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Fixes #8000.

Draft: blocked on #7962 (branch sources-trigger-layout, still open). This isn't just two PRs touching the same file: #7962 extracts the domain-glyph markup into its own SourceGlyph function and fixes a key-collision bug (key={source.domain} to key={index}) as part of adding its layout prop, and this PR's hideTrigger change is written on top of that extraction (it exports the same SourceGlyph, and its trigger wrapping targets the post-#7962 structure). Rebasing this onto main as-is produces real conflicts, not a mechanical one. I'll rebase and mark this ready once #7962 merges.

What changed

Sources (the source-cards design, elements/sources) always renders its own trigger button. A caller that already drives open itself, a tab or a sibling toggle in its own citations panel, ends up with two disclosure controls stacked on the same panel.

  • hideTrigger?: boolean (default false, additive) omits the CollapsibleTrigger entirely, rendering only the panel content, so open/onOpenChange stay the caller's sole way to drive it.
  • SourceGlyph, the small domain-initial glyph already shared by both layouts, is now exported so a caller building that custom trigger can reuse it instead of redrawing it.

Test plan

  • Extended the colocated sources.test.tsx: a case asserting hideTrigger renders no trigger button while still showing the panel's source rows, and a case rendering SourceGlyph standalone.
  • pnpm exec vitest run src/components/react/assistant-ui/elements/sources.test.tsx --pool=forks in packages/ui: 7/7 passing (5 existing + 2 new).
  • oxlint / oxfmt --check on the touched files: clean.
  • Updated apps/docs/content/elements/sources.mdx: the hideTrigger prop in the API reference table, and a sentence on when to reach for it alongside SourceGlyph.

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Sources gains an optional layout?: "grid" | "list" prop (default "grid",
every existing usage unchanged). "list" renders one compact line per
source instead of the two-column card grid, for a reply with more
sources than the grid comfortably fits, or a caller that wants the list
itself denser.

Also fixes a real bug found adding the list layout: both layouts keyed
each row by source.domain, so two different pages on the same site in
one sources array produced two rows with the identical React key. Both
layouts now key by array index instead.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Two screenshots (grid, list) rendered from a standalone demo using the
same generic sample data as apps/docs/components/demo/elements/sources.tsx,
for the pull request description only.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ings

- Both text spans in the list row now shrink (min-w-0 + truncate), the
  domain also capped at max-w-[40%], so a long title or domain can't
  widen the row past its container.
- Added a colocated test file covering the default grid, the list
  layout, duplicate domains, and a long title/domain pair.
- Documented `layout` in apps/docs/content/elements/sources.mdx and
  updated its stale "grid only" / "four props" language.
- Added docstrings to Sources and SourceGlyph.
- Dropped the changeset: @assistant-ui/ui is private, and the
  changeset config rejects a changeset naming it.

Closes assistant-ui#7988

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A caller with its own control over `open` (a tab, a sibling toggle)
currently gets a second, redundant disclosure affordance stacked
alongside Sources' own built-in trigger. `hideTrigger` (default false)
omits it, rendering only the panel content. `SourceGlyph`, the shared
domain-initial glyph, is exported for a caller building that custom
trigger to reuse it.

Fixes assistant-ui#8000

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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hideTrigger?: boolean;
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With hideTrigger, onOpenChange becomes unreachable — nothing in the element can call it — yet the type still requires it. Your own new test shows the cost: <Sources sources={SOURCES} open onOpenChange={() => {}} hideTrigger />, a required callback passed as a no-op purely to satisfy the type. Every caller of this mode writes that same dead prop.

Worth considering: make onOpenChange optional (or split SourcesProps into a union on hideTrigger) so the trigger-less mode doesn't demand a callback it can never invoke.

Separately, a direction question rather than a request: would trigger?: ReactNode, rendered through CollapsibleTrigger asChild, serve #8000 better? The caller's own control would then inherit Base UI's aria-expanded/aria-controls/keyboard wiring instead of having to rebuild it outside the element, and it subsumes hideTrigger (pass nothing, get nothing). hideTrigger is the smaller change, so if you've already weighed this and prefer the boolean, say why and I'm fine with it.

@@ -273,5 +273,7 @@ Nothing inside the element opens or closes the panel: `open` and `onOpenChange`
| `open` | `boolean` | required | Whether the card grid is expanded. |
| `onOpenChange` | `(open: boolean) => void` | required | Called when the trigger is clicked. |

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This row is now only conditionally true — with hideTrigger there is no trigger to click, and onOpenChange is never called at all. Since the table gained a hideTrigger row two lines down, this description needs to account for it.

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Nothing inside the element opens or closes the panel: `open` and `onOpenChange` do. The trigger's count always reads `sources.length`, whether the panel is open or not; an empty `sources` array leaves the trigger reading "0" and the panel opens onto an empty grid.
Nothing inside the element opens or closes the panel: `open` and `onOpenChange` do. The trigger's count always reads `sources.length`, whether the panel is open or not; an empty `sources` array leaves the trigger reading "0" and the panel opens onto an empty grid or list, depending on `layout`. When a caller already has its own control over `open` (a tab, a sibling toggle) and doesn't want a second, redundant disclosure affordance alongside it, `hideTrigger` renders only the panel content and leaves opening and closing entirely to that caller's own control. `SourceGlyph`, the small domain-initial favicon stand-in shown in both layouts, is exported for a caller building that custom trigger to reuse the same glyph.

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This paragraph tells a caller to reach for hideTrigger, but not what they inherit by doing so. The CollapsibleTrigger is the only thing giving the panel an accessible disclosure relationship (Base UI puts aria-expanded on the trigger and aria-controls pointing at the panel's generated id). Remove it and that id is not exposed anywhere, so a caller's own tab or toggle has no way to reference the panel directly — they need to wrap <Sources hideTrigger /> in their own element and point aria-controls at that, and own aria-expanded themselves.

That's a reasonable trade for a caller taking over the trigger, but it needs to be stated here. "Accessible UI" is a product-contract promise for this catalog, and a reader following this sentence as written ships an orphaned panel without knowing it.

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Verdict: hold — not mergeable in this form, and the mechanism itself is sound but under-specified.

The hideTrigger change is small, correct, and additive; nothing in it breaks the existing grid path. What stops it is everything around it.

Blocking

  1. Stacked on unmerged elements/sources: add a compact list layout, fix a key collision #7962. You flagged this, so this is a confirmation rather than a complaint: against main the diff carries elements/sources: add a compact list layout, fix a key collision #7962's layout prop, its key={index} fix, and two binary PNGs under .github/pr-media/ whose own commit message says they exist "for the pull request description only." That last one shouldn't land in the git tree at all — raise it on elements/sources: add a compact list layout, fix a key collision #7962; screenshots belong in the PR body as uploads. This PR can't be judged or merged on its own merits until it sits on main, so it stays held regardless of the rest.

  2. The trigger-less mode ships without an accessibility story. Removing the CollapsibleTrigger removes the only thing that associates a control with the panel — Base UI's aria-expanded on the trigger and aria-controls pointing at the panel's generated id, which the element never exposes. A caller can recover this by wrapping <Sources hideTrigger /> in their own element, which is why this is a documentation gap rather than a design defect, but the docs paragraph currently recommends the prop without saying the caller now owns that wiring. For a catalog whose product contract names accessible UI, that sentence has to carry it. Detail inline.

Worth addressing, not blocking

  • onOpenChange stays required under hideTrigger while being permanently unreachable; your own test passes () => {} to satisfy it. Inline.
  • The onOpenChange docs row ("Called when the trigger is clicked") is now conditionally false. Inline.
  • I asked inline whether trigger?: ReactNode through CollapsibleTrigger asChild is the better shape — it would hand the caller's control Base UI's wiring for free and subsume this prop. That's a question, not a request; hideTrigger is the smaller change and a written reason for preferring it settles it.
  • The hideTrigger JSDoc's closing "Defaults to false" restates the default in the signature. AGENTS.md defaults to zero comments; the why in the first two lines earns its place, that clause doesn't.

No changeset needed — @assistant-ui/ui is private and apps/docs is an app; you already worked that out on the stacked PR. CI shows only CodeRabbit and Vercel pending, nothing failing.

Thanks for splitting this out from #7962 rather than growing that one — that was the right call, and it's what makes the hold here purely mechanical. Ping me once it's rebased.

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The Sources element now supports grid and list layouts through a new layout prop. The hideTrigger prop can omit the built-in trigger. SourceGlyph is exported for reuse. List items use array indexes as keys, and both layouts handle duplicate domains. Tests and documentation cover the new behavior.

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Screen-reader users may hear each source domain with a redundant initial. Hide the visual glyph from assistive technology before merging.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Issue #8000 requires additive hideTrigger?: boolean behavior with a default of false. Sources adds the prop and omits CollapsibleTrigger when it is true. Existing open and onOpenChange pro…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 2 files. (1 skipped: 1 …
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export function SourceGlyph({ domain }: { domain: string }) {
return (
<span className="bg-foreground/[0.06] text-foreground/45 flex size-4 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded text-[9px] font-medium">

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-    <span className="bg-foreground/[0.06] text-foreground/45 flex size-4 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded text-[9px] font-medium">
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P3: This test's name claims it verifies the panel expands when the trigger is activated, but it never interacts with the trigger — it only asserts the closed state. Rename it to reflect what it checks (e.g. "stays collapsed when closed"), or drive the trigger with user-event and assert the source rows appear after expanding.</violation>
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expect(domain.className).toContain("truncate");
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it("stays collapsed until the trigger is expanded", () => {

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P3: This test's name claims it verifies the panel expands when the trigger is activated, but it never interacts with the trigger — it only asserts the closed state. Rename it to reflect what it checks (e.g. "stays collapsed when closed"), or drive the trigger with user-event and assert the source rows appear after expanding.

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@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+    expect(domain.className).toContain("truncate");
+  });
+
+  it("stays collapsed until the trigger is expanded", () => {
+    render(<Sources sources={SOURCES} open={false} onOpenChange={() => {}} />);
+
</file context>

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export function SourceGlyph({ domain }: { domain: string }) {
return (
<span className="bg-foreground/[0.06] text-foreground/45 flex size-4 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded text-[9px] font-medium">

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P3: Mark SourceGlyph as aria-hidden because the adjacent domain text already exposes the source identity; otherwise screen readers can announce the glyph's initial redundantly before the full domain.

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@@ -19,13 +19,51 @@ export interface SourcesProps {
+ */
+export function SourceGlyph({ domain }: { domain: string }) {
+  return (
+    <span className="bg-foreground/[0.06] text-foreground/45 flex size-4 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded text-[9px] font-medium">
+      {domain.charAt(0).toUpperCase()}
+    </span>
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<span className="bg-foreground/[0.06] text-foreground/45 flex size-4 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded text-[9px] font-medium">
<span aria-hidden="true" className="bg-foreground/[0.06] text-foreground/45 flex size-4 shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded text-[9px] font-medium">

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