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Problem

In the desktop app, a two-finger sideways scroll inside the diff or file viewer could show the history arrow and switch threads instead of scrolling the content, even when the content had room to scroll.

Change

The swipe guard looked for a horizontal scroller by walking event.target and its parent elements. The diff and file viewers render inside open shadow roots, and a wheel event from inside a shadow root is retargeted to the shadow host, so the walk never reached the scroller. The guard now walks event.composedPath(), which includes the elements inside the shadow root. The dialog check uses the same path.

At axis lock, the guard combines the starting and current composed paths so remounted scrollers are recognized and a starting dialog remains excluded.

The existing rule stays: if what is under the pointer can still scroll sideways in the swipe's direction, it scrolls. Otherwise the swipe remains eligible for normal history navigation. A panel with no horizontal overflow still navigates, and a fresh swipe at a scroller's edge still navigates. A swipe that starts as a scroll stays a scroll until the fingers lift and momentum ends.

Scope and approval

Submitted under CONTRIBUTING’s small obvious-bug exception: this makes the existing scroll guard work for shadow-root scrollers, without adding a setting or changing the gesture policy. #28048 asks for a global toggle; this PR does not add one. It fixes only the case where content that can scroll sideways loses the swipe to history.

Verification

verified on linux at be63dd2c59ffbbed720a91a5c7b9bfe54e41db04 against github/main 54c5f25249961a1aa0b61932329092eadbd9d6fc. used isolated development state, chrome, and the real electron client with native chromium scroll gestures through playwright/cdp. created the local git project through the app and used real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns to create and verify the long-line file.

• main switches threads on a left swipe from diff offset 400. the fixed head scrolls 400 → 220 and keeps the thread.
• right scrolling after history navigation/remount and file scrolling in both directions keep the thread. gestures claimed by scrolling stay claimed through an edge; fresh edge gestures still navigate. back/forward controls and the command palette guard work.
• the takeover also handles detached pending paths while retaining the starting dialog guard. both added cases failed before their fixes. all 12 focused tests and vp run check:changed 2359643cffa6ba9ee84d6f2694b935de54a8013e pass through blacksmith. two independent reviewers approved this head.

not verified: physical trackpads, macos/windows, native ios/android, other providers, relay/tunnel, and remote-only desktop pairing. remote-only pairing was blocked by unavailable secure storage on this vm; local electron verification used --password-store=basic.

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Approvability

Verdict: Approved at 17d21d3

Macroscope's review found this PR approvable — The swipe guard now recognizes scrollable content inside shadow roots, preventing horizontal scrolling in diff and file panes from switching threads. Existing navigation thresholds and scrolling policy remain unchanged, with reported Chromium regression coverage supporting the fix.

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Walkthrough

HistorySwipeNavigation now checks wheel events’ composed paths for horizontal scrollers and dialogs. Browser tests cover light-DOM and shadow-root scrollers, scroller replacement, and cases where a swipe does or does not trigger history navigation.

Changes: History swipe navigation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Path-based gesture guard and browser coverage apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx, apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx	Pending gestures retain composed paths. The component checks those paths for horizontal scrolling and dialogs. Browser tests verify navigation behavior for scrollers, dialogs, and panels without overflow.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Possibly related issues

• Add a setting to disable trackpad swipe gestures for back and forward navigation #28023 — The change adjusts the scroll eligibility check for the same history gesture. It does not implement the requested disable setting.
• [Bug]: Horizontal trackpad scrolling in the diff panel triggers back/forward navigation #28159 — The change detects diff-panel scrollers through shadow-root event paths, matching the issue’s reported behavior.
• [Bug]: Horizontal trackpad scrolling in the diff panel triggers back/forward navigation #28160 — The change detects diff-panel scrollers through shadow-root event paths, matching the issue’s reported behavior.

Possibly related PRs

• pingdotgg/t3code#28370 — Adds the setting that controls whether HistorySwipeNavigation is mounted.
• pingdotgg/t3code#26991 — Adds desktop trackpad history navigation and the horizontal-scroller policy changed here.
• pingdotgg/t3code#27430 — Adds HistorySwipeNavigation and its horizontal-scroll guard, which this change updates.

Suggested reviewers: juliusmarminge

Merge Risk: Low · up to be63d

A narrow swipe-at-the-edge case can navigate history instead of continuing horizontal scrolling; this is localized but should be addressed.

Pre-merge checks: 4

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title clearly and concisely identifies the main fix: horizontal scrolling in diff and file panes no longer triggers thread switching.
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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The description follows the repository template closely. It has Problem, Change, Scope and approval, and Verification sections. The Problem and Change sections are clear. Scope cites the small obvious-bug exception and explains why no prior issue is needed, and it states that the discussion #28048 global toggle is not added. Verification is detailed. It lists the commits, the platform, the focused test results (12 tests and check:changed passing), before/after screenshots, a native gesture recording, and items not verified. The template asks for the model and harness at the end, and the description includes a line for that: 'verification and follow-up fixes: gpt-6.1-sol through the codex harness in t3 code.' The template's title guidance (conventional commit title) cannot be checked from the provided context. The description also has one main gap: the Scope section relies on an exception claim that a reviewer must judge. It does explain the reasoning, though, so the section is not missing.

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Review comments at @apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx:
- Around line 125-128: Preserve whether a pending swipe began inside a dialog
across the full gesture; the axis-locking event currently replaces the original
event path. Update the pending gesture state initialized in the wheel handler to
retain this fact, and have the dialog guard in the axis-locking flow reject
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Written by gpt-6.1-sol on behalf of Maria

Verified in a real dev environment

verified and fixed at be63dd2c59ffbbed720a91a5c7b9bfe54e41db04. installed with vp i, ran the dev server in the background with isolated state, and drove chrome plus the real linux electron client through playwright/cdp. created a local git project through the app. real codex gpt-6.1-sol turns created and rechecked the eight long lines; no mocks, fixtures, or replay provider were used.

• reproduced on github/main 54c5f25249: a native left gesture from diff offset 400 switched to an empty draft despite available scroll space.
• final head: diff 400 → 220 stays in the thread; right scrolling after a history remount stays with forward history available; file scrolling 0 → 400 → 220 stays.
• scrolling through either edge stays claimed. fresh edge gestures still navigate. back/forward controls and horizontal gestures in the command palette work.
• fixed a detached pending-path case found in the app and preserved the starting dialog guard. both regression cases failed before their fixes. all 12 focused tests and check:changed against the pr base pass through blacksmith. two independent reviews approved this head.

Not verified

physical trackpads; macos/windows; native ios/android; other providers; relay/tunnel and remote-only desktop pairing. remote-only pairing hit unavailable secure storage on this vm. the verified local electron run used --password-store=basic.

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Follow-up Comments

Record horizontal scrolling during the pending phase.

63-63: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Record horizontal scrolling during the pending phase.

The swipe guard reads scrollLeft only when the axis locks. Wheel events before the lock can still scroll the element under the pointer, because the wheel listener is passive: true and does not cancel the default action. If those events move a scroller to its edge, canScrollHorizontally at lock time finds no remaining range. The gesture can then navigate history during the same swipe. This needs a scroller that starts within the pre-lock movement of its edge, so the impact is narrow.

Check the scroll range on each pending event, before its scroll applies, and keep the result until the axis locks:

Suggested fix

   type SwipeGesture =
-  | { kind: "pending"; path: EventTarget[]; y: number; sumX: number; sumY: number }
+  | {
+      kind: "pending";
+      path: EventTarget[];
+      y: number;
+      sumX: number;
+      sumY: number;
+      scrolled: boolean;
+    }

-  if (canScrollHorizontally(path, sumX)) return { kind: "ignored" };
+  if (pending.scrolled || canScrollHorizontally(path, sumX)) return { kind: "ignored" };

-          : { kind: "pending", path: event.composedPath(), y: event.clientY, sumX: 0, sumY: 0 };
+          : {
+              kind: "pending",
+              path: event.composedPath(),
+              y: event.clientY,
+              sumX: 0,
+              sumY: 0,
+              scrolled: false,
+            };

       if (gesture.kind === "pending") {
+        if (event.deltaX !== 0 && canScrollHorizontally(event.composedPath(), event.deltaX)) {
+          gesture.scrolled = true;
+        }
         gesture.sumX += event.deltaX;
         gesture.sumY += event.deltaY;

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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx at line
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Update the pending gesture state and wheel-event handling in
HistorySwipeNavigation so each pending event checks whether its horizontal delta
can scroll the element under the pointer before the default scroll applies,
recording that result until axis lock. When the gesture locks, treat any
recorded scrollable movement as ignored, even if the scroller has since reached
its edge; preserve the existing lock-time check for other cases.

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