(FONT_SIZE_DEFAULT, false);
+    }
+
 
     // Live browser-tab state. background.js → sidepanel.js → us. We
     // forward over the live PTY WebSocket; terminal-agent.ts writes

extension/sidepanel.css

@@ -719,6 +719,38 @@ body::after {
   color: #f59e0b;
   border-color: #f59e0b;
 }
+/* Right cluster: text-size selector + Restart, kept together on the toolbar's right end. */
+.terminal-toolbar-right {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+}
+.terminal-fontsize {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 3px;
+  color: #a1a1aa;
+}
+/* The glyph is a size hint, not decoration — a small 'A' beside the picker. */
+.terminal-fontsize-icon {
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
+  font-size: 13px;
+  line-height: 1;
+}
+.terminal-fontsize select {
+  background: #0a0a0a;
+  color: #a1a1aa;
+  border: 1px solid #27272a;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+  padding: 3px 4px;
+  font-size: 11px;
+  font-family: 'JetBrains Mono', monospace;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color-scheme: dark; /* keep the native option list dark, not a white flash over the panel */
+}
+.terminal-fontsize select:hover { color: #f59e0b; border-color: #f59e0b; }
+.terminal-fontsize select:focus-visible { outline: 2px solid #f59e0b; outline-offset: 1px; }
 .terminal-bootstrap {
   flex: 1;
   display: flex;

extension/sidepanel.html

@@ -40,7 +40,19 @@
         <button id="chat-screenshot-btn" class="terminal-toolbar-btn" title="Take a screenshot">📸 Screenshot</button>
         <button id="chat-cookies-btn" class="terminal-toolbar-btn" title="Import cookies from your browser">🍪 Cookies</button>
       </div>
-      <button class="terminal-toolbar-btn" id="terminal-restart-now" title="Restart Claude Code session">↻ Restart</button>
+      <div class="terminal-toolbar-right">
+        <label class="terminal-fontsize" title="Sidebar text size">
+          <span class="terminal-fontsize-icon" aria-hidden="true">A</span>
+          <select id="terminal-fontsize" aria-label="Sidebar text size">
+            <option value="xs">XS</option>
+            <option value="sm">SM</option>
+            <option value="md">MD</option>
+            <option value="lg">LG</option>
+            <option value="xl">XL</option>
+          </select>
+        </label>
+        <button class="terminal-toolbar-btn" id="terminal-restart-now" title="Restart Claude Code session">↻ Restart</button>
+      </div>
     </div>
     <div class="terminal-bootstrap" id="terminal-bootstrap">
       <div class="terminal-bootstrap-icon">▸</div>