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Problem

In the thread details card, the Lineage "Previous agents" list has three defects in the same component:

  1. Rows are 2rem high, and the list was capped at 13.5rem (6.75 rows), so the seventh row renders clipped at 75% height with no way to see its full text without a keyboard scroll.
  2. When "Show more" made the list overflow, a scrollbar appeared and stole 6px from the rows, shifting every row sideways and misaligning them against the rows above.
  3. Clicking "Show more" on the final page unmounted the button and dropped keyboard focus to document.body.

Reproduce: open a thread whose previous agents number more than 6 and click "Show 12 more". Expected behavior is a list that renders whole rows, a stable layout when the scrollbar appears, and focus retained on the list when the button disappears.

Change

apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx:

  • Cap is 14rem (exactly seven 2rem rows) instead of 13.5rem.
  • List carries scrollbar-gutter-stable so the 6px scrollbar reserves space instead of narrowing rows.
  • The list has tabIndex={-1} and a ref; when "Show more" empties the hidden rows on the last page, focus moves to the list with preventScroll: true, on the same condition that unmounts the button. The list also carries outline-none plus a quiet focus-visible inset ring, matching the TimelineWorkGroupRows pattern.

apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.browser.test.tsx:

  • one new browser test that builds 7 completed subagents, pages to the final row, and asserts focus lands on the list.

Scope and approval

Small, focused fix of one component and its test. Why it qualifies without a prior issue or approval: it's an obvious bug fix in one spot, no new workflow/API/contract/setting is introduced, and no unrelated cleanup rides along. The two-file diff is the whole change.

The adjacent PR #22385 (scrollbar-gutter shift only, still open and conflicting) is covered by this change; this PR additionally fixes the clipped row and the focus drop, all in the same component. This PR could supersede #22385.

Verification

  • Focused test: vp test run apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.browser.test.tsx passes (11 tests).
  • The new test fails before the fix (focus drops to document.body when the button unmounts; verified by temporarily removing the focus hand-off) and passes after.
  • vp run check:changed green after rebase onto latest main (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests beside changes, react compiler).
  • Manual check in an isolated worktree reading a seeded dev copy of ~/.t3/userdata/statev2.sqlite (the worktree's .t3, never the live DB): a thread with 8 real previous agents shows whole rows at 7, the scrollbar reserves its gutter, and the wheel-scroll works without trapping scroll chaining into the card above.
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No issue exists for this exact bug. The closest prior work sailed without one (#22385).

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Pulse Alpha Free via OpenCode in T3 Code.

Rows are 2rem, so the 13.5rem cap cut the seventh row in half; the cap is 14rem now and the list reserves its scrollbar gutter. Clicking Show more on the last page unmounted the button and dropped focus to the body; focus moves to the list instead.

Model: Pulse Alpha Free. Harness: OpenCode in T3 Code.
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Verdict: Approved at e784bfa

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The change adjusts related-thread list sizing and preserves focus when the final Show more button disappears. Its effects are limited to presentation and accessibility, with pagination and underlying thread behavior unchanged.

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Walkthrough

When the remaining related-thread rows fit on one page, the “Show more” handler focuses the list after paging. The list can receive programmatic focus and shows a visible focus ring. A browser test checks that focus remains on the list after the final rows appear.

Changes: Related threads focus

Layer / File(s) Summary
Focus handling and validation
apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx, apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.browser.test.tsx
The “Show more” handler focuses the list when the remaining rows fit within one page. The list supports programmatic focus and displays a focus ring. A browser test checks focus after the final rows appear.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~8 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Suggested reviewers: t3dotgg, shivamhwp

Merge Risk: Low · up to 66b35

Revealing the last related threads moves keyboard focus to the list container, so keyboard users must tab through earlier rows to reach the new ones. The impact is limited to a narrow keyboard workflow and the change is easy to revert, so it is low risk to merge.

Pre-merge checks: Passed 4

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Title check Passed The title names the main change: the lineage show-more control no longer clips the last row and no longer drops focus. It matches the code change (14rem cap, scrollbar gutter, focus hand-off to the li…
Description check Passed The description follows the repository template. It has Problem, Change, Scope, and Verification sections. The Problem section lists three defects with reproduction steps. The Change section maps each…
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The title names the main change: the lineage show-more control no longer clips the last row and no longer drops focus. It matches the code change (14rem cap, scrollbar gutter, focus hand-off to the list) and the new browser test. It uses the conventional commit format.

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# Conflicts:
#	apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx
The 13.5rem cap matches the Automations list in the same panel, so the
half-row peek is the panel's scroll affordance rather than a defect.
Keep only the focus fix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.browser.test.tsx: 1

253-254: Trivial · Maintainability & Code Quality · Quick win

Check that the final page rendered before checking focus.

The handler focuses the list before the page update commits. This assertion can pass without proving that the button unmounted or the last row appeared. Assert the page transition first, then check focus. As per coding guidelines, test behavior that can break, including the logic changed by a bug fix.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.browser.test.tsx around lines 253 - 254:
In the test around the “Show 1 more” button, wait for the final page transition to render before asserting focus on the “Related threads” list. Verify that the button unmounts or the final row appears, then check focus so the test covers both the page update and focus behavior.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx:
- Line 121: Update the focus behavior in ThreadRelationshipsControl so revealing
the final page moves focus to the first newly revealed row, or otherwise
provides direct keyboard access to the new rows. Do not focus the list before
existing rows, which restarts Tab navigation at the beginning.

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- Around line 253-254: In the test around the “Show 1 more” button, wait for the
final page transition to render before asserting focus on the “Related threads”
list. Verify that the button unmounts or the final row appears, then check focus
so the test covers both the page update and focus behavior.

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const exhausting = props.hiddenCount <= THREAD_LINEAGE_PAGE_COUNT;
props.onShowMore();
// The button unmounts on the final page; focus the list so focus isn't dropped.
if (exhausting) listRef.current?.focus({ preventScroll: true });

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Heavy lift

Avoid restarting keyboard navigation at the first row.

When a keyboard user reveals the final page, focus moves before every existing row. The next Tab starts at the first row, so a long list requires the user to tab through all earlier rows again to reach the new ones. Focus the first newly revealed row, or provide another way to reach the new rows directly.

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/ThreadRelationshipsControl.tsx at line 121:
Update the focus behavior in ThreadRelationshipsControl so revealing the final page moves focus to the first newly revealed row, or otherwise provides direct keyboard access to the new rows. Do not focus the list before existing rows, which restarts Tab navigation at the beginning.

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The automated pipeline stopped on this pull request and will not merge it:

in the real app the problem is still there, and the rework changed nothing:

No code change this round. The proof run confirms the fix: after activating the final Show more with a real keyboard event, base drops focus to Choose editor and head keeps it on the Related threads list. The remaining item (the seventh row stays partially clipped, clientHeight 216 vs 32px rows) is wrong as a defect, so I did not change code for it. I removed the author's 14rem cap and scrollbar-gutter change deliberately in the takeover because the half-row peek is not certainly a bug. The Automations list in the same thread details panel uses the identical max-h-[13.5rem] cap over the same h-8 rows (46e90ba), so the peek is the panel's consistent scroll affordance. The hidden rows stay reachable by scrolling, nothing is unreachable or overlapping, and no maintainer has called it a bug on the PR. The scenario's clipping assertion should be dropped, and the PR title narrowed to the focus fix. The PR is open, mergeable and clean at this head, and all 8 required checks passed on it earlier.

It stays open for a person to finish or close.

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