[Web] Map event coordinates through the view's full transform

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Description

Follow-up to #4531.

On web the relative x/y of an event were computed as (clientX - rect.left) / scaleX, which only holds for a positive, axis-aligned scale on the view itself. A mirrored view (scaleX: -1) reported negative coordinates, a rotated one divided by zero, and transforms on ancestors (a zoomed container) were ignored entirely. Native reports coordinates in the view's own space through the whole hierarchy, so web disagreed with it in all of those cases.

This replaces calculateViewScale with viewportToLocal, which inverts the linear part of the view's transform composed with its ancestors' around the center of the bounding rect. The center of the rect is where the view's own center lands under any affine transform, so no transform-origin or layout position is needed. The untransformed size comes from offsetWidth/offsetHeight, or is solved back from the bounds for SVG elements which have neither.

All four places that mapped coordinates now share it: PointerEventManager, WheelEventManager, the hover payload of GestureHandlerButton.web and GestureHandlerWebDelegate.absoluteToLocal (which had its own DOMMatrix version for the pinch focal point and rotation anchor). The helper also steps into the display: contents wrapper the v3 detectors attach to, so v3 gets the transform of the child the same way the delegate already did.

Reported coordinates change for views with a transformed ancestor, which previously received visual pixels. Perspective is not handled.

Comparison

Before	After
before.mov	after.mov

Test plan

• yarn test src/web in the package, new utils.test.ts covers scale, mirror, 90/180 degree rotation, the scale property, matrix3d, SVG, nested and rotated ancestors and the contents wrapper.
• Test screen with a box per code path (pointer pan, trackpad pan, hover gesture, Touchable hover, pinch focal, rotation anchor, v2 pan, SVG pan), each transformed or inside a transformed parent, with a dot placed at the reported x/y. The dot sits under the pointer in every box on web, as it does on native.

Tested on the following code:

import React from 'react';
import type { ViewStyle } from 'react-native';
import { ScrollView, StyleSheet, Text, View } from 'react-native';
import {
  Gesture,
  GestureDetector,
  Touchable,
  useHoverGesture,
  usePanGesture,
  usePinchGesture,
  useRotationGesture,
} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
import Animated, {
  useAnimatedStyle,
  useSharedValue,
} from 'react-native-reanimated';
import Svg, { Rect } from 'react-native-svg';

// Every box is transformed (or sits inside a transformed parent) and the red
// dot is placed at the coordinates the gesture reports, that is in the box's
// own coordinate space. When the coordinates are mapped correctly the dot sits
// under the pointer in every box, on every platform. Each section exercises a
// different code path of the web coordinate mapping.

const DOT = 16;
const MIRROR: ViewStyle['transform'] = [{ scaleX: -1 }];

function useDot() {
  const x = useSharedValue(-DOT);
  const y = useSharedValue(-DOT);

  const style = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
    transform: [
      { translateX: x.value - DOT / 2 },
      { translateY: y.value - DOT / 2 },
    ],
  }));

  return { x, y, style };
}

type BoxProps = {
  ref?: React.Ref<React.ComponentRef<typeof View>>;
  label: string;
  note?: string;
  transform?: ViewStyle['transform'];
  dotStyle: ReturnType<typeof useDot>['style'];
  children?: React.ReactNode;
};

function Box({ ref, label, note, transform, dotStyle, children }: BoxProps) {
  return (
    <View ref={ref} style={[styles.box, { transform }]}>
      <Text style={styles.label}>{label}</Text>
      {note && <Text style={styles.note}>{note}</Text>}
      {children}
      <Animated.View style={[styles.dot, dotStyle]} />
    </View>
  );
}

function Section({
  title,
  children,
}: {
  title: string;
  children: React.ReactNode;
}) {
  return (
    <View style={styles.section}>
      <Text style={styles.title}>{title}</Text>
      <View style={styles.row}>{children}</View>
    </View>
  );
}

// Pointer path: PointerEventManager.

const PAN_BOXES: {
  label: string;
  transform?: ViewStyle['transform'];
  parentTransform?: ViewStyle['transform'];
}[] = [
  { label: 'plain' },
  { label: 'scale 1.5', transform: [{ scale: 1.5 }] },
  { label: 'scaleX -1', transform: MIRROR },
  { label: 'rotate 90', transform: [{ rotate: '90deg' }] },
  { label: 'rotate 180', transform: [{ rotate: '180deg' }] },
  { label: 'rotate 30', transform: [{ rotate: '30deg' }] },
  { label: 'parent scale 1.5', parentTransform: [{ scale: 1.5 }] },
  {
    label: 'parent rotate 45, scaleX -1',
    transform: MIRROR,
    parentTransform: [{ rotate: '45deg' }],
  },
];

function PanProbe({
  label,
  transform,
  parentTransform,
}: (typeof PAN_BOXES)[number]) {
  const dot = useDot();

  const pan = usePanGesture({
    minDistance: 0,
    onBegin: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    },
    onUpdate: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    },
  });

  return (
    <View style={{ transform: parentTransform }}>
      <GestureDetector gesture={pan}>
        <Box label={label} transform={transform} dotStyle={dot.style} />
      </GestureDetector>
    </View>
  );
}

// Wheel path: WheelEventManager. The pointer does not move, the manager
// accumulates the scroll deltas from where the cursor sits.

function TrackpadProbe() {
  const dot = useDot();

  const pan = usePanGesture({
    enableTrackpadTwoFingerGesture: true,
    onBegin: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    },
    onUpdate: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    },
  });

  return (
    <GestureDetector gesture={pan}>
      <Box
        label="trackpad pan, scaleX -1"
        note="two-finger swipe, the dot starts under the cursor and follows the swipe"
        transform={MIRROR}
        dotStyle={dot.style}
      />
    </GestureDetector>
  );
}

// Pointer path for hover events.

function HoverProbe() {
  const dot = useDot();

  const hover = useHoverGesture({
    onBegin: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    },
    onUpdate: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    },
  });

  return (
    <GestureDetector gesture={hover}>
      <Box
        label="hover, scaleX -1"
        note="mouse, no press"
        transform={MIRROR}
        dotStyle={dot.style}
      />
    </GestureDetector>
  );
}

// Button path: GestureHandlerButton.web hover payload.

function TouchableHoverProbe() {
  const dot = useDot();

  return (
    <Touchable
      style={[styles.box, { transform: MIRROR }]}
      onHoverIn={(event) => {
        dot.x.value = event.x;
        dot.y.value = event.y;
      }}>
      <Text style={styles.label}>Touchable hover, scaleX -1</Text>
      <Text style={styles.note}>
        mouse, the dot marks where the cursor entered the box
      </Text>
      <Animated.View style={[styles.dot, dot.style]} />
    </Touchable>
  );
}

// Delegate path: absoluteToLocal for the Pinch focal point and the Rotation
// anchor.

function PinchProbe() {
  const dot = useDot();

  const pinch = usePinchGesture({
    onUpdate: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.focalX;
      dot.y.value = event.focalY;
    },
  });

  return (
    <GestureDetector gesture={pinch}>
      <Box
        label="pinch focal, scaleX -1"
        note="two fingers, the dot sits between them"
        transform={MIRROR}
        dotStyle={dot.style}
      />
    </GestureDetector>
  );
}

function RotationProbe() {
  const dot = useDot();

  const rotation = useRotationGesture({
    onUpdate: (event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.anchorX;
      dot.y.value = event.anchorY;
    },
  });

  return (
    <GestureDetector gesture={rotation}>
      <Box
        label="rotation anchor, rotate 90"
        note="two fingers, the dot sits between them"
        transform={[{ rotate: '90deg' }]}
        dotStyle={dot.style}
      />
    </GestureDetector>
  );
}

// Legacy API: the handler attaches to the box element itself, not to a
// wrapper.

function LegacyPanProbe() {
  const dot = useDot();

  const pan = Gesture.Pan()
    .minDistance(0)
    .onBegin((event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    })
    .onUpdate((event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    });

  return (
    <GestureDetector gesture={pan}>
      <Box label="v2 pan, scaleX -1" transform={MIRROR} dotStyle={dot.style} />
    </GestureDetector>
  );
}

// SVG elements have no offset size, the mapping recovers it from the bounds.
// The mirror sits on the wrapper so the svg itself stays untransformed.

function SvgProbe() {
  const dot = useDot();

  const pan = Gesture.Pan()
    .minDistance(0)
    .onBegin((event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    })
    .onUpdate((event) => {
      dot.x.value = event.x;
      dot.y.value = event.y;
    });

  return (
    <View style={[styles.box, { transform: MIRROR }]}>
      <GestureDetector gesture={pan}>
        <Svg width={BOX} height={BOX}>
          <Rect x="0" y="0" width={BOX} height={BOX} fill="#001a72" />
          <Rect x="0" y="0" width={BOX / 2} height={BOX / 2} fill="#1a3a9a" />
        </Svg>
      </GestureDetector>
      <Text style={[styles.label, styles.overlay]}>
        svg pan, parent scaleX -1
      </Text>
      <Animated.View style={[styles.dot, dot.style]} />
    </View>
  );
}

export default function EmptyExample() {
  return (
    <ScrollView contentContainerStyle={styles.container}>
      <Section title="Pan, pointer or touch">
        {PAN_BOXES.map((box) => (
          <PanProbe key={box.label} {...box} />
        ))}
      </Section>
      <Section title="Other paths">
        <TrackpadProbe />
        <HoverProbe />
        <TouchableHoverProbe />
        <PinchProbe />
        <RotationProbe />
        <LegacyPanProbe />
        <SvgProbe />
      </Section>
    </ScrollView>
  );
}

const BOX = 120;

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: {
    padding: 16,
  },
  section: {
    marginBottom: 24,
  },
  title: {
    fontSize: 18,
    fontWeight: '600',
    marginBottom: 8,
  },
  row: {
    flexDirection: 'row',
    flexWrap: 'wrap',
    justifyContent: 'center',
  },
  box: {
    width: BOX,
    height: BOX,
    margin: 40,
    backgroundColor: '#001a72',
  },
  overlay: {
    position: 'absolute',
    left: 0,
    top: 0,
  },
  label: {
    color: 'white',
    margin: 8,
  },
  note: {
    color: '#c9d1ff',
    fontSize: 10,
    marginHorizontal: 8,
  },
  dot: {
    position: 'absolute',
    left: 0,
    top: 0,
    width: DOT,
    height: DOT,
    borderRadius: DOT / 2,
    backgroundColor: '#ff6259',
  },
});

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved gesture and pointer coordinate accuracy on web when views or their ancestors are scaled, mirrored, rotated, or stretched.
  • Corrected local pointer positions for nested and SVG views, including layouts using display: contents.
  • Fixed horizontal gesture coordinates for mirrored views while preserving absolute pointer positions.
  • Improved coordinate handling for pointer, wheel, and trackpad events across transformed layouts.
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  • Added coverage for coordinate mapping across transformed layouts, including views scaled to zero.

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The PR adds viewportToLocal to map viewport coordinates into a view’s local coordinate space using linear transforms. Web event paths use it to derive local coordinates. Touch-event adaptation uses pointer-relative coordinates while retaining absolute coordinates.

Changes

Web Coordinate Mapping

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Transform-aware coordinate mapper packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/utils.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/__tests__/utils.test.ts	viewportToLocal composes linear transforms from a view and its ancestors. It maps viewport points into local coordinates. Tests cover scaling, mirroring, rotation, nested transforms, display: contents wrappers, SVG elements, and zero scale.
Event coordinate integration packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/components/GestureHandlerButton.web.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/GestureHandlerWebDelegate.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/PointerEventManager.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/WheelEventManager.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/tools/KeyboardEventManager.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/handlers/__tests__/PanGestureHandler.test.ts	Button, gesture delegate, pointer, wheel, and keyboard event paths use viewportToLocal for local coordinates. The pan handler test fixture models scaled bounds and checks mirrored coordinates for a view with scale -1.
Touch event coordinates packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/handlers/GestureHandler.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/web/handlers/__tests__/GestureHandler.test.ts	Touch-event adaptation uses pointer-relative coordinates for tracked and changed touches. Absolute coordinates remain unchanged. The test checks both coordinate sets.

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This change maps web event coordinates through the view's transforms, including ancestor transforms. The supplied context shows no concrete defect, and the PR includes unit tests for the new helper. Merge risk is low.

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Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to e194a

The change remains within browser gesture handling and does not introduce a new permission or trust boundary in the inspected paths. Transformed views receive different local coordinates, so downstream interaction behavior can change. Complete security coverage has not been established.

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Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The demonstrated propagation is through existing browser gesture and button payloads in the hosting application. Coordinate changes can affect downstream interaction behavior, but the inspected paths show no added event source or privileged destination.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The mapper transforms numeric browser-event inputs using DOM layout information. In the inspected consumers, listener ownership, pointer IDs, capture exclusions and bounds checks retain their base behavior; the PR does not introduce an identity or privilege transition.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

• observed — The PR does not add a stateful transition to the mapper. Existing pointer-up, cancellation, lost-capture and reset cleanup, along with wheel accumulation and reset ordering, remain unchanged in the base-to-head comparison.

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SVG rotations and transformed multi-child contents wrappers can still produce incorrect local coordinates.

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What changed in this PR

Updates web gesture coordinates to account for view and ancestor transforms.

Changes:

• Adds shared viewport-to-local coordinate conversion.
• Applies it across pointer, wheel, hover, pinch, and rotation paths.
• Adds transform-focused tests.

File	Description
src/​web/​utils.ts	Implements transform-aware coordinate mapping.
src/​web/​tools/​WheelEventManager.ts	Maps wheel coordinates locally.
src/​web/​tools/​PointerEventManager.ts	Maps pointer coordinates locally.
src/​web/​tools/​GestureHandlerWebDelegate.ts	Shares mapping for focal and anchor coordinates.
src/​components/​GestureHandlerButton.web.tsx	Maps button hover coordinates.
src/​web/​__tests__/​utils.test.ts	Tests transform scenarios.
src/​web/​handlers/​__tests__/​PanGestureHandler.test.ts	Tests mirrored trackpad coordinates.

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