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42 changes: 32 additions & 10 deletions apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -285,6 +285,9 @@ function WorkingDuration(props: { startedAt: string | null }) {
}

const EMPTY_PROVIDER_ENTRIES: ReadonlyMap<string, ProviderInstanceEntry> = new Map();
// Collapsed shelves share one empty list so a route change alone does not
// give the sidebar list a new identity.
const EMPTY_THREADS: readonly EnvironmentThreadShell[] = [];

function terminalProcessLabel(count: number): string {
return `${count} terminal ${count === 1 ? "process" : "processes"} running`;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1535,7 +1538,8 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
data-thread-item
{...sortableRootProps}
className={cn(
"list-none [content-visibility:auto] [contain-intrinsic-size:auto_34px]",
// Matches the h-9 row so unrendered rows never shift the list when they paint.
"list-none [content-visibility:auto] [contain-intrinsic-size:auto_36px]",
sortable?.isDragging && "relative z-20",
)}
>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1693,7 +1697,8 @@ const SidebarThreadRow = memo(function SidebarThreadRow(props: {
data-thread-item
{...sortableRootProps}
className={cn(
"list-none py-0.5 [content-visibility:auto] [contain-intrinsic-size:auto_96px]",
// Matches the h-[4.875rem] content box; the py-0.5 padding is added on top.
"list-none py-0.5 [content-visibility:auto] [contain-intrinsic-size:auto_78px]",
sortable?.isDragging && "relative z-20",
)}
>
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -2664,12 +2669,12 @@ export default function Sidebar() {
);
const renderedSettledThreads = useMemo(() => {
if (settledShelfExpanded) return visibleSettledThreads;
if (routeThreadKey === null) return [];
if (routeThreadKey === null) return EMPTY_THREADS;
const routeThread = visibleSettledThreads.find(
(thread) =>
scopedThreadKey(scopeThreadRef(thread.environmentId, thread.id)) === routeThreadKey,
);
return routeThread === undefined ? [] : [routeThread];
return routeThread === undefined ? EMPTY_THREADS : [routeThread];
}, [routeThreadKey, settledShelfExpanded, visibleSettledThreads]);

// The snoozed shelf is collapsed by default: out of the way, never gone.
Expand All @@ -2690,12 +2695,12 @@ export default function Sidebar() {
// snoozed thread reached by route (deep link, open before snoozing
// elsewhere) keeps its row — with highlight and wake affordance — same
// exception the settled tail's "Show more" makes.
if (routeThreadKey === null) return [];
if (routeThreadKey === null) return EMPTY_THREADS;
const routeThread = snoozedThreads.find(
(thread) =>
scopedThreadKey(scopeThreadRef(thread.environmentId, thread.id)) === routeThreadKey,
);
return routeThread === undefined ? [] : [routeThread];
return routeThread === undefined ? EMPTY_THREADS : [routeThread];
}, [routeThreadKey, snoozedShelfExpanded, snoozedThreads]);

const orderedThreads = useMemo(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -3282,15 +3287,32 @@ export default function Sidebar() {
}
}, [cancelThreadDrag, dragState, sidebarListItems]);
const listMotionPaused = dragState !== null;
// Every shell event rebuilds sidebarListItems, but rows only move when the
// rendered order or a row's section changes. Keying the motion pass on that
// keeps ordinary updates from forcing a layout read and animating rows
// whose position drifted for other reasons.
const sidebarListOrderKey = useMemo(
() =>
sidebarListItems
.map((item) => (item.kind === "thread" ? `${item.key}:${item.section}` : item.marker))
.join("\0"),
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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Based on a review of the pingdotgg/t3code repository on GitHub, there is no evidence of a function or component named createSidebarListMotion in Sidebar.tsx or elsewhere in the project. The Sidebar component in this repository uses various state management tools and UI patterns [1][2], but the specific identifier createSidebarListMotion does not exist in the codebase. Animations in similar sidebar components often rely on standard framer-motion patterns [3][4][5], but this specific naming convention is not utilized in the pingdotgg/t3code project.

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Include visible draft IDs and order in sidebarListOrderKey. SidebarDraftBlock filters and sorts drafts by scopedProjectKeys, but sidebarListOrderKey omits them. A scope change can replace one draft with another while the count and routeDraftIdForRows remain unchanged, so the layout effect does not call listMotionRef.current?.update(...). createSidebarListMotion tracks DOM element identities and cannot detect the replacement until a later update.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx` around lines 3296 - 3298, Update the
sidebarListOrderKey calculation near sidebarListItems to include the visible
SidebarDraftBlock draft IDs in their rendered order, alongside the existing
thread and marker entries. Use the same scopedProjectKeys filtering and sorting
result that SidebarDraftBlock renders so scope changes produce a different key
and trigger listMotionRef.current?.update(...).

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[sidebarListItems],
);
const sidebarListHasRows = sidebarListItems.length + visibleDraftSessionCount > 0;
useLayoutEffect(() => {
// Drag release clears the baseline, so its commit cannot replay the
// sortable preview; rows glide from their released positions instead.
// Later thread actions can animate while writes settle.
// Draft navigation can reveal a frozen row without changing the draft count.
listMotionRef.current?.update(
!listMotionPaused && sidebarListItems.length + visibleDraftSessionCount > 0,
);
}, [listMotionPaused, routeDraftIdForRows, sidebarListItems, visibleDraftSessionCount]);
void sidebarListOrderKey;
listMotionRef.current?.update(!listMotionPaused && sidebarListHasRows);
}, [
listMotionPaused,
routeDraftIdForRows,
sidebarListHasRows,
sidebarListOrderKey,
visibleDraftSessionCount,
]);
const handleThreadDragOver = useCallback(
(event: DragOverEvent) => {
const target = event.over
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion apps/web/src/components/ui/scroll-area.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -25,12 +25,16 @@ function ScrollArea({
className,
children,
scrollFade = false,
scrollFadePadding = true,
scrollbarGutter = false,
hideScrollbars = false,
chainVerticalScroll = false,
...props
}: ScrollAreaPrimitive.Root.Props & {
scrollFade?: boolean;
/** Keep focused and highlighted items clear of the fade. Off for lists
* whose rows take focus on click, where the scroll would nudge the list. */
scrollFadePadding?: boolean;
scrollbarGutter?: boolean;
hideScrollbars?: boolean;
chainVerticalScroll?: boolean;
Expand All @@ -45,7 +49,8 @@ function ScrollArea({
"h-full max-h-[inherit] overflow-auto overscroll-contain rounded-[inherit] outline-none transition-shadows focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-1 focus-visible:ring-offset-background data-has-overflow-x:overscroll-x-contain",
chainVerticalScroll && "overscroll-y-auto",
scrollFade &&
"scroll-p-[var(--fade-size)] mask-t-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-y-start)))] mask-b-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-y-end)))] mask-l-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-x-start)))] mask-r-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-x-end)))] [--fade-size:1.5rem]",
"mask-t-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-y-start)))] mask-b-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-y-end)))] mask-l-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-x-start)))] mask-r-from-[calc(100%-min(var(--fade-size),var(--scroll-area-overflow-x-end)))] [--fade-size:1.5rem]",
scrollFade && scrollFadePadding && "scroll-p-[var(--fade-size)]",
scrollbarGutter && "scrollbar-gutter-stable",
hideScrollbars &&
"[-ms-overflow-style:none] [scrollbar-width:none] [&::-webkit-scrollbar]:hidden",
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Expand Up @@ -699,7 +699,14 @@ function SidebarContent({
return (
<>
{fixedHeader ? <div className="w-full shrink-0">{fixedHeader}</div> : null}
<ScrollArea hideScrollbars scrollFade className="h-auto min-h-0 flex-1">
{/* Rows take focus on click. Scroll padding would make the browser nudge
the list whenever a focused row sits under the fade. */}
<ScrollArea
hideScrollbars
scrollFade
scrollFadePadding={false}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Keep a fade inset for thread search results.

SidebarContent applies scrollFadePadding={false} to the same viewport that contains thread-search results. apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx:2603-2608 scrolls the highlighted result with scrollIntoView({ block: "nearest" }); without scroll padding, the result can remain under the 1.5rem fade at the top or bottom. Keep the padding during search, or add an equivalent search-result inset. (developer.mozilla.org)

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In `@apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx` at line 707, Update SidebarContent so
thread-search results retain scroll padding while being scrolled into view by
the Sidebar.tsx highlight-navigation flow; remove or conditionally override
scrollFadePadding={false}, or provide an equivalent 1.5rem inset during search,
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className="h-auto min-h-0 flex-1"
>
<div
className={cn(
"flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col gap-2 group-data-[collapsible=icon]:overflow-hidden",
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