RocketChat / RocketChat/Rocket.Chat
The right hand conversation/message view scroll position is sticky when switching channels
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Description
When moving from one channel to another using the web interface, the scroll in the message pane does not reset to the most current message. The scroll position appears to remain "sticky" until it is pulled down to the current message. This behavior is not desirable especially if going from a channel with a few messages to one that has hundreds or thousands. Default behavior should be that the message pane resets to focus on most current message (or unread message) when moving to a different channel.
Behavior observed with RocketChat Server version 5.3.0 with both Chrome and Firefox browsers on Ubuntu (both 20.04 and 22.04).
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the web interface by switching between channels with different message counts, using the Chrome or Firefox scenarios described. Trace the message-pane handling during channel changes; done means the pane focuses on the current or unread message instead of retaining the previous channel's scroll position.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, typescript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100