Fix an issue where the AI Assistant input textbox sometimes swallows the first character of input.

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Fixes #9740

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue where the AI Assistant input textbox would swallow the first character of input.

• Documentation

  • Updated release notes to document the input textbox fix.

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• docs/en_US/release_notes_9_14.rst
• web/pgadmin/tools/sqleditor/static/js/components/sections/NLQChatPanel.jsx

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Walkthrough

This PR fixes Issue #9740 where the AI Assistant input textbox sometimes swallows the first character of input. The fix adds auto-focus logic to the NLQChatPanel component that triggers when loading completes, and documents the change in release notes.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Bug Fix Documentation docs/en_US/release_notes_9_14.rst	Added release notes entry documenting the fix for Issue #9740 regarding input textbox character loss.
NLQChatPanel Auto-Focus Implementation web/pgadmin/tools/sqleditor/static/js/components/sections/NLQChatPanel.jsx	Introduced inputRef to enable programmatic focus control and added useEffect hook to auto-focus the input field when loading completes, addressing the first-character swallowing issue.

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🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately and specifically describes the main bug fix addressed in the PR - resolving the issue where the AI Assistant input textbox loses the first character.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The code changes directly address issue #9740 by adding input ref and auto-focus logic to prevent character loss in the AI Assistant input textbox.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	All changes are scoped to fixing the reported issue: documentation update noting the fix and implementation changes to NLQChatPanel component to resolve the first-character loss bug.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.

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