.NET: Fix render dupe and text input clear bugs, and improve guardrail error messaging (#6136)

* Fix render dupe and text input clear bugs

* Fix another text rendering issue and improve guardrails messaging

* Address PR comments

* Improve guardrail rendering and json error handling

* Another tweak for input box render issue

* Address PR comments

dotnet/samples/02-agents/Harness/ConsoleReactiveComponents/AnsiEscapes.cs

@@ -72,6 +72,95 @@ public static class AnsiEscapes
     /// </summary>
     public static string ResetAttributes => "\x1b[0m";
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns the visible (printed) length of a string after stripping ANSI escape sequences.
+    /// Escape sequences are zero-width on screen but occupy characters in the raw string.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// This counts UTF-16 code units (chars) rather than terminal display cells. Emoji,
+    /// combining characters, variation selectors, and East Asian wide characters may be
+    /// measured incorrectly. For the console harness this is acceptable since content is
+    /// predominantly ASCII, and emoji are padded with surrounding spaces.
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static int VisibleLength(string text)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        int length = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
+        {
+            if (text[i] == '\x1b' && i + 1 < text.Length && text[i + 1] == '[')
+            {
+                // Skip the ESC[ and all characters up to and including the final byte (0x40–0x7E).
+                i += 2;
+                while (i < text.Length && text[i] < 0x40)
+                {
+                    i++;
+                }
+
+                // i now points to the final byte of the escape sequence; the for-loop will advance past it.
+            }
+            else if (text[i] != '\n' && text[i] != '\r')
+            {
+                length++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return length;
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Counts the number of physical terminal rows a text item will occupy,
+    /// accounting for both explicit newlines and terminal line wrapping.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="text">The text to measure.</param>
+    /// <param name="terminalWidth">The terminal width in columns. If &lt;= 0, wrapping is ignored (1 row per logical line).</param>
+    /// <returns>The number of physical rows the text occupies.</returns>
+    public static int CountPhysicalLines(string text, int terminalWidth)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        int physicalLines = 0;
+        int lineStart = 0;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i <= text.Length; i++)
+        {
+            if (i == text.Length || text[i] == '\n')
+            {
+                if (terminalWidth <= 0)
+                {
+                    // No wrapping — each logical line is one physical row
+                    physicalLines += 1;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    string logicalLine = text[lineStart..i];
+                    int visibleWidth = VisibleLength(logicalLine);
+
+                    physicalLines += visibleWidth == 0
+                        ? 1
+                        : (visibleWidth - 1) / terminalWidth + 1;
+                }
+
+                lineStart = i + 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // If text ends with a newline, don't count the trailing empty line
+        if (text[text.Length - 1] == '\n')
+        {
+            physicalLines--;
+        }
+
+        return physicalLines;
+    }
+
     private static int ConsoleColorToAnsi(ConsoleColor color) => color switch
     {
         ConsoleColor.Black => 30,

dotnet/samples/02-agents/Harness/ConsoleReactiveComponents/TextPanel.cs

@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@ public record TextPanelProps : ConsoleReactiveProps
 public class TextPanel : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TextPanelProps, ConsoleReactiveState>
 {
     /// <summary>
-    /// Calculates the height (in lines) needed to render all items.
+    /// Calculates the height (in lines) needed to render all items,
+    /// accounting for terminal line wrapping at the specified width.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="items">The items to measure.</param>
-    /// <returns>The total number of lines all items will occupy.</returns>
-    public static int CalculateHeight(IReadOnlyList<string> items)
+    /// <param name="terminalWidth">The terminal width in columns. When 0 or negative, wrapping is ignored.</param>
+    /// <returns>The total number of physical lines all items will occupy.</returns>
+    public static int CalculateHeight(IReadOnlyList<string> items, int terminalWidth = 0)
     {
         int total = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < items.Count; i++)
         {
-            total += CountLines(items[i]);
+            total += AnsiEscapes.CountPhysicalLines(items[i], terminalWidth);
         }
 
         return total;
@@ -47,13 +49,20 @@ public class TextPanel : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TextPanelProps, ConsoleReactiv
         {
             string text = props.Items[i];
             string[] lines = text.Split('\n');
-            int lineCount = CountLines(text);
+            int itemLineCount = AnsiEscapes.CountPhysicalLines(text, props.Width);
+            int itemRow = 0;
 
-            for (int j = 0; j < lineCount; j++)
+            for (int j = 0; j < lines.Length && itemRow < itemLineCount; j++)
             {
+                int linePhysicalRows = props.Width > 0
+                    ? Math.Max(1, (AnsiEscapes.VisibleLength(lines[j]) - 1) / props.Width + 1)
+                    : 1;
+
                 Console.Write(AnsiEscapes.MoveAndEraseLine(props.Y + currentRow));
                 Console.Write(lines[j]);
-                currentRow++;
+
+                currentRow += linePhysicalRows;
+                itemRow += linePhysicalRows;
             }
         }
 
@@ -66,29 +75,4 @@ public class TextPanel : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TextPanelProps, ConsoleReactiv
             }
         }
     }
-
-    private static int CountLines(string text)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
-        {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        int count = 1;
-        for (int i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
-        {
-            if (text[i] == '\n')
-            {
-                count++;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // If text ends with a newline, don't count the trailing empty line
-        if (text[text.Length - 1] == '\n')
-        {
-            count--;
-        }
-
-        return count;
-    }
 }

dotnet/samples/02-agents/Harness/ConsoleReactiveComponents/TextScrollPanel.cs

@@ -77,36 +77,12 @@ public class TextScrollPanel : ConsoleReactiveComponent<TextScrollPanelProps, Te
             Console.Write(props.Items[i]);
         }
 
-        // Calculate the offset from bottom for the start of the new last item
-        int lastItemLines = CountLines(props.Items[^1]);
+        // Calculate the offset from bottom for the start of the new last item,
+        // accounting for terminal line wrapping at the available width.
+        int lastItemLines = AnsiEscapes.CountPhysicalLines(props.Items[^1], props.Width);
         this._lastItemOffsetFromBottom = lastItemLines > 0 ? lastItemLines - 1 : 0;
 
         // Update rendered count
         this._renderedCount = props.Items.Count;
     }
-
-    private static int CountLines(string text)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
-        {
-            return 0;
-        }
-
-        int count = 1;
-        for (int i = 0; i < text.Length; i++)
-        {
-            if (text[i] == '\n')
-            {
-                count++;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // If text ends with a newline, don't count the trailing empty line
-        if (text[text.Length - 1] == '\n')
-        {
-            count--;
-        }
-
-        return count;
-    }
 }