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Tyler Slaton 442d2150c3 feat(react-core): add position prop to CopilotSidebar (left/right) (#4710)
## What does this PR do?

Adds a `position?: \"left\" | \"right\"` prop to the v2 `CopilotSidebar`
(and the underlying `CopilotSidebarView`), letting consumers anchor the
sidebar to either side of the viewport. Defaults to `\"right\"` so
existing usage is unchanged.

```tsx
<CopilotSidebar position=\"left\" />
```

### What changes when `position` flips

- **Anchor:** `cpk:right-0` ↔ `cpk:left-0`
- **Border side:** `cpk:border-l` ↔ `cpk:border-r`
- **Off-screen translate (closed state):** `cpk:translate-x-full` ↔
`cpk:-translate-x-full`
- **Body push margin:** `document.body.style.marginInlineEnd` ↔
`marginInlineStart` (with the matching `transition` CSS property name)
- **Aside element:** picks up a `data-position` attribute for
styling/test hooks

`position` is in the `useLayoutEffect` deps, so toggling it at runtime
cleans up the prior side's body margin before applying the new one.

### Tests

New `CopilotSidebarView.position.test.tsx` (7 cases) —
default/right/left class assertions, off-screen translate direction, and
verification that the wrapper forwards through to the view. All 32
sidebar-area tests pass; full react-core suite (1167 tests) green with
no regressions.

### Storybook

Added `RightPosition` and `LeftPosition` stories under
`UI/CopilotSidebarView` for visual diffing.

## Related PRs and Issues

- N/A

## Checklist

- [x] I have read the [Contribution
Guide](https://github.com/copilotkit/copilotkit/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [ ] If the PR changes or adds functionality, I have updated the
relevant documentation
- [x] \"Allow edits by maintainers\" is checked

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// Headless UI with full control
const { visibleMessages, appendMessage, setMessages, ... } = useCopilotChat();

// Pre-built components with deep customization options (CSS + pass custom sub-components)
<CopilotPopup
  instructions={"You are assisting the user as best as you can. Answer in the best way possible given the data you have."}
  labels={{ title: "Popup Assistant", initial: "Need any help?" }}
/>
// Frontend actions + generative UI, with full streaming support
useCopilotAction({
  name: "appendToSpreadsheet",
  description: "Append rows to the current spreadsheet",
  parameters: [
    { name: "rows", type: "object[]", attributes: [{ name: "cells", type: "object[]", attributes: [{ name: "value", type: "string" }] }] }
  ],
  render: ({ status, args }) => <Spreadsheet data={canonicalSpreadsheetData(args.rows)} />,
  handler: ({ rows }) => setSpreadsheet({ ...spreadsheet, rows: [...spreadsheet.rows, ...canonicalSpreadsheetData(rows)] }),
});

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// Share state between app and agent
const { agentState } = useCoAgent({
  name: "basic_agent",
  initialState: { input: "NYC" }
});

// agentic generative UI
useCoAgentStateRender({
  name: "basic_agent",
  render: ({ state }) => <WeatherDisplay {...state.final_response} />,
});

// Human in the Loop (Approval)
useCopilotAction({
  name: "email_tool",
  parameters: [
    {
      name: "email_draft",
      type: "string",
      description: "The email content",
      required: true,
    },
  ],
  renderAndWaitForResponse: ({ args, status, respond }) => {
    return (
      <EmailConfirmation
        emailContent={args.email_draft || ""}
        isExecuting={status === "executing"}
        onCancel={() => respond?.({ approved: false })}
        onSend={() =>
          respond?.({
            approved: true,
            metadata: { sentAt: new Date().toISOString() },
          })
        }
      />
    );
  },
});
// intermediate agent state streaming (supports both LangGraph.js + LangGraph python)
const modifiedConfig = copilotKitCustomizeConfig(config, {
  emitIntermediateState: [
    {
      stateKey: "outline",
      tool: "set_outline",
      toolArgument: "outline",
    },
  ],
});
const response = await ChatOpenAI({ model: "gpt-4o" }).invoke(
  messages,
  modifiedConfig,
);

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