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openchamber/packages/ui/src/components/chat/lib/scroll/timelineScrollAnchoring.ts
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Bohdan Triapitsyn 955b2cc812 fix(chat): anchored-scroll behavior parity with the reference model
Six reported defects, one root theme — our port diverged from the
reference semantics:

- a user gesture no longer collapses the reserved anchored end space
  (that snap-to-bottom was the 'anchoring vanishes on a micro-scroll');
  it only disarms the follow/anchor machinery, and anchor remeasures
  after the user takes over can no longer re-position the viewport
- the anchor arms synchronously BEFORE the send reaches the store, and
  the claim compares against the arm-time baseline — arming a frame
  after the optimistic row committed is why anchoring 'rarely worked'
  and sending from mid-history did nothing
- gestures are selective (wheel up, touch/pointer away from the end,
  PageUp/Home/ArrowUp), so scrolling toward the end or clicking a row
  at the live edge no longer kills follow
- 'at end' is a tight 40px band against the full content length instead
  of the list's half-viewport isNearEnd, so the scroll-to-bottom pill
  appears when the viewport actually leaves the end
- reaching the end re-arms follow without knocking an anchored turn out
  of its mode, and the overlay scrollbar suppression follows scroll
  ownership rather than the anchor's mere existence
- the status/working row moved out of the list footer to a fixed spot
  above the composer: inside the list it walked down with every
  streamed line, and its unmount was part of the end-of-stream jerk
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// Anchored-turn scroll geometry for the chat timeline.
//
// The timeline has three mutually exclusive scroll modes:
//
// • `following-end` — stay pinned to the live edge as content grows.
// • `anchoring-new-turn` — the just-sent user message is parked near the TOP
// of the viewport and the reply streams into reserved space below it. The
// viewport does NOT move until the turn outgrows the usable viewport.
// • `free-scrolling` — the user took over; nothing moves the scroll
// position until they opt back in.
//
// This module is pure geometry: it reads measurements from the virtualized
// list and answers "how far, if at all, must we scroll to reveal the end of
// the anchored turn". Keeping it free of DOM and React makes the mode machine
// testable without a renderer.
//
// "Usable viewport" is the visible height minus the composer overlay (the
// composer floats over the list) minus the anchor offset, so a turn is only
// considered overflowing when it genuinely cannot be read.
export type TimelineScrollMode = 'following-end' | 'anchoring-new-turn' | 'free-scrolling';
// Distance from the top of the viewport at which an anchored user message
// parks. Small enough to read as "at the top", large enough not to collide
// with the timeline's top fade.
export const CHAT_LIST_ANCHOR_OFFSET = 16;
export interface TimelineListMeasurementState {
readonly data: readonly unknown[];
readonly scroll: number;
readonly scrollLength: number;
readonly positionAtIndex: (index: number) => number | undefined;
readonly sizeAtIndex: (index: number) => number | undefined;
}
export interface AnchoredTurnMetrics {
readonly anchorTop: number;
readonly lastBottom: number;
readonly turnHeight: number;
readonly usableViewportHeight: number;
readonly visibleUsableBottom: number;
readonly overflowsUsableViewport: boolean;
readonly targetScrollToRevealEnd: number;
readonly scrollDeltaToRevealEnd: number;
}
export const getRowBottom = (
state: TimelineListMeasurementState,
index: number,
): number | null => {
const top = state.positionAtIndex(index);
const height = state.sizeAtIndex(index);
if (
typeof top !== 'number'
|| typeof height !== 'number'
|| !Number.isFinite(top)
|| !Number.isFinite(height)
) {
return null;
}
// Rows measured at zero height would make an anchored turn look empty and
// suppress the reveal scroll; treat them as one pixel tall instead.
return top + Math.max(1, height);
};
export const getAnchoredTurnMetrics = ({
state,
anchorIndex,
composerOverlayHeight,
anchorOffset,
}: {
readonly state: TimelineListMeasurementState;
readonly anchorIndex: number;
readonly composerOverlayHeight: number;
readonly anchorOffset: number;
}): AnchoredTurnMetrics | null => {
if (state.data.length === 0) return null;
const boundedAnchorIndex = Math.max(0, Math.min(anchorIndex, state.data.length - 1));
const anchorTop = state.positionAtIndex(boundedAnchorIndex);
// The LAST row bottom, not the content length: the reserved anchored end
// space lives past it, and targeting that reserved tail would scroll the
// real content off the top.
const lastBottom = getRowBottom(state, state.data.length - 1);
if (typeof anchorTop !== 'number' || !Number.isFinite(anchorTop) || lastBottom === null) {
return null;
}
const usableViewportHeight = Math.max(
0,
state.scrollLength - composerOverlayHeight - anchorOffset,
);
const turnHeight = Math.max(0, lastBottom - anchorTop);
const visibleUsableBottom = state.scroll + usableViewportHeight;
const targetScrollToRevealEnd = Math.max(0, lastBottom - usableViewportHeight);
// Never negative: revealing the end must not scroll the timeline backwards.
const scrollDeltaToRevealEnd = Math.max(0, targetScrollToRevealEnd - state.scroll);
return {
anchorTop,
lastBottom,
turnHeight,
usableViewportHeight,
visibleUsableBottom,
overflowsUsableViewport: turnHeight > usableViewportHeight,
targetScrollToRevealEnd,
scrollDeltaToRevealEnd,
};
};
// "At the end" for follow purposes is a tight band, not the list's isNearEnd
// (half a viewport): that band hid the scroll-to-bottom pill and re-armed
// follow while the user had genuinely scrolled away, yanking them back on the
// next stream chunk. Distance is measured against the full content length —
// reserved anchored end space included — so a parked anchored turn counts as
// the live edge.
export const TIMELINE_FOLLOW_REARM_THRESHOLD_PX = 40;
export const resolveTimelineIsAtEnd = (
state: {
readonly contentLength?: number;
readonly scroll?: number;
readonly scrollLength?: number;
readonly isNearEnd?: boolean;
readonly isAtEnd?: boolean;
} | undefined,
): boolean | undefined => {
if (!state) return undefined;
const { contentLength, scroll, scrollLength } = state;
if (
typeof contentLength === 'number'
&& typeof scroll === 'number'
&& typeof scrollLength === 'number'
&& Number.isFinite(contentLength)
) {
return contentLength - (scroll + scrollLength) <= TIMELINE_FOLLOW_REARM_THRESHOLD_PX;
}
return state.isNearEnd ?? state.isAtEnd;
};
export interface ChatListAnchoredEndSpace {
readonly anchorIndex: number;
readonly anchorOffset: number;
}
// Finds the anchored row from the BACK of the list: a retried or re-sent
// message id can appear more than once, and the live one is always the last.
export const resolveChatListAnchoredEndSpace = <Item, AnchorId>(
items: readonly Item[],
anchorId: AnchorId | null,
getAnchorId: (item: Item) => AnchorId | null,
options: { readonly anchorOffset?: number } = {},
): ChatListAnchoredEndSpace | undefined => {
if (anchorId === null) return undefined;
for (let index = items.length - 1; index >= 0; index -= 1) {
const item = items[index];
if (item !== undefined && getAnchorId(item) === anchorId) {
return {
anchorIndex: index,
anchorOffset: options.anchorOffset ?? CHAT_LIST_ANCHOR_OFFSET,
};
}
}
return undefined;
};