fix: settings pane close affordance + sidebar toggle

The v1.9 settings pane had no way to dismiss once opened. ChatTabBar
(which owns the per-pane close X for chat panes) is skipped for
settings panes, and the pane header itself only rendered the maximize
toggle (desktop-only). Mobile users had zero controls beyond the
section tabs.

Add three close paths:

- X button in SettingsPane header, visible on mobile + desktop, sits
  next to the maximize toggle. Tap-target sized per the v1.6 mobile
  convention (max-md:min-h-[44px]).
- Esc when the settings pane is the active pane and no input/textarea/
  dialog has focus. Maximize-restore still wins when maximized.
- Sidebar Settings button is now a strict toggle: opens on first click,
  closes on second. Renamed openOrFocusSettingsPane →
  toggleSettingsPane in the panes hook.

Edge case: removing the settings pane when it's the only pane left
falls back to an empty pane to preserve the "always one pane"
invariant. In normal flow this is unreachable (the toggle only
appends), but defensive against future entry points.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

apps/web/src/components/Workspace.tsx

@@ -81,14 +81,27 @@ export function Workspace({
   const [maximized, setMaximized] = useState(false);
   const settingsIdx = panes.findIndex((p) => p.kind === 'settings');
 
+  // Esc semantics: maximized → restore; otherwise → close settings pane (only
+  // when it's the active pane). Bail when the user is typing in a field or
+  // inside an open dialog so we don't eat their cancel keystroke.
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!maximized) return;
+    if (settingsIdx < 0) return;
     function onKey(e: KeyboardEvent) {
-      if (e.key === 'Escape') setMaximized(false);
+      if (e.key !== 'Escape') return;
+      const t = e.target;
+      if (t instanceof HTMLElement) {
+        if (t.tagName === 'INPUT' || t.tagName === 'TEXTAREA' || t.isContentEditable) return;
+        if (t.closest('[role="dialog"]')) return;
+      }
+      if (maximized) {
+        setMaximized(false);
+      } else if (activePaneIdx === settingsIdx) {
+        removePane(settingsIdx);
+      }
     }
     window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey);
     return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey);
-  }, [maximized]);
+  }, [maximized, settingsIdx, activePaneIdx, removePane]);
 
   // If the settings pane was closed (no longer in panes) while maximized,
   // clear the maximize state so the grid renders normally.
@@ -210,6 +223,7 @@ export function Workspace({
                   project={project}
                   maximized={maximized}
                   onToggleMaximize={() => setMaximized((v) => !v)}
+                  onClose={() => removePane(idx)}
                   isMobile={isMobile}
                 />
               ) : pane.kind === 'chat' && pane.chatId ? (

apps/web/src/components/panes/SettingsPane.tsx

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Archive, Maximize2, Minimize2 } from 'lucide-react';
+import { Archive, Maximize2, Minimize2, X } from 'lucide-react';
 import { toast } from 'sonner';
 import { api } from '@/api/client';
 import type { Project, Session } from '@/api/types';
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ interface Props {
   project: Project;
   maximized: boolean;
   onToggleMaximize: () => void;
+  onClose: () => void;
   isMobile: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ function Switch({
   );
 }
 
-export function SettingsPane({ session, project, maximized, onToggleMaximize, isMobile }: Props) {
+export function SettingsPane({ session, project, maximized, onToggleMaximize, onClose, isMobile }: Props) {
   const [activeSection, setActiveSection] = useState<Section>('session');
 
   return (
@@ -99,6 +100,15 @@ export function SettingsPane({ session, project, maximized, onToggleMaximize, is
             {maximized ? <Minimize2 size={14} /> : <Maximize2 size={14} />}
           </button>
         )}
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={onClose}
+          className="inline-flex items-center justify-center p-1 rounded text-muted-foreground hover:bg-muted hover:text-foreground max-md:min-h-[44px] max-md:min-w-[44px]"
+          aria-label="Close settings"
+          title="Close (Esc)"
+        >
+          <X size={14} />
+        </button>
       </div>
 
       <div className="flex-1 overflow-y-auto">