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fix(virtual-core): read the scroll element's size with each scroll event - #1378
After the scroll element is resized, the browser fires the scroll event before the ResizeObserver reports the new size. The onChange for that event therefore hands the consumer a new scrollOffset with the old scrollRect.
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What goes wrong. When the element gets taller, the browser clamps scrollTop and fires scroll straight away; the ResizeObserver only runs later in the frame. TanStack notifies on the scroll event, so for that one update its figures disagree with each other: scrollOffset is the new position, scrollRect is still the old size. A consumer that works out "is the viewport at the end?" from the two in onChange — scrollOffset + scrollRect.height >= getTotalSize(), the natural way to do it without touching the DOM — concludes the user has scrolled up when they haven't, and corrects itself one update later. The same happens when the isScrolling reset timer fires in that gap, which is why it showed up as an intermittent CI failure in element-web (element-hq/element-web#35449) rather than a reliable one.
Fix. The scroll handler reads the element's size along with its position and updates scrollRect before notifying, so every onChange is consistent with itself: the position and the size were read at the same moment. It measures with the same functions the default observers use (getRect for an element, getWindowRect for a window — now shared rather than restated), and only when one of those default observers is in use: a consumer's own observeElementRect may measure differently, and its size is left alone, as is initialRect for an observer that reports nothing. The handler already reads scrollHeight/clientHeight while scrolling for _elementMaxScrollOffset, so this adds no new kind of layout read.
Tests. Core: a grow seen by the scroll event first reports the new size with the new offset, isAtEnd() stays true, and onChange for that event receives the consistent pair; the same for a window scroller; a custom rect observer's size is left alone; an observer that reports nothing keeps initialRect.
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Bug Fixes
Scroll measurements now include the latest viewport dimensions when scrolling occurs before a resize notification. This keeps virtualized content positioning and sizing in sync with the visible area during resize and scroll events.
Element and window measurements are rounded consistently, and unchanged dimensions are no longer needlessly updated.
After the scroll element is resized, the browser fires its scroll event (from the clamped position) and the isScrolling reset timer before the ResizeObserver reports the new size. The notify from that event then pairs the new scroll position with the old `scrollRect`: a consumer working out "at the end" from `scrollOffset` and `scrollRect` in onChange sees the viewport leave the end for a frame when it did not.
Read the element's size along with the offset in the scroll handler, with the same functions the default rect observers measure with, so every notify is self-consistent. Only done when a default observer (`observeElementRect` / `observeWindowRect`) is in use: a consumer's own rect observer may measure differently, and its size is left alone.
Default element and window rect measurements can now refresh scrollRect during scroll handling. Tests cover updated dimensions before resize notification, custom rect observers, and cases where no size has been reported.
Scroll rect refresh
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Summary
Default rect measurements packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts
Element dimensions are rounded at read time, and window dimensions are read from innerWidth and innerHeight. Observer callbacks pass the measured rect through.
Scroll-time refresh and validation packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts, packages/virtual-core/tests/anchor-end.test.ts, .changeset/scroll-rect-with-scroll-event.md
Scroll events refresh dimensions for default observers when a measurement is available. scrollRect changes only when its dimensions differ. Tests cover element and window scrolling, custom observers, and missing measurements. The changeset records the patch and event-ordering note.
sequenceDiagram
participant ScrollEvent
participant Virtualizer
participant DefaultRectObserver
participant onChange
ScrollEvent->>Virtualizer: Trigger _willUpdate
Virtualizer->>DefaultRectObserver: Read current element or window rect
DefaultRectObserver-->>Virtualizer: Return measured dimensions
Virtualizer->>Virtualizer: Update scrollRect when dimensions differ
Virtualizer->>onChange: Report updated scroll offset and viewport size
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TanStack/virtual#1298: Both changes affect when scrollRect updates relative to resize handling.
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The change improves resize handling, but some scroll notifications can still use inconsistent viewport measurements or render extra rows. These are bounded issues; merging is reasonable with owner awareness and follow-up, including clarifying the custom-observer exception.
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Review comments at @.changeset/scroll-rect-with-scroll-event.md:
- Line 5: Update the release note to clarify that size is refreshed with
processed scroll notifications only when using a built-in rect observer; state
that custom rect observers retain their last reported size until they report a
new one, and preserve the existing resize-ordering explanation.
Review comments at @packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts:
- Around line 1264-1265: Refresh the default scroll rect before reading trailing
content so `_readTrailing` uses the current viewport size when calculating the
range cap after a shared scroller grows. Update the surrounding flow that calls
`_readDefaultRect` and `_setScrollRect`, preserving the existing handling when
no default rect is available.
- Around line 1264-1265: Update the spurious scroll-callback path around
_readDefaultRect and _setScrollRect to refresh the rect even when the scroll
position is unchanged. Detect rect size changes and notify for those changes,
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Read the scroll element's size along with each scroll event. After a resize the browser fires the scroll event (from the clamped position) before the ResizeObserver runs, so an update could pair the new scroll position with the old size.
printf'%s\n''--- change note ---'
nl -ba .changeset/scroll-rect-with-scroll-event.md
printf'%s\n''--- scroll callback and rect receiver ---'
nl -ba packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts | sed -n '1100,1300p'
nl -ba packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts | sed -n '2360,2405p'printf'%s\n''--- custom observer test ---'
nl -ba packages/virtual-core/tests/anchor-end.test.ts | sed -n '782,858p'printf'%s\n''--- public observer contract ---'
nl -ba docs/api/virtualizer.md | sed -n '160,185p'printf'%s\n''--- release configuration ---'
nl -ba .github/workflows/release.yml | sed -n '1,60p'
nl -ba package.json | sed -n '25,50p'
nl -ba .changeset/config.json
printf'%s\n''--- existing published changelog ---'
rg --files packages/virtual-core -g '*CHANGELOG*'
Repository: TanStack/virtual
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Limit the release note to built-in rect observers.
Custom rect observers do not receive this refresh. A consumer using one can still receive a scroll notification with the observer’s last reported size. Clarify the exception in the release note.
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--- "a/.changeset/scroll-rect-with-scroll-event.md"+++ "b/.changeset/scroll-rect-with-scroll-event.md"@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
'@tanstack/virtual-core': patch
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-Read the scroll element's size along with each scroll event. After a resize the browser fires the scroll event (from the clamped position) before the ResizeObserver runs, so an update could pair the new scroll position with the old size.+When using a built-in rect observer, read the scroll element's size with processed scroll notifications. Custom rect observers retain their last reported size until they report a new one. After a resize the browser fires the scroll event (from the clamped position) before the ResizeObserver runs, so an update could pair the new scroll position with the old size.
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Read the scroll element's size along with each scroll event. After a resize the browser fires the scroll event (from the clamped position) before the ResizeObserver runs, so an update could pair the new scroll position with the old size.
When using a built-in rect observer, read the scroll element's size with processed scroll notifications. Custom rect observers retain their last reported size until they report a new one. After a resize the browser fires the scroll event (from the clamped position) before the ResizeObserver runs, so an update could pair the new scroll position with the old size.
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Review comment at @.changeset/scroll-rect-with-scroll-event.md at line 5:
Update the release note to clarify that size is refreshed with processed scroll
notifications only when using a built-in rect observer; state that custom rect
observers retain their last reported size until they report a new one, and
preserve the existing resize-ordering explanation.
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nl -ba packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts | sed -n '40,70p;955,985p;2840,2980p'
Repository: TanStack/virtual
Length of output: 6049
Refresh the rect before calculating trailing content.
When a shared scroller grows, _readTrailing combines the new scroll maximum with the old viewport size. The new rect then makes the range cap too small, so the virtualizer renders extra rows until another scrolling event corrects it. Refresh the default rect before reading trailing content.
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Review comment at @packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts around lines 1264 - 1265:
Refresh the default scroll rect before reading trailing content so
`_readTrailing` uses the current viewport size when calculating the range cap
after a shared scroller grows. Update the surrounding flow that calls
`_readDefaultRect` and `_setScrollRect`, preserving the existing handling when
no default rect is available.
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Refresh the rect before discarding spurious scroll callbacks.
If the viewport changes size and an unchanged-position callback is classified as spurious, the callback skips the rect refresh. Size-dependent reads can then use the old dimensions until another report arrives. Refresh the rect and notify on a size change while still suppressing redundant scroll notifications.
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Review comment at @packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts around lines 1264 - 1265:
Update the spurious scroll-callback path around _readDefaultRect and
_setScrollRect to refresh the rect even when the scroll position is unchanged.
Detect rect size changes and notify for those changes, while continuing to
suppress redundant scroll notifications when neither position nor size changed.
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When the timeline gets taller the browser moves scrollTop and fires the scroll event before TanStack's ResizeObserver has seen the new height, so an update could pair the new position with the old height and report leaving the bottom (#35449). Our virtual-core patch now reads the size along with the scroll event (TanStack/virtual#1378), and a shrink seen that way still keeps the end in view.
The test is #35727's, which passes without that PR's hold in the view.
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When the timeline gets taller the browser moves scrollTop and fires the scroll event before TanStack's ResizeObserver has seen the new height, so an update could pair the new position with the old height and report leaving the bottom (#35449). Our virtual-core patch now reads the size along with the scroll event (TanStack/virtual#1378), and a shrink seen that way still keeps the end in view.
The test is #35727's, which passes without that PR's hold in the view.
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After the scroll element is resized, the browser fires the scroll event before the ResizeObserver reports the new size. The
onChangefor that event therefore hands the consumer a newscrollOffsetwith the oldscrollRect.🎯 Changes
What goes wrong. When the element gets taller, the browser clamps
scrollTopand firesscrollstraight away; the ResizeObserver only runs later in the frame. TanStack notifies on the scroll event, so for that one update its figures disagree with each other:scrollOffsetis the new position,scrollRectis still the old size. A consumer that works out "is the viewport at the end?" from the two inonChange—scrollOffset + scrollRect.height >= getTotalSize(), the natural way to do it without touching the DOM — concludes the user has scrolled up when they haven't, and corrects itself one update later. The same happens when theisScrollingreset timer fires in that gap, which is why it showed up as an intermittent CI failure in element-web (element-hq/element-web#35449) rather than a reliable one.Fix. The scroll handler reads the element's size along with its position and updates
scrollRectbefore notifying, so everyonChangeis consistent with itself: the position and the size were read at the same moment. It measures with the same functions the default observers use (getRectfor an element,getWindowRectfor a window — now shared rather than restated), and only when one of those default observers is in use: a consumer's ownobserveElementRectmay measure differently, and its size is left alone, as isinitialRectfor an observer that reports nothing. The handler already readsscrollHeight/clientHeightwhile scrolling for_elementMaxScrollOffset, so this adds no new kind of layout read.Tests. Core: a grow seen by the scroll event first reports the new size with the new offset,
isAtEnd()stays true, andonChangefor that event receives the consistent pair; the same for a window scroller; a custom rect observer's size is left alone; an observer that reports nothing keepsinitialRect.✅ Checklist
pnpm run test:pr.🚀 Release Impact
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