From 43c239ee2f1d8fa2a2f358307c13321f270f9f2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsi <kelsihates2fa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:09:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Shift-click bag items to insert item links into chat input

---
 include/ui/inventory_screen.hpp | 10 ++++++++++
 src/ui/game_screen.cpp          | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/ui/inventory_screen.cpp     | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/ui/inventory_screen.hpp b/include/ui/inventory_screen.hpp
index bfca779f..9d4f18ef 100644
--- a/include/ui/inventory_screen.hpp
+++ b/include/ui/inventory_screen.hpp
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ private:
     int dropBackpackIndex_ = -1;
     std::string dropItemName_;
 
+    // Pending chat item link from shift-click
+    std::string pendingChatItemLink_;
+
 public:
     static ImVec4 getQualityColor(game::ItemQuality quality);
 
@@ -190,6 +193,13 @@ public:
     /// Drop the currently held item into a specific equipment slot.
     /// Returns true if the drop was accepted and consumed.
     bool dropHeldItemToEquipSlot(game::Inventory& inv, game::EquipSlot slot);
+    /// Returns a WoW item link string if the user shift-clicked a bag item, then clears it.
+    std::string getAndClearPendingChatLink() {
+        std::string out = std::move(pendingChatItemLink_);
+        pendingChatItemLink_.clear();
+        return out;
+    }
+
     /// Drop the currently held item into a bank slot via CMSG_SWAP_ITEM.
     void dropIntoBankSlot(game::GameHandler& gh, uint8_t dstBag, uint8_t dstSlot);
     /// Pick up an item from main bank slot (click-and-hold from bank window).
diff --git a/src/ui/game_screen.cpp b/src/ui/game_screen.cpp
index bd22b369..4a14980b 100644
--- a/src/ui/game_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/game_screen.cpp
@@ -511,6 +511,19 @@ void GameScreen::render(game::GameHandler& gameHandler) {
     inventoryScreen.setGameHandler(&gameHandler);
     inventoryScreen.render(gameHandler.getInventory(), gameHandler.getMoneyCopper());
 
+    // Insert item link into chat if player shift-clicked a bag item
+    {
+        std::string pendingLink = inventoryScreen.getAndClearPendingChatLink();
+        if (!pendingLink.empty()) {
+            size_t curLen = strlen(chatInputBuffer);
+            if (curLen + pendingLink.size() + 1 < sizeof(chatInputBuffer)) {
+                strncat(chatInputBuffer, pendingLink.c_str(), sizeof(chatInputBuffer) - curLen - 1);
+                chatInputMoveCursorToEnd = true;
+                refocusChatInput = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Character screen (C key toggle handled inside render())
     inventoryScreen.renderCharacterScreen(gameHandler);
 
diff --git a/src/ui/inventory_screen.cpp b/src/ui/inventory_screen.cpp
index 7899d654..12c8ff9f 100644
--- a/src/ui/inventory_screen.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/inventory_screen.cpp
@@ -1737,6 +1737,28 @@ void InventoryScreen::renderItemSlot(game::Inventory& inventory, const game::Ite
             }
         }
 
+        // Shift+left-click: insert item link into chat input
+        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered() && !holdingItem &&
+            ImGui::IsMouseClicked(ImGuiMouseButton_Left) &&
+            ImGui::GetIO().KeyShift &&
+            item.itemId != 0 && !item.name.empty()) {
+            // Build WoW item link: |cff<qualHex>|Hitem:<id>:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0|h[<name>]|h|r
+            const char* qualHex = "9d9d9d";
+            switch (item.quality) {
+                case game::ItemQuality::COMMON:    qualHex = "ffffff"; break;
+                case game::ItemQuality::UNCOMMON:  qualHex = "1eff00"; break;
+                case game::ItemQuality::RARE:      qualHex = "0070dd"; break;
+                case game::ItemQuality::EPIC:      qualHex = "a335ee"; break;
+                case game::ItemQuality::LEGENDARY: qualHex = "ff8000"; break;
+                default: break;
+            }
+            char linkBuf[512];
+            snprintf(linkBuf, sizeof(linkBuf),
+                     "|cff%s|Hitem:%u:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0|h[%s]|h|r",
+                     qualHex, item.itemId, item.name.c_str());
+            pendingChatItemLink_ = linkBuf;
+        }
+
         if (ImGui::IsItemHovered() && !holdingItem) {
             // Pass inventory for backpack/bag items only; equipped items compare against themselves otherwise
             const game::Inventory* tooltipInv = (kind == SlotKind::EQUIPMENT) ? nullptr : &inventory;