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What this fixes

The Carousel component (used by PerformersSection / "Top Performers") always shows both the left and right navigation arrows, even when the row is fully scrolled to the start or end, or when all items already fit on screen with nothing to scroll. This was flagged as part of catalog UX feedback: the arrows give a false signal that there's more content in a direction where there isn't.

Change

  • Added canScrollLeft / canScrollRight state, computed from the scroll container's scrollLeft, clientWidth, and scrollWidth.
  • Arrow visibility is now recalculated on mount, on onScroll, on window resize, and when the item count changes (metrics load asynchronously).
  • Each arrow is hidden (visibility: hidden) instead of unmounted, so the carousel's layout doesn't shift when an arrow disappears.
  • Added a small scroll tolerance (1px) to account for fractional scroll positions from scroll-snap-type: x mandatory.
  • Added missing aria-labels to both buttons.

Only src/custom/Carousel/Carousel.tsx was changed.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Carousel navigation buttons are hidden when scrolling further in their direction isn’t available.
    • Navigation availability updates after scrolling, resizing, or changes to carousel items, including changes that affect item widths.
    • Scroll availability is handled accurately at fractional scroll positions, avoiding incorrect button visibility near the ends of a carousel.
  • Accessibility

    • Carousel navigation buttons now have accessible labels.

Signed-off-by: Maanvi Chetwani <maanvichetwani21@gmail.com>
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The carousel tracks directional scroll availability. It updates this state on scroll, container or child resize, and changes to the item count. Navigation buttons hide when scrolling in their direction is unavailable and have accessible labels.

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Carousel scroll controls

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Scroll tracking and navigation controls
src/custom/Carousel/Carousel.tsx
The component recalculates directional scroll availability with a one-pixel tolerance. A ResizeObserver tracks container and child size changes. Navigation buttons have accessible labels and hide when scrolling in their direction is unavailable.

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Directional navigation is updated from the carousel’s scroll metrics without a verified merge-blocking regression.

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In `@src/custom/Carousel/Carousel.tsx`:
- Line 37: Update the dependency array for the effect invoking updateScrollState
to depend on items rather than items.length, so content changes with unchanged
item count trigger recalculation. If rendered children can resize after the
effect runs, observe the items or their size-tracking wrapper with
ResizeObserver and invoke updateScrollState on size changes.

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Signed-off-by: Maanvi Chetwani <maanvichetwani21@gmail.com>
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Look good overall.
Just few points to discuss.

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