fixes

public/plugins/chat/chat.js

@@ -101,13 +101,32 @@ async function toggleFlyout() {
 
 async function openFlyout() {
     $('chat-flyout').classList.remove('hidden');
+    // Capture blink state BEFORE we clear it — it tells us a peer wrote since last close
+    const wasBlinking = $('chat-footer-btn')?.classList.contains('blinking');
     stopBlink();
-    showListView();
     pollIntervalMs = POLL_OPEN_MS;
     restartPoll();
     await loadConversations();
     await pollOnce(); // immediate refresh on open
     await loadConversations();
+
+    // Pick the right initial view:
+    //  1. If blinking → newest peer with unread (= someone wrote to us)
+    //  2. Else → last peer the user opened manually (persisted)
+    //  3. Else → list view
+    let target = null;
+    if (wasBlinking) {
+        const unread = conversations
+            .filter(c => parseInt(c.unread) > 0)
+            .sort((a, b) => String(b.last_at).localeCompare(String(a.last_at)));
+        if (unread.length) target = unread[0].peer;
+    }
+    if (!target) {
+        const lastPeer = localStorage.getItem('chat-last-peer');
+        if (lastPeer && conversations.some(c => c.peer === lastPeer)) target = lastPeer;
+    }
+    if (target) await openConversation(target);
+    else showListView();
 }
 
 function closeFlyout() {
@@ -190,6 +209,7 @@ function renderConversations() {
 
 async function openConversation(peer) {
     showThreadView(peer);
+    localStorage.setItem('chat-last-peer', peer);
     await loadThread(peer);
     // Mark all incoming as read
     await hyprcrd.api('api/chat/read', { method: 'POST', body: { peer } }).catch(() => {});