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Large thread collections mount too many sidebar rows and make entering and leaving search slow. Virtualize normal and search lists with LegendList, retain focused and editing rows, and reveal keyboard selections.

Preserve current all-thread drag ordering and section motion. Drag pickup temporarily mounts the list before measuring targets; dropping or cancelling restores virtualization. Release former retained Legend rows outside the viewport and measure drag bounds against the scrolling list.

Validation: 272 focused sidebar tests and web typecheck passed. Browser verification on the September 22 revision used 100 isolated synthetic threads: scrolled drag pickup stayed in place, moving 30px moved the row 30px, and cancellation reduced 90 mounted drag rows to 20. Sparse shelves stay at the bottom through window resizing and shelf expansion. Drag-to-settle, unsettle, and message-content search snippets passed.

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  • New Features

    • Added virtualized rendering for sidebar threads and search results, with improved performance for large lists.
    • Preserved visibility and focus for active, renamed, and dragged items.
    • Added accessibility metadata for search-result positions and list sizes.
    • Added configurable sidebar scrolling and adaptive shelf spacing.
    • Improved keyboard-aware list insets, scrolling, and composer-height adjustments.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved drag-and-drop behavior in scrolled and virtualized sidebars.
    • Ensured drag preparation occurs only after the movement threshold is crossed.
    • Prevented failed drag preparation from leaving dragging active.
    • Preserved correct item positioning when releasing dragged rows.

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Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR replaces the existing sidebar and search list rendering with a new virtualized scrolling system and coordinates it with accessibility, animations, focus retention, and drag-and-drop. The default production paths and a patched list dependency are both affected, making the change too broad and integration-sensitive for automatic approval.

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The sidebar now uses virtualized thread and search-result lists. Dragging temporarily materializes rows for measurement and motion. Pointer preparation, viewport-relative boundaries, virtual-row motion, accessibility metadata, and LegendList recycling behavior were updated.

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Sidebar virtualization

Layer / File(s) Summary
Virtual list foundation
apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarVirtualList.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx
Added configurable virtualized rendering, retained rows, active-row reveal, focus tracking, viewport callbacks, fill-space handling, and optional non-scrollable content.
Sidebar rendering integration
apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
Replaced static thread and search-result rendering with keyed virtualized lists, retained rows, accessibility metadata, flexible viewport layout, and shelf spacer descriptors.
Drag and motion coordination
apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.drag.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.pointer.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx, apps/web/src/components/*test.ts
Materializes rows before drag measurement, restores virtualization after release, supports virtual-row motion, uses viewport-relative boundaries, and cancels safely when pointer preparation throws.
LegendList support behavior
patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch
Updates sticky recycling and anchored end-space handling for buffered virtual lists.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Refactor

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sequenceDiagram
  participant PointerSensor
  participant Sidebar
  participant SidebarVirtualList
  participant SidebarMotion
  PointerSensor->>Sidebar: Cross drag threshold
  Sidebar->>SidebarVirtualList: Materialize rows synchronously
  Sidebar->>SidebarMotion: Initialize virtual-list motion
  SidebarMotion-->>Sidebar: Measure rows and constrain transform
  PointerSensor->>Sidebar: Finish drag
  Sidebar->>SidebarVirtualList: Restore virtualization
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The LegendList patch can change scrolling and reordering for all iOS lists, not only the virtualized sidebar; constrain that behavior or explicitly accept the broader impact before merging.

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apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.test.ts (1)

83-83: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the virtual-list fixture selector-aware and cover virtual fade clones.

createSidebarListMotion selects virtual rows with [data-sidebar-list-key], but the fixture returns every parent.children entry and the virtual wrappers have no key attributes. The existing fade-clone test is non-virtual, so a regression in clone key removal can pass. Filter keyed children, set keys on virtual wrappers, and add a virtual exit case that asserts the clone is excluded from the keyed-row query. The current virtual test already covers a reordered release; release() clears positions, so adding an initial update(true) and suspend() does not exercise an additional reorder branch.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.test.ts` at line 83, Update the
Sidebar motion test fixture’s querySelectorAll implementation to filter children
by data-sidebar-list-key, assign keys to virtual row wrappers, and add a virtual
fade-exit case asserting the clone is excluded from keyed-row queries. Extend
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suspend() setup; do not add another reorder branch.
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In `@apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.pointer.ts`:
- Line 88: Update SidebarPointerSensor around onBeforeStart so any exception
from this callback immediately aborts the sensor through its existing
cleanup/cancel path. Preserve the normal transition to onStart when the callback
succeeds, and ensure listeners and dragging state are not left active after a
failure.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.test.ts`:
- Line 83: Update the Sidebar motion test fixture’s querySelectorAll
implementation to filter children by data-sidebar-list-key, assign keys to
virtual row wrappers, and add a virtual fade-exit case asserting the clone is
excluded from keyed-row queries. Extend the existing virtual test only with the
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🟠 Major · Keep native MVCP opt-in in both React Native builds. · `@legendapp__list`@3.3.5.patch:694

patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch:694
🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Keep native MVCP opt-in in both React Native builds.

The new iOS condition enables maintainVisibleContentPosition for every list, even when callers disable both restoration flags. This changes scroll behavior for unrelated iOS lists and can make child reordering jumpy. Preserve the existing opt-in condition in both builds.

  • patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch#L694-L694: restore the conditional expression in react-native.js.
  • patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch#L1262-L1262: apply the identical fix in react-native.mjs.
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In `@patches/`@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch at line 694, The
maintainVisibleContentPosition option is incorrectly enabled for every iOS list;
restore the existing opt-in condition based on the size or data restoration
flags. Apply the identical conditional fix in react-native.js at
patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch:694-694 and react-native.mjs at
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The native MVCP condition is unchanged from current main at aff9318. Both react-native.js and react-native.mjs patch hunks are byte-identical to main, including the comment explaining the iOS ScrollAdjust anchoring requirement. This PR changes only the web react.js/react.mjs recycling paths in that patch. Reverting native MVCP here would undo an upstream mobile fix, so I am leaving those native hunks intact.

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