feat(chat): the talk-focus menu's Tell-to / Squelch entries actually work

Both entries were deliberate no-ops — the code said so — and both showed a
static label where retail shows the selected player's NAME.

Retail builds them in gmMainChatUI::InitTalkFocusMenu @0x004CDC50 and rebuilds
their labels every time the menu opens, substituting the selection through
StringInfo::AddVariable_String (@0x004CD91C / @0x004CD982). So they now read
"Tell to Dww" / "Squelch (ignore) Dww", rebuilt on open from a live selection
provider, and grey out with nothing selected — retail arms the tell slot only
for a talkable target (SetTalkFocusEnabled(2, 1) @0x004CD9B0).

Picking "Tell to X" aims the chat bar at X. That needed one piece of plumbing:
the parser's plain-speech fallthrough returned a null target, so a line typed
under a Tell focus was dropped by the router for having no one to send to.
Parse/Submit now carry an optional default tell target for exactly that case.

"Squelch X" publishes the ALREADY-REGISTERED /squelch verb rather than
reimplementing the request — the ModifyCharacterSquelch wire builder
(CM_Communication::Event_ModifyCharacterSquelch @0x006A42D0) has been there all
along; only the menu path to it was missing.

UiMenu gains an OnOpen seam, because a menu whose Items are fixed at Bind can
only ever say "Tell to Selected". It fires before _open flips so the rebuilt
rows are measured and drawn in the same opening.

Solution builds clean; 14,480 tests pass on the standard hermetic lane filter,
0 failures.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/AcDream.App/UI/Layout/ChatWindowController.cs

@@ -137,6 +137,21 @@ public sealed class ChatWindowController : IRetainedWindowStateController, IReta
 
     // ── Channel knowledge (ported from old UiChannelMenu — gmMainChatUI::InitTalkFocusMenu @0x4cdc50) ──
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The two non-channel entries retail puts at the head of the talk-focus
+    /// menu. Both act on the CURRENT SELECTION and carry its name in their
+    /// label — retail substitutes it via StringInfo::AddVariable_String
+    /// (gmMainChatUI @0x004CD91C / @0x004CD982), which is why the screenshot
+    /// reads "Tell to +Acdream" rather than "Tell to Selected".
+    /// </summary>
+    private enum TalkFocusSpecial
+    {
+        Squelch,
+        TellToSelected,
+    }
+
+    private string? _tellTarget;
+
     private static readonly (string Label, ChatChannelKind? Channel)[] ChannelItems =
     {
         ("Squelch (ignore)",      null),
@@ -225,7 +240,8 @@ public sealed class ChatWindowController : IRetainedWindowStateController, IReta
         ChatWindowState windowFilters,
         UiDatFont? datFont,
         BitmapFont? debugFont,
-        Func<uint, (uint tex, int w, int h)> resolve)
+        Func<uint, (uint tex, int w, int h)> resolve,
+        Func<string?>? selectedTargetName = null)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(windowFilters);
 
@@ -319,7 +335,8 @@ public sealed class ChatWindowController : IRetainedWindowStateController, IReta
         // its own authored background sprite (0x0600113A); same reasoning as the
         // transcript above.
         c.Input.SpriteResolve = resolve;
-        c.Input.OnSubmit = text => ChatCommandRouter.Submit(text, vm, busProvider(), c._activeChannel);
+        c.Input.OnSubmit = text => ChatCommandRouter.Submit(
+            text, vm, busProvider(), c._activeChannel, c._tellTarget);
 
         // Campaign CH user-gate round 1 (item G): the imported field's right
         // edge otherwise holds a FIXED absolute pixel position across a
@@ -373,19 +390,78 @@ public sealed class ChatWindowController : IRetainedWindowStateController, IReta
             menu.NormalSprite = MenuNormal; menu.PressedSprite = MenuPressed;
             menu.PopupBgSprite = MenuPopupBg;
             menu.ItemNormalSprite = MenuItemRow; menu.ItemHighlightSprite = MenuItemSelected;
-            menu.Items = System.Array.ConvertAll(ChannelItems,
-                t => new UiMenu.MenuItem(t.Label, (object?)t.Channel));
+            string? SelectedName() => selectedTargetName?.Invoke();
+
+            // Retail rebuilds these two labels around the selected name every
+            // time the menu opens; ours does the same from the live provider.
+            void RebuildItems()
+            {
+                string? target = SelectedName();
+                var items = new List<UiMenu.MenuItem>(ChannelItems.Length)
+                {
+                    new(target is null
+                            ? "Squelch (ignore)"
+                            : $"Squelch (ignore) {target}",
+                        TalkFocusSpecial.Squelch),
+                    new(target is null
+                            ? "Tell to Selected"
+                            : $"Tell to {target}",
+                        TalkFocusSpecial.TellToSelected),
+                };
+                foreach ((string label, ChatChannelKind? channel) in ChannelItems)
+                {
+                    if (channel is { } ch)
+                        items.Add(new UiMenu.MenuItem(label, ch));
+                }
+                menu.Items = items.ToArray();
+            }
+
+            RebuildItems();
             menu.Selected = (object?)c._activeChannel;
-            // Specials (Squelch / Tell-to-Selected, null payload) render WHITE/enabled like
-            // retail; only the talk-CHANNEL items grey when unavailable.
-            menu.EnabledProvider = p => p is not ChatChannelKind ch || ChannelAvailable(ch);
-            menu.ButtonLabelProvider = () => ChannelButtonLabel(c._activeChannel);
-            // The widget reports the pick; the controller owns Selected. Only a talk-channel
-            // payload updates the active channel + highlight — the null-payload specials are
-            // deferred no-ops (see the chat re-drive deferred list) and leave selection intact.
+            // Talk-CHANNEL items grey when the channel is unavailable; the two
+            // specials grey when nothing is selected to act on — retail's
+            // SetTalkFocusEnabled(2, 1) @0x004CD9B0 arms the tell slot only
+            // once a talkable object is selected.
+            menu.EnabledProvider = p => p switch
+            {
+                ChatChannelKind ch => ChannelAvailable(ch),
+                TalkFocusSpecial => SelectedName() is not null,
+                _ => true,
+            };
+            menu.ButtonLabelProvider = () =>
+                c._activeChannel == ChatChannelKind.Tell && c._tellTarget is { } t
+                    ? t
+                    : ChannelButtonLabel(c._activeChannel);
+            menu.OnOpen = RebuildItems;
             menu.OnSelect = p =>
             {
-                if (p is ChatChannelKind ch) { c._activeChannel = ch; menu.Selected = p; }
+                switch (p)
+                {
+                    case ChatChannelKind ch:
+                        c._activeChannel = ch;
+                        c._tellTarget = null;
+                        menu.Selected = p;
+                        break;
+
+                    // Aims the chat bar at the selected player, so ordinary
+                    // typed text goes to them as a tell.
+                    case TalkFocusSpecial.TellToSelected when SelectedName() is { } name:
+                        c._activeChannel = ChatChannelKind.Tell;
+                        c._tellTarget = name;
+                        menu.Selected = p;
+                        break;
+
+                    // The /squelch verb is already registered and carries the
+                    // ModifyCharacterSquelch request
+                    // (CM_Communication::Event_ModifyCharacterSquelch
+                    // @0x006A42D0); the menu entry is another way to reach it,
+                    // not a second implementation. Selection is left alone.
+                    case TalkFocusSpecial.Squelch when SelectedName() is { } squelched:
+                        busProvider().Publish(
+                            new ExecuteClientCommandCmd(
+                                ClientCommandId.Squelch, squelched));
+                        break;
+                }
             };
             c.Menu = menu;
         }

src/AcDream.App/UI/RetailUiRuntime.cs

@@ -1525,7 +1525,17 @@ public sealed class RetailUiRuntime : IDisposable
             _bindings.Chat.Windows,
             _bindings.Assets.DefaultFont,
             _bindings.Assets.DebugFont,
-            _bindings.Assets.ResolveSprite);
+            _bindings.Assets.ResolveSprite,
+            // The talk-focus menu's "Tell to X" / "Squelch (ignore) X" act on
+            // the current selection and carry its name.
+            selectedTargetName: () =>
+            {
+                uint selected = _bindings.Toolbar.Selection.SelectedObjectId ?? 0u;
+                if (selected == 0u)
+                    return null;
+                string? name = _bindings.Toolbar.ResolveName(selected);
+                return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name) ? null : name;
+            });
         if (controller is null)
         {
             Console.WriteLine("[D.2b] chat: required role elements missing in 0x2100006F.");

src/AcDream.App/UI/UiMenu.cs

@@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ public sealed class UiMenu : UiElement
     /// <summary>Fired with the picked item's payload when a row is chosen.</summary>
     public Action<object?>? OnSelect { get; set; }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Raised as the popup opens, before the rows are measured or drawn.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Retail rebuilds the talk-focus menu's two selection-dependent entries
+    /// each time it opens (gmMainChatUI @0x004CD8E9), so their labels track
+    /// whoever is selected right now. A menu whose Items were fixed at Bind
+    /// could only ever say "Tell to Selected".
+    /// </remarks>
+    public Action? OnOpen { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>Per-payload enabled gate (disabled rows render greyed + are inert). Null ⇒ all enabled.</summary>
     public Func<object?, bool>? EnabledProvider { get; set; }
 
@@ -258,6 +269,9 @@ public sealed class UiMenu : UiElement
     private void SetOpen(bool value)
     {
         if (_open == value) return;
+        // Before _open flips, so a handler that replaces Items is reflected in
+        // the very first measure/draw of this opening.
+        if (value) OnOpen?.Invoke();
         _open = value;
         if (FindRoot() is not { } root) return;
         if (value) root.SetActivePopup(this, () => SetOpen(false));

src/AcDream.Runtime/Chat/ChatCommandRouter.cs

@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ public static class ChatCommandRouter
         string? raw,
         IChatCommandFeedback feedback,
         ICommandBus bus,
-        ChatChannelKind defaultChannel)
+        ChatChannelKind defaultChannel,
+        string? defaultTellTarget = null)
     {
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(feedback);
         ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(bus);
@@ -166,7 +167,8 @@ public static class ChatCommandRouter
             trimmed,
             defaultChannel,
             feedback.LastIncomingTellSender,
-            feedback.LastOutgoingTellTarget);
+            feedback.LastOutgoingTellTarget,
+            defaultTellTarget);
         if (parsed is { } chat)
         {
             bus.Publish(new SendChatCmd(chat.Channel, chat.TargetName, chat.Text));

src/AcDream.Runtime/Chat/ChatInputParser.cs

@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ public static class ChatInputParser
         string raw,
         ChatChannelKind defaultChannel,
         string? lastTellSender,
-        string? lastOutgoingTellTarget = null)
+        string? lastOutgoingTellTarget = null,
+        string? defaultTellTarget = null)
     {
         if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(raw)) return null;
         var trimmed = raw.Trim();
@@ -219,7 +220,12 @@ public static class ChatInputParser
             string verb = ExtractVerb(substituted);
             if (IsKnownVerb(verb))
             {
-                return Parse(substituted, defaultChannel, lastTellSender, lastOutgoingTellTarget);
+                return Parse(
+                    substituted,
+                    defaultChannel,
+                    lastTellSender,
+                    lastOutgoingTellTarget,
+                    defaultTellTarget);
             }
             // Unknown @-verb — keep the original @ so ACE recognizes
             // it server-side. Always emit as Say: ACE's GameActionTalk
@@ -281,6 +287,19 @@ public static class ChatInputParser
 
         // Plain speech (no recognized verb): emit on the default channel
         // so the user's text round-trips instead of being silently dropped.
+        //
+        // A Tell focus needs a target to go with it. Retail's talk-focus menu
+        // aims the chat bar at the SELECTED player
+        // (gmMainChatUI::InitTalkFocusMenu -> SetTalkFocusEnabled(2, 1)
+        // @0x004CD9B0), and without that name a plain line typed under a Tell
+        // focus is dropped by the router for having no target.
+        if (defaultChannel == ChatChannelKind.Tell)
+        {
+            return string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultTellTarget)
+                ? null
+                : new ParsedInput(ChatChannelKind.Tell, defaultTellTarget, trimmed);
+        }
+
         return new ParsedInput(defaultChannel, null, trimmed);
     }
 

tests/AcDream.App.Tests/UI/Layout/ChatWindowControllerTests.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using AcDream.App.UI.Layout;
 using AcDream.Core.Chat;
 using AcDream.UI.Abstractions;
 using AcDream.UI.Abstractions.Panels.Chat;
+using AcDream.Runtime.Chat;
 
 namespace AcDream.App.Tests.UI.Layout;
 
@@ -157,6 +158,76 @@ public class ChatWindowControllerTests
         Assert.NotNull(ctrl);
     }
 
+    // ── Talk-focus specials: "Tell to X" / "Squelch (ignore) X" ─────────────
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Both entries act on the CURRENT SELECTION and carry its name, and both
+    /// used to be deliberate no-ops.
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void TalkFocusSpecials_CarryTheSelectedName_AndActOnIt()
+    {
+        var (rootInfo, layout, vm) = BuildTestTree();
+        var bus = new CaptureBus();
+        string? selected = "Dww";
+
+        ChatWindowController? ctrl = ChatWindowController.Bind(
+            rootInfo, layout, vm, () => bus, new ChatWindowState(), null, null, NoTex,
+            selectedTargetName: () => selected);
+        Assert.NotNull(ctrl);
+        UiMenu menu = Assert.IsType<UiMenu>(layout.FindElement(0x10000014u));
+
+        // Retail substitutes the name into both labels
+        // (StringInfo::AddVariable_String @0x004CD91C / @0x004CD982).
+        menu.OnOpen!.Invoke();
+        Assert.Equal("Squelch (ignore) Dww", menu.Items[0].Label);
+        Assert.Equal("Tell to Dww", menu.Items[1].Label);
+
+        // Picking "Tell to Dww" aims the chat bar at them, so an ordinary typed
+        // line is sent as a tell rather than being dropped for want of a target.
+        menu.OnSelect!.Invoke(menu.Items[1].Payload);
+        ctrl!.Input.OnSubmit!.Invoke("hello");
+        SendChatCmd tell = Assert.IsType<SendChatCmd>(Assert.Single(bus.Published));
+        Assert.Equal(ChatChannelKind.Tell, tell.Channel);
+        Assert.Equal("Dww", tell.TargetName);
+        Assert.Equal("hello", tell.Text);
+
+        // Squelch reaches the already-registered /squelch verb rather than
+        // reimplementing the request.
+        bus.Published.Clear();
+        menu.OnSelect.Invoke(menu.Items[0].Payload);
+        ExecuteClientCommandCmd squelch =
+            Assert.IsType<ExecuteClientCommandCmd>(Assert.Single(bus.Published));
+        Assert.Equal(ClientCommandId.Squelch, squelch.Command);
+        Assert.Equal("Dww", squelch.Arguments);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void TalkFocusSpecials_AreInertAndUnnamedWithNothingSelected()
+    {
+        var (rootInfo, layout, vm) = BuildTestTree();
+        var bus = new CaptureBus();
+
+        ChatWindowController? ctrl = ChatWindowController.Bind(
+            rootInfo, layout, vm, () => bus, new ChatWindowState(), null, null, NoTex,
+            selectedTargetName: () => null);
+        Assert.NotNull(ctrl);
+        UiMenu menu = Assert.IsType<UiMenu>(layout.FindElement(0x10000014u));
+
+        menu.OnOpen!.Invoke();
+        Assert.Equal("Squelch (ignore)", menu.Items[0].Label);
+        Assert.Equal("Tell to Selected", menu.Items[1].Label);
+
+        // Retail arms the tell slot only once a talkable object is selected
+        // (SetTalkFocusEnabled(2, 1) @0x004CD9B0).
+        Assert.False(menu.EnabledProvider!(menu.Items[0].Payload));
+        Assert.False(menu.EnabledProvider(menu.Items[1].Payload));
+
+        menu.OnSelect!.Invoke(menu.Items[1].Payload);
+        menu.OnSelect.Invoke(menu.Items[0].Payload);
+        Assert.Empty(bus.Published);
+    }
+
     // ── Test 2: Transcript is placed as a child of the transcript panel ──────
 
     [Fact]