fix(client): give the lobby host the Invite Friends button

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The Invite Friends button shipped inline in JoinLobbyModal, so it reached everyone except the player most likely to want it: the host of a private lobby, who holds the code and decides who joins. HostLobbyModal never had it.

Found while testing a real Steam build — the button was missing while hosting, and document.querySelector('join-lobby-modal').currentLobbyId came back empty because that modal was not the one on screen.

Extracted rather than copied

Two inline definitions is how this diverged in the first place. There is now one inviteFriendsButton() in src/client/components/ui/InviteFriendsButton.ts that both modals call, so they cannot drift apart again.

It still returns undefined off the desktop shell rather than an empty template, so a browser renders byte-identical markup to before — the same property the original had.

JoinLobbyModal no longer imports desktopPresence at all; its only use was this button.

Host header

The invite pairs with the existing copy-code control behind a flex wrapper, and only when the invite is present — mirroring the join modal, and leaving the browser path untouched.

Testing

New tests/client/HostLobbyModal.test.ts mirroring the join modal's:

• absent in a browser, with the copy button still rendered
• present beside the copy button on the desktop shell
• click opens the Steam invite dialog

Mutation-checked: removing the button fails exactly the two positive tests and leaves the browser case passing.

Full suite: 350 files, 4290 tests, zero failures. tsc, prettier and lint clean.

Not verified here

Whether Steam's dialog actually opens from a hosted lobby needs a packaged build. It should — presenceDetail carries lobbyId: event.lobby.gameID and reconcileShadowLobby builds the shadow lobby from the presence payload — but that is reasoned from the code rather than observed, and the acceptance test is a human hosting a private lobby on the Steam build and clicking it.

Refs: OPE-205

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Walkthrough

A shared inviteFriendsButton() helper now provides the desktop-gated Steam invite button. Both lobby headers use it. Host lobby tests cover browser and desktop behavior, including lobby ID gating and opening the invite dialog.

Changes

Lobby invite button

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Shared invite button helper src/client/components/ui/InviteFriendsButton.ts	Adds inviteFriendsButton(). It returns no button when desktop presence is unavailable. It opens the invite dialog when clicked.
Lobby header integration src/client/HostLobbyModal.ts, src/client/JoinLobbyModal.ts	Uses the shared helper in both lobby headers. The host header renders the invite button only after lobbyId is set and groups it with the copy button when available.
Host modal validation tests/client/HostLobbyModal.test.ts	Tests browser gating, lobby ID gating, desktop rendering, button placement, and invite-dialog activation.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to cb0ce

The PR adds the Invite Friends button to the host lobby flow while preserving browser behavior and sharing the existing implementation; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Poem

A button waits for desktop light
The lobby ID makes timing right
Host and join share one clear way
Tests check the dialog call today
Copy stays beside the invite display

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: adding the Invite Friends button to the lobby host client flow.
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🤖 Claude Code Review

Verdict: No issues found — this is a clean, low-risk refactor. Findings: 0 critical, 0 major, 0 minor.

Reviewed the extraction of the shared inviteFriendsButton() component (src/client/components/ui/InviteFriendsButton.ts), its use in HostLobbyModal.ts (new) and JoinLobbyModal.ts (replacing the old private method), and the new tests/client/HostLobbyModal.test.ts test file.

• CLAUDE.md compliance: The only user-visible string (public_lobby.invite_friends) is routed through translateText(), and the key already exists in resources/lang/en.json:1574 (text was moved, not newly introduced) — satisfies the UI Text / i18n rule. The new test exercises real component rendering via lit's render() into a live DOM container, only mocking DesktopPresence (a legitimate native/Steam shell boundary), consistent with the Testing Patterns guidance.
• Bugs/logic: The extracted button is a faithful, byte-equivalent move of the previous JoinLobbyModal.renderInviteFriends() logic (same gating, click handler, and DOM hooks). The desktopPresence import removed from JoinLobbyModal.ts was used only within the deleted method, so no dangling references. Import paths in the new shared component resolve correctly. No unsafe HTML interpolation or security concerns — only a static translated label is rendered.

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In `@src/client/HostLobbyModal.ts`:
- Line 235: Update the invite button flow in HostLobbyModal so
inviteFriendsButton() is rendered or enabled only after this.lobbyId has been
assigned, preventing desktopPresence.openInviteDialog() from running without a
lobby. Add a regression test covering the pre-lobby state and confirming the
invite action becomes available once createLobby() sets the ID.

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[Celant]

Fixed in cb0ce14. Good catch — and it is the same window the human tester independently described from the outside ("the modal can appear while the request to create and join the lobby is in flight"), which is what makes it worth more than its severity suggests.

createLobby() assigns lobbyId asynchronously and this modal renders its header unconditionally, so the button was live during creation with no shadow lobby behind it — openInviteDialog() would have resolved false and the click would have done nothing visible.

JoinLobbyModal never had this problem: its !currentLobbyId early return skips the entire header slot until a lobby is joined, so the guard came free there. The host modal has no equivalent early return, so it needs it stated explicitly. Now gated on this.lobbyId.

Regression test added, and mutation-checked: removing the guard fails is absent until the lobby id lands, even on the desktop shell and nothing else.

Full suite: 350 files, 4291 tests, zero failures. tsc, prettier and lint clean.

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One thing deliberately left as-is: the copy-button also renders during that window, with an empty lobbyId. That is pre-existing behaviour rather than something this PR introduces, and copying an empty id is inert rather than misleading in the way a dead invite button would be — so it is out of scope here. Worth a separate look if it turns out to bother anyone.

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🤖 Claude Code Review

Verdict: No issues found — clean refactor. Findings: 0 critical, 0 major, 0 minor.

Reviewed the current state of the PR (through commit cb0ce14e, which followed up on earlier review feedback by gating the host's invite button on this.lobbyId): the extraction of the shared inviteFriendsButton() into src/client/components/ui/InviteFriendsButton.ts, its use from HostLobbyModal.ts (new) and JoinLobbyModal.ts (replacing the old private method), and the new tests/client/HostLobbyModal.test.ts.

• CLAUDE.md compliance: The only user-visible string (public_lobby.invite_friends) is routed through translateText(), reusing an existing key in resources/lang/en.json — no new/untranslated copy introduced. The new test renders the real HostLobbyModal component via lit's render() and asserts against live DOM, mocking only DesktopPresence (a legitimate external Steam/Electron shell boundary) — consistent with the Testing Patterns guidance. No src/core files are touched.
• Bugs/logic: The extracted button is a faithful, behavior-preserving move of the original JoinLobbyModal.renderInviteFriends() (same gating, click handler, DOM hooks, import paths resolve correctly). The desktopPresence import removed from JoinLobbyModal.ts had no other use. The this.lobbyId gate added in the host modal correctly prevents the invite button from rendering before createLobby()/attachToExistingLobby() assigns a lobby id, matching the PR's stated intent, and the wrapper <div> only appears when the invite button is present, preserving byte-identical markup on the browser path.
• Security: No injection surface — the only interpolation is a static translated label; the click handler takes no user input and is best-effort by design.

No changes requested.