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Summary

  • Replace browser-native scrollbars with a themed custom scrollbar, including pointer dragging, track clicks and keyboard controls.
  • Apply it to dashboard scrolling and scrollable UI surfaces; keep existing section navigation and pending counts intact.
  • Document the custom scrollbar pattern.

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  • pnpm check — 0 errors (existing no-floating-promises warnings in test .mjs files)
  • pnpm typecheck
  • pnpm test — 56 passed, 3 skipped
  • pnpm build

Merge audit, 22 October 2026

Integrated after #97 and #100. Native scrollbar hiding now applies only to converted viewports; unconverted regions and zoomed PDF horizontal scrolling retain native controls. Full check, typecheck, 204 tests and production build pass on the integrated branch, with 3 optional integrations skipped. Browser verification covers keyboard Home/End/PageDown, track clicks, dragging, the command palette and narrow layouts. Both independent review axes approved the scrollbar correction.

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  • docs/design.md
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  • src/components/primitives/custom-scrollbar.tsx
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The PR adds a reusable CustomScrollbar component with pointer and keyboard controls. It replaces native scrolling in selected primitive, shell, and group-interface regions. The PR also updates scrollbar styling and design guidance.

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Custom scrollbar adoption

Layer / File(s) Summary
Custom scrollbar behavior and styling
src/components/primitives/custom-scrollbar.tsx, src/styles.css, docs/design.md
CustomScrollbar measures scroll and track dimensions, supports pointer dragging, track clicks, and keyboard navigation, and exposes an accessible vertical scrollbar. CSS styles its track and thumb. Design guidance describes the converted scroll regions and notes that other regions retain native controls.
Primitive lists and dialog content
src/components/primitives/avatar-group.tsx, src/components/primitives/chip-overflow.tsx, src/components/primitives/confirm-dialog.tsx, src/components/primitives/form-dialog.tsx, src/components/primitives/label-tree-selector.tsx
These components use CustomScrollbar for hidden-member and overflow lists, dialog content, and label-selector regions. Existing content, labels, and layout constraints are retained.
Shell and group-interface scroll regions
src/components/shell/command-palette.tsx, src/components/shell/panel.tsx, src/components/shell/shell.tsx, src/features/groups-by-label/add-group-to-label-dialog.tsx, src/features/groups/labels-filter-popover.tsx
The command palette, panel, page content, group dialogs, and label-filter popover use CustomScrollbar. Existing labels, roles, refs, and relevant layout constraints are retained.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant CustomScrollbar
  participant Viewport
  User->>CustomScrollbar: Send pointer or keyboard input
  CustomScrollbar->>Viewport: Update scroll position
  Viewport->>CustomScrollbar: Report scroll position
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Priority: ⬇️ Low

Change: Feature

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to f3948

Scrolling remains available, but the thumb may become inaccurate, be difficult to drag, or be hard to see. These issues warrant fixes or explicit acceptance before merge.

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  • 🪄 Fix comments: Fix CodeRabbit comments on this PR
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Review comments at @src/components/primitives/custom-scrollbar.tsx:
- Line 94: Update the ResizeObserver setup around element so it observes every
direct content child, not only firstElementChild, and also begins observing
direct children added later; ensure size changes to any such child trigger the
existing scrollbar thumb update.

Review comments at @src/styles.css:
- Line 63: Update the resting scrollbar thumb color in the scrollbar styling so
it has at least 3:1 contrast against the adjacent light surface; do not rely on
the hover color to make the control identifiable before interaction.
- Line 36: Update the thumb styling at the 12px width declaration to keep its
narrow visual appearance while expanding its draggable hit area to at least
36px; ensure presses within that expanded area initiate dragging rather than
jumping the scroll position.

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  • src/components/primitives/custom-scrollbar.tsx
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const resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(scheduleMeasure)
resizeObserver.observe(element)
if (element.firstElementChild) resizeObserver.observe(element.firstElementChild)

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Observe every content child that can change the scroll height.

When DashboardFrame renders SectionPills, <main> is the viewport’s second child. If <main> grows without a DOM mutation, the observer on the first child does not update the thumb. Observe each direct content child, including children added later, so the thumb stays in sync with the page.

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Review comment at @src/components/primitives/custom-scrollbar.tsx at line 94:
Update the ResizeObserver setup around element so it observes every direct
content child, not only firstElementChild, and also begins observing direct
children added later; ensure size changes to any such child trigger the existing
scrollbar thumb update.

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Comment thread src/styles.css
grid-area: 1 / 1;
justify-self: end;
align-self: stretch;
width: 12px;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Increase the thumb’s pointer target.

When users try to drag, only the 4px thumb starts a drag; a press elsewhere on the 12px track jumps the scroll position. This makes precise dragging difficult, particularly on touch screens. Keep the narrow visual design, but give the thumb a larger draggable hit area. The design guidance also calls for hit areas of at least 36px. W3C distinguishes author-created scroll controls from unmodified browser controls when assessing target size. (w3.org)

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Review comment at @src/styles.css at line 36:
Update the thumb styling at the 12px width declaration to keep its narrow visual
appearance while expanding its draggable hit area to at least 36px; ensure
presses within that expanded area initiate dragging rather than jumping the
scroll position.

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Comment thread src/styles.css
width: 4px;
margin-inline: auto;
border-radius: 999px;
background: var(--pn-line-strong);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Increase the resting thumb contrast.

In the light palette, --pn-line-strong is a dark color at only 18% opacity against a light surface. The resulting thumb is difficult to distinguish, while the native scrollbar is hidden. Use a resting thumb color with sufficient contrast against the adjacent surface; the hover color alone does not identify the control before interaction. WCAG 2.1 sets a 3:1 contrast threshold for visual information needed to identify a custom UI component. (w3.org)

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Review comment at @src/styles.css at line 63:
Update the resting scrollbar thumb color in the scrollbar styling so it has at
least 3:1 contrast against the adjacent light surface; do not rely on the hover
color to make the control identifiable before interaction.

After applying the fix, consider running `coderabbit review --agent` for local
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Technical review completed across Standards and Spec with independent review rounds. No outstanding actionable findings. Verified scrollbar keyboard Home/End/PageDown, track clicks, pointer dragging, command palette and 320px layout in Chromium. Native controls remain on unconverted and horizontal scroll regions. Validation: check, typecheck, test and production build pass on the integrated branch. Live Microsoft 365, production SMTP and physical CIE hardware were outside this local validation. Administrative bypass of human approval is explicitly requested by the user.

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