From de74f8ded075dba9db5a9423bd8ab8c1032d7be6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Zimdars <jz@37signals.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 12:25:06 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify thinking state

---
 app/assets/stylesheets/conversation.css         | 17 +++++------------
 .../show/_thinking_indicator.html.erb           |  8 ++------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/conversation.css b/app/assets/stylesheets/conversation.css
index fe7d8e6d7..cec3cf267 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/conversation.css
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/conversation.css
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@
     .input--textarea {
       --input-padding: 0.5em !important;
     }
+
+    .conversation:has(.conversation__thinking-indicator--thinking) & {
+      animation: pulse 1.5s infinite;
+      pointer-events: none;
+    }
   }
 
   .conversation__message {
@@ -85,18 +90,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .conversation__thinking-indicator {
-    padding: var(--block-space);
-  }
-
-  .conversation__thinking-indicator--ready {
-    display: none;
-  }
-
-  .conversation__thinking-indicator--thinking {
-    display: block;
-  }
-
   .conversation__transcript {
     display: flex;
     flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/app/views/conversations/show/_thinking_indicator.html.erb b/app/views/conversations/show/_thinking_indicator.html.erb
index 0cd2c9c78..f08f48f9b 100644
--- a/app/views/conversations/show/_thinking_indicator.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/conversations/show/_thinking_indicator.html.erb
@@ -1,6 +1,2 @@
-<%= tag.div(
-  id: dom_id(conversation, :thinking_indicator),
-  class: "conversation__thinking-indicator conversation__thinking-indicator--#{conversation.state}"
-) do %>
-  <span class="spinner"></span> Thinking...
-<% end %>
+<%= tag.div id: dom_id(conversation, :thinking_indicator),
+      class: "conversation__thinking-indicator conversation__thinking-indicator--#{conversation.state}" %>