fix: ensure edit preview panel respects configuration settings and implement model state management updates

Author: programmersd21

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.6.2] (2026-05-09)
+
+### Fixed
+* **Edit Preview Configuration**: Fixed an issue where the `[edit] preview` configuration setting in `config.toml` was ignored. The preview panel now correctly respects the configured default state during both task creation and editing.
+
 ## v1.6.1 (2026-05-09)
 
 ### Added

VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.6.1
+1.6.2

internal/app/model.go

@@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ func (m *Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.set.SetStyles(m.s)
 		m.list.Animations = m.cfg.App.Animations // Sync animations setting to tasklist
 
+		if m.edit != nil {
+			m.edit.SetPreview(m.cfg.Edit.Preview)
+		}
+
 		m.rebuildViews()
 		m.rebuildPaletteIndex()
 
@@ -953,7 +957,7 @@ func (m *Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		return m, nil
 
 	case openEditMsg:
-		e := editor.New(m.s, editor.ModeEdit, x.Task, true)
+		e := editor.New(m.s, editor.ModeEdit, x.Task, m.cfg.Edit.Preview)
 		m.edit = &e
 		m.rebuildComponentSizes()
 		m.mode = ModeEditor
@@ -1406,7 +1410,7 @@ func (m *Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 				case keymapMatch(m.km.NewTask, km):
 					task := core.Task{Status: core.StatusTodo, Priority: core.P1}
 					m.activeFilter().ApplyToTask(&task)
-					e := editor.New(m.s, editor.ModeNew, task, false)
+					e := editor.New(m.s, editor.ModeNew, task, m.cfg.Edit.Preview)
 					m.edit = &e
 					m.rebuildComponentSizes()
 					m.mode = ModeEditor
@@ -2724,7 +2728,7 @@ func utilTruncate(s string, w int) string {
 func (m *Model) runCommand(id string) tea.Cmd {
 	switch id {
 	case "cmd:new":
-		e := editor.New(m.s, editor.ModeNew, core.Task{Status: core.StatusTodo, Priority: core.P1}, false)
+		e := editor.New(m.s, editor.ModeNew, core.Task{Status: core.StatusTodo, Priority: core.P1}, m.cfg.Edit.Preview)
 		m.edit = &e
 		m.rebuildComponentSizes()
 		m.mode = ModeEditor

internal/lua/engine.go

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (e *Engine) SetupKairoAPI(L *lua.LState) {
 	L.SetField(kairo, "notify", L.NewFunction(e.luaNotify))
 
 	// Meta
-	L.SetField(kairo, "version", lua.LString("1.6.1"))
+	L.SetField(kairo, "version", lua.LString("1.6.2"))
 
 	// Set as global
 	L.SetGlobal("kairo", kairo)

internal/ui/editor/model.go

@@ -245,6 +245,10 @@ func (m *Model) SetParentID(id string) {
 
 func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd { return nil }
 
+func (m *Model) SetPreview(preview bool) {
+	m.showPreview = preview
+}
+
 func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	switch x := msg.(type) {
 	case tea.KeyMsg: