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Use client dimensions for the scroll viewport, including ResizeObserver updates. Borders and scrollbars currently inflate the viewport measurement, so end-aligned items can remain partly hidden.

Fixes #634.

Added horizontal and vertical regression tests for viewport measurement and end alignment after a resize. All three new test cases fail on the original code. The observer watches the content box so a scrollbar toggle can refresh the measured client dimensions even when the border box stays fixed. A separate regression checks horizontal end alignment as the client width shrinks and grows. Updated the Marko test viewport mocks to supply client dimensions too. The core suite passes with 390 tests and one skipped, along with type checking, lint and the package build. Marko passes all 67 tests.

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  • Bug Fixes

    • Viewport measurements now exclude borders and scrollbars, helping keep end-aligned items positioned correctly as viewport dimensions change.
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    • Clarified that custom viewport measurement implementations should report the visible client area, excluding borders and scrollbars.

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The virtualizer now measures scroll viewports with clientWidth and clientHeight. Tests cover viewport changes, border and scrollbar exclusion, and end-aligned offsets. Documentation and a changeset describe the measurement behavior.

Changes: Viewport measurement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Measure and validate client-sized viewports
packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts, packages/virtual-core/tests/measurement.test.ts, packages/marko-virtual/tests/setup.ts, docs/api/virtualizer.md, .changeset/tidy-client-viewport.md
getRect and the ResizeObserver callback use client dimensions, and observation uses the content box. Test fixtures and tests cover border and scrollbar exclusion and end-aligned offsets. Documentation and the changeset describe the client-dimension measurement.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 4fb2d

Some padding changes can leave end-aligned items partly cropped. The issue is narrow, but should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merging.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: measuring the visible scroll viewport in virtual-core.
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Linked Issues check Passed Issue [#634] requires visible client dimensions so borders and scrollbars do not obscure end-aligned items. getRect and observeElementRect now read clientWidth and clientHeight. The ResizeObse…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes stay within issue [#634]. Core code fixes the reported viewport measurement defect. Tests verify the defect and resize behavior. Marko mocks, documentation, and the changeset support the s…
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 2 functions across 4 files.
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Issue [#634] requires visible client dimensions so borders and scrollbars do not obscure end-aligned items. getRect and observeElementRect now read clientWidth and clientHeight. The ResizeObserver reads current client dimensions after updates. Horizontal and vertical regression tests cover measurement and end alignment.

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The changes stay within issue [#634]. Core code fixes the reported viewport measurement defect. Tests verify the defect and resize behavior. Marko mocks, documentation, and the changeset support the same behavior and release. No unrelated change is established.

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Rebased on main and moved the viewport tests into measurement.test.ts, 435 core tests pass locally.

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observer.observe(element, { box: 'border-box' })
observer.observe(element, { box: 'content-box' })

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Also observe changes to the viewport padding.

If a scroll element has a fixed content-box width and its padding decreases, clientWidth decreases but this content-box observation does not fire. scrollRect remains too wide, so end alignment can leave an item cropped. Observe both the content box and border box, and continue reading getRect in either callback. The two boxes require separate ResizeObserver instances. (w3.org)

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Review comment at @packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts at line 154:
Update the observer setup around `observer.observe(element, { box: 'content-box'
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Padding-only changes on a content-box-sized scroll container are rare, and the scrollbar toggle is the common case, which is covered. I’m fine keeping one observer here; we can add a second border-box observer in a follow-up if someone hits it.

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@piecyk Thanks for the guidance. Keeping one content-box observer is reasonable for this PR. The padding-only case can remain deferred until someone reports it.

Would you like a follow-up issue, or leave it deferred without one?


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Thanks for this!

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scrollIntoView does not fully reveal item if scroll element's client size and offset size are different

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