## Summary
Clicking **Compose** in the emails tab without a connected account
redirects to the New Account settings page, but the settings nav drawer
was left in its previous (collapsed / "main") state — producing a
visibly half-broken transition.
### Root cause
The "enter settings" preparation (memorize previous URL + drawer state,
expand the desktop drawer, switch the mobile drawer to `'settings'`) was
duplicated **inline in three different places**:
- `NavigationDrawerOtherSection.handleSettingsClick`
- `MultiWorkspaceDropdownDefaultComponents` Settings link
- Implicitly expected (but missing) from every `useNavigateSettings`
caller
Every other entry point — `ComposeEmailButton`, `ComposeEmailCommand`,
`AIChatCreditsExhaustedMessage`, several workflow/role components — just
called `navigateSettings(...)` and skipped the prep entirely,
reproducing the bug.
### Fix
- Move the full prep into `useOpenSettingsMenu`, with a
`useIsSettingsPage()` short-circuit so internal navigation doesn't
clobber the memorized return target.
- `useNavigateSettings` delegates to `openSettingsMenu()` before
navigating — fixing every caller in one place.
- Collapse the duplicated inline logic in `NavigationDrawerOtherSection`
and `MultiWorkspaceDropdownDefaultComponents` to a single call.
Net **−9 lines**, single source of truth, no behavior change for the
existing happy paths.
## Test plan
- [x] \`nx typecheck twenty-front\` passes
- [x] \`oxlint\` + \`prettier\` clean on all 4 changed files
- [x] Existing \`useNavigateSettings\` tests pass (4/4)
- [ ] Manual: Compose button on a Person/Company/Opportunity emails tab
with no connected account → settings drawer renders fully expanded,
"Exit Settings" returns to the record
- [ ] Manual: "Settings" entry in the main nav drawer still works
(return path memorized)
- [ ] Manual: "Settings" entry in the multi-workspace dropdown still
works, and right-click → open in new tab still works (kept
\`UndecoratedLink\`)
- [ ] Manual: Navigating between settings pages does not overwrite the
memorized return URL
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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
