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fix(virtual-core): keep an end-pinned viewport pinned when the scroll element shrinks - #1298
With anchorTo: 'end', a list pinned to its newest item loses the end when the scroll element gets shorter, for example on a window resize or when the app changes its height. The last items end up below the fold.
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Root cause.resizeItem keeps an end-pinned viewport at the end when an item grows, but the scroll element's rect callback only records the new size. The browser keeps scrollTop, so the end drops below the fold by the amount the element shrank.
Fix. Apply resizeItem's rule in the rect callback: if the viewport was within scrollEndThreshold of the end against its previous size and the element shrank along the scroll axis, scroll by the shrink. Like resizeItem, it moves by the amount the element shrank, so a reader slightly above the end stays the same distance above it. It never scrolls further than the element can actually scroll, so a border on the element, or content shorter than the viewport, can't push it past the end. Growth and cross-axis changes are left to the browser.
Tests.
Core: a shrink while pinned keeps the end; a grow, a width-only change and a shrink while reading history leave the offset alone; a reader within the threshold keeps their gap; an item above the viewport shrinking in the same frame keeps the end with either callback order.
react-virtual chat e2e: shrinking the scroll container, and shrinking it together with a row above the viewport. Both fail on main.
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Bug Fixes
End-anchored chat views now stay pinned to the bottom when the scroll area shrinks, including during window resizing or app-height changes. The view remains pinned when content above the end also changes size, and does not jump to the end if you are scrolling up or are already away from it.
Documentation
Updated virtualizer and streaming-output guides to describe end anchoring behavior when the scroll area shrinks.
… element shrinks
With `anchorTo: 'end'`, resizeItem keeps the end in view when an item grows,
but nothing did the same when the scroll element itself shrinks (the window
resizing, or the app changing the element's height). The browser
keeps `scrollTop`, so the last items dropped below the fold. Rows sized from
the viewport (e.g. capped with `vh`) made it worse: they shrink in the same
frame, and were then compensated as rows above a viewport no longer at the end.
The scroll element's rect callback now applies the same rule as resizeItem:
if the viewport was pinned to the end against its previous size and the
element shrank along the scroll axis, scroll by the shrink. Like resizeItem it
keeps any distance from the end that was within `scrollEndThreshold`, and it
never scrolls past the element's real end, so a border on the element or
content shorter than the viewport cannot overshoot. Growth and cross-axis
changes are left alone.
The virtualizer now adjusts end-anchored scrolling when the scroll element shrinks, subject to pinning and scroll-state conditions. Unit and end-to-end tests cover viewport resizing, and the documentation describes the behavior.
The virtualizer checks end-pinning conditions when the scroll rectangle changes and adjusts the scroll position for qualifying shrinkage. Unit tests cover resize conditions and interactions with item resizing. The API documentation, chat guidance, and changeset describe the behavior.
The chat example can shrink the viewport, alone or with a message-height change. End-to-end tests verify that the last message remains visible in both cases.
TanStack/virtual#1370: Changes the anchor-sync path and clamped-adjustment handling used by the resize adjustment.
TanStack/virtual#1340: Changes the virtual distance from the end used by the pinning check and shrink adjustment.
TanStack/virtual#1359: Changes when clamped adjustments are recorded and retried, which the resize path also uses.
Suggested reviewers:piecyk, tannerlinsley
Merge Risk: Low · up to db1f9
The resize fix retains two edge cases: simultaneous padding changes can move a reader toward the end, and an iOS touch can temporarily leave the end clipped. Merge risk is bounded, with these positioning issues remaining for correction or explicit acceptance.
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[#1297] requires an end-pinned anchorTo: 'end' viewport to stay at the end when the scroll element shrinks. The whole-PR diff of packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts (merge base to head) adds a rect…
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Every changed area supports the #1297 fix. The core change in packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts implements the shrink adjustment. The isPinnedToEnd helper removes duplicated end-anchor checks fro…
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The title names the scope (virtual-core), the change type (fix), and the behavior change (an end-pinned viewport stays pinned when the scroll element shrinks). The changeset adds a patch to virtual-core, the core code adds shrink compensation in the rect callback, and the tests cover that case. The title matches the main change.
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[#1297] requires an end-pinned anchorTo: 'end' viewport to stay at the end when the scroll element shrinks. The whole-PR diff of packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts (merge base to head) adds a rect-callback check in Virtualizer._willUpdate. The check runs when the viewport was pinned to the end before the size change, the scroll direction is not 'backward', and no command read-back is pending. It then calls applyScrollAdjustment with the shrink amount, capped at getDistanceFromEnd(). A pending clamped write applies the full shrink. Growth and cross-axis changes do not trigger it. The shared isPinnedToEnd helper keeps resizeItem behavior for item growth. The implementation addresses the requested behavior. The PR summary reports core tests (anchor-end.test.ts) and chat e2e tests (chat.spec.ts) for shrink, threshold, width-only, history, and callback-order cases. I did not run these tests. Test coverage relies on the diff summary and PR description.
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Every changed area supports the #1297 fix. The core change in packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts implements the shrink adjustment. The isPinnedToEnd helper removes duplicated end-anchor checks from resizeItem and does not change its behavior. The first-rect guard, backward-scroll guard, and command read-back guard refine the same end-pinning rule and are described in the PR commit summary. The tests in packages/virtual-core/tests/anchor-end.test.ts and the chat e2e files (packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/chat/main.tsx, packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/test/chat.spec.ts) exercise the fix. The docs updates in docs/api/virtualizer.md and docs/chat.md describe the new behavior. The .changeset/end-anchor-scroll-element-resize.md changeset is a patch entry for @tanstack/virtual-core. No unrelated change is identified.
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Review comments at @packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts:
- Line 907: In the rectangle callback’s shrink handling, use
getVirtualDistanceFromEnd() to cap the shrink delta when _clampedAdjustment is
pending; otherwise retain getDistanceFromEnd(). Add a test that commits the
grown sizer after both callbacks and verifies the viewport reaches the end.
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…s pending
If an end-pinned item grew before the sizer did, its compensation write is
clamped and waits to be retried once the sizer grows. A scroll element shrink
in that window was capped at the DOM distance to the end, which is stale
until the sizer commits, so the shrink was dropped and the retry landed short
of the new end. Apply the whole shrink while a clamped write is pending; the
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Thanks, and I agree it belongs in core.
Added two comments before merge, also let's extract the pinned-to-end to helper
// Whether an end-anchored viewport should follow size changes to stay at// the end. Shared by item growth (`resizeItem`) and scroll element shrink.privateisPinnedToEnd=()=>{return(this.options.anchorTo==='end'&&this.scrollState?.behavior!=='smooth'&&this.getVirtualDistanceFromEnd()<=this.options.scrollEndThreshold)}
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Swapping the scroll element carries the pin over to the new element, cleanup() doesn't reset scrollRect or scrollOffset, and observeElementRect reports the new element's size right away, before observeElementOffset is set up.
So when getScrollElement() returns a new, shorter element, this compares the old element's size and offset, and writes scrollTo(300, { adjustments: 50 }) to the new one.
The first report for each element has nothing to compare against, so I'd skip it:
// The first report for a new element has nothing to compare against:// `scrollRect` and `scrollOffset` still describe the previous element.letisFirstRect=truethis.unsubs.push(this.options.observeElementRect(this,(rect)=>{constprevSize=!isFirstRect&&this.scrollRect!==null ? this.getSize() : nullisFirstRect=false// ...
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A reader scrolling up gets pulled back to the end.
If the viewport shrinks while the user is scrolling up but still within scrollEndThreshold, this scrolls them back down. With a window scroller on iOS that happens on every scroll-up gesture near the end: the URL bar reappears, innerHeight shrinks, and the adjustment is deferred and applied after touch-end, pulling them down by the bar's height.
Scrolling up means they're leaving the end, so I'd skip it:
I only added this to the rect path and left resizeItem as it is. Let me know if you see a case where this is wrong, or if you think resizeItem should get the same guard for consistency. If you keep it, the docs line could note that scrolling up opts out.
…w scroll element
Swapping the scroll element carried the pin over: cleanup() keeps scrollRect and scrollOffset, and the new element reports its rect before its offset observer is set up, so a shorter new element was compared with the old one and scrolled by the difference. The first report for each element has nothing to compare against, so skip it.
…hen the scroll element shrinks
A shrink while the user scrolls up but is still within scrollEndThreshold scrolled them back down. With a window scroller on iOS that is every scroll-up gesture near the end: the URL bar reappears and innerHeight shrinks. Scrolling up means leaving the end, so skip the pin then.
…ead-back to the command
Since TanStack#1324 resizeItem skips compensation while a scroll command has been written but not read back: scrollOffset is still the pre-command position, so "pinned to the end" is judged against where the viewport was, and the write would land over the command. Apply the same rule to a scroll element shrink.
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- Around line 1152-1158: Update the shrink handling around applyScrollAdjustment
and maybeNotify so the adapter is synchronously notified when a shrink changes a
held adjustment, even if the visible range is unchanged. Preserve the existing
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- Around line 1136-1139: Update the wasAtEnd calculation to preserve the
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Preserve the end state while the sizer is pending.
If paddingEnd decreases before the sizer updates, the virtual distance can mark a reader as pinned even when they are away from the DOM end. A simultaneous viewport shrink then moves the reader toward the end. Track the prior end state across pending sizer updates.
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Update the wasAtEnd calculation to preserve the previously established end state
across pending sizer updates instead of relying solely on isPinnedToEnd() with
stale virtual distance. Ensure a paddingEnd decrease followed by a viewport
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Notify the adapter when a shrink creates a held adjustment.
On iOS, if a touch holds the adjustment and one large item keeps the visible range unchanged, maybeNotify() sends no update. The adapter keeps the old row positions and sizer, clipping the end until another notification or the touch-tail flush. Notify synchronously when the held adjustment changes.
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Update the shrink handling around applyScrollAdjustment and maybeNotify so the
adapter is synchronously notified when a shrink changes a held adjustment, even
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While catching up with main I noticed #1324 made resizeItem skip compensation while a command’s write is awaiting its read-back, so db1f91b applies the same rule to the shrink — otherwise a shrink in that frame writes over the command and reconcile never re-issues it(E.g. a scrollToIndex(0) from the bottom would be lost and the viewport left near the bottom.).
Also Related: #1378 fixes a neighbouring problem in the same callback. After a resize the scroll event fires before the ResizeObserver, so the data in an onChange can be inconsistent, pairing the new offset with the old scrollRect.
Rebases our virtual-core patch. Two of its hunks are covered upstream now (a resize while a scroll is being written builds on the written position) and the backward-scroll one is replaced by TanStack's escape hatch in the view, so they are dropped. The two that remain: isValidAnchorItem, and keeping the end in view when the scroller shrinks (TanStack/virtual#1298, with the review changes).
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Rebases our virtual-core patch. Two of its hunks are covered upstream now (a resize while a scroll is being written builds on the written position) and the backward-scroll one is replaced by TanStack's escape hatch in the view, so they are dropped. The two that remain: isValidAnchorItem, and keeping the end in view when the scroller shrinks (TanStack/virtual#1298, with the review changes).
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Fixes #1297
With anchorTo: 'end', a list pinned to its newest item loses the end when the scroll element gets shorter, for example on a window resize or when the app changes its height. The last items end up below the fold.
🎯 Changes
Root cause.
resizeItemkeeps an end-pinned viewport at the end when an item grows, but the scroll element's rect callback only records the new size. The browser keepsscrollTop, so the end drops below the fold by the amount the element shrank.Fix. Apply
resizeItem's rule in the rect callback: if the viewport was withinscrollEndThresholdof the end against its previous size and the element shrank along the scroll axis, scroll by the shrink. Like resizeItem, it moves by the amount the element shrank, so a reader slightly above the end stays the same distance above it. It never scrolls further than the element can actually scroll, so a border on the element, or content shorter than the viewport, can't push it past the end. Growth and cross-axis changes are left to the browser.Tests.
chate2e: shrinking the scroll container, and shrinking it together with a row above the viewport. Both fail onmain.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr.🚀 Release Impact
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