InlineEdit

The commit-once exception to Ink: create-inputs and rename overlays inside navigating links, de-chromed to match Ink at rest. The input wears the display's exact box.

npx candlelight-ds add inline-edit

Use when

Create-by-naming flows (typing then Enter creates) and renames overlaid on a link, where continuous save would create-on-idle.

Don't use when

Any text that lives — that's Ink.

States

display (truncating block)editing (seamless input)empty (placeholder)

Keyboard

• Entercommits once
• Esccancels, restores the display
• double-clickenters editing (optional)

Acceptance

• No border, fill, or padding delta between display and input — the caret is the only mode.
• The display face is a block so truncation actually clips (overflow is inert on inline boxes).

Raw twin: /components/inline-edit.md·Registry item: /r/inline-edit.json