fix: link server wizard always opens inline, onboarding card grows for it

src/ui/onboarding/OnboardingStage.tsx

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ export function OnboardingStage({
   }, [allSteps, ctx]);
 
   const [currentId, setCurrentId] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [viewOpen, setViewOpen] = useState(false);
   const lastPosition = useRef(0);
   const [confirmed, setConfirmed] = useState<Set<string>>(() => new Set());
   const [canContinue, setCanContinueMap] = useState<Record<string, boolean>>(
@@ -280,7 +281,10 @@ export function OnboardingStage({
 
           <SurfaceScope
             kind="tab"
-            className="relative flex flex-col border border-border bg-card"
+            onEditingChange={(editing) => setViewOpen(!!editing)}
+            className={`relative flex flex-col border border-border bg-card ${
+              viewOpen ? "min-h-[70vh]" : ""
+            }`}
           >
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2 border-b border-border px-4 py-2.5">
               {Icon && <Icon size={14} className="text-muted-foreground" />}

src/ui/settings/sync/LinkServerDialog.tsx

@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
-import { InlineView, useSurfaceKind } from "@/components/surface/surface-scope";
+import { InlineView } from "@/components/surface/surface-scope";
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import { AlertCircle, Loader2, X } from "lucide-react";
 import { Button } from "@/components/button";
 import { Input } from "@/components/input";
 import { Switch } from "@/components/switch";
-import {
-  Dialog,
-  DialogContent,
-  DialogDescription,
-  DialogHeader,
-  DialogTitle,
-} from "@/components/dialog";
 import { ElectronLoginForm } from "@/auth/ElectronLoginForm";
 import {
   completeLink,
@@ -224,7 +217,6 @@ export function LinkServerDialog({
     0,
   );
   const wide = step === "signin";
-  const inSurface = useSurfaceKind() !== null;
 
   const title = relogin
     ? t("sync.wizard.reloginTitle")
@@ -443,47 +435,21 @@ export function LinkServerDialog({
     </>
   );
 
-  // From a sidebar panel the wizard takes over the panel. Outside one (the
-  // first-run setup) it stays a dialog.
-  if (inSurface) {
-    return (
-      <InlineView
-        open={open}
-        onOpenChange={onOpenChange}
-        title={title}
-        width="wide"
-        scroll={!wide}
-      >
-        {!wide && (
-          <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
-            {description} {step === "server" && <DocsLink core="desktopSync" />}
-          </p>
-        )}
-        {content}
-      </InlineView>
-    );
-  }
-
+  // The wizard takes over the panel, tab or onboarding step it opens from.
   return (
-    <Dialog open={open} onOpenChange={onOpenChange}>
-      <DialogContent
-        className={`bg-card border border-border rounded-none ${
-          wide ? "sm:max-w-4xl h-[80vh] flex flex-col p-0 gap-0" : "sm:max-w-lg"
-        }`}
-        // The sign-in step is a page from another origin in an iframe; clicks
-        // inside it look like outside clicks to the dialog.
-        onPointerDownOutside={(event) => wide && event.preventDefault()}
-        onInteractOutside={(event) => wide && event.preventDefault()}
-      >
-        <DialogHeader className={wide ? "sr-only" : undefined}>
-          <DialogTitle>{title}</DialogTitle>
-          <DialogDescription>
-            {description} {step === "server" && <DocsLink core="desktopSync" />}
-          </DialogDescription>
-        </DialogHeader>
-
-        {content}
-      </DialogContent>
-    </Dialog>
+    <InlineView
+      open={open}
+      onOpenChange={onOpenChange}
+      title={title}
+      width="wide"
+      scroll={!wide}
+    >
+      {!wide && (
+        <p className="text-xs text-muted-foreground">
+          {description} {step === "server" && <DocsLink core="desktopSync" />}
+        </p>
+      )}
+      {content}
+    </InlineView>
   );
 }

src/ui/tests/settings/sync/LinkServerDialog.test.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import { cleanup, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+
+vi.mock("@/api/sync-api", () => ({
+  probeServer: vi.fn(),
+  getLinkPreview: vi.fn(),
+  completeLink: vi.fn(),
+  reloginLink: vi.fn(),
+}));
+vi.mock("@/auth/ElectronLoginForm", () => ({ ElectronLoginForm: () => null }));
+vi.mock("sonner", () => ({ toast: { success: vi.fn(), error: vi.fn() } }));
+vi.mock("react-i18next", () => ({
+  useTranslation: () => ({ t: (key: string) => key }),
+}));
+
+const { SurfaceScope } = await import("@/components/surface/surface-scope");
+const { LinkServerDialog } = await import("@/settings/sync/LinkServerDialog");
+
+afterEach(cleanup);
+
+describe("LinkServerDialog", () => {
+  it("opens inline in the surface instead of a popup", () => {
+    render(
+      <SurfaceScope kind="tab">
+        <LinkServerDialog open onOpenChange={() => {}} onLinked={() => {}} />
+      </SurfaceScope>,
+    );
+    expect(screen.getByText("sync.wizard.title")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByRole("dialog")).toBeNull();
+  });
+});