fix(composer): re-anchor timeline scrollTop when overlay composer height changes via prop-driven layout effect

src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx

@@ -222,6 +222,14 @@ type RoomTimelineProps = {
   eventId?: string;
   roomInputRef: RefObject<HTMLElement>;
   editor: Editor;
+  // Pixel height of the overlay composer painted by RoomView. The CSS var
+  // applied on the chat surface paints the bottom padding visually, but
+  // when this number transitions 0 → N at mount the scroll-content grows
+  // without a corresponding scrollTop bump — the latest message ends up
+  // hidden behind the composer. We use this prop in a layout effect to
+  // re-anchor the scroll to the bottom whenever it changes and the user
+  // was already at the bottom.
+  bottomOverlayHeight?: number;
 };
 
 const PAGINATION_LIMIT = 80;
@@ -471,7 +479,13 @@ const isChannelsModeHidden = (room: Room, event: MatrixEvent, isBridged: boolean
   return false;
 };
 
-export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimelineProps) {
+export function RoomTimeline({
+  room,
+  eventId,
+  roomInputRef,
+  editor,
+  bottomOverlayHeight = 0,
+}: RoomTimelineProps) {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
   const [hideActivity] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'hideActivity');
@@ -868,6 +882,20 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
     useCallback(() => roomInputRef.current, [roomInputRef])
   );
 
+  // Re-anchor to bottom when the overlay-composer height changes. At mount
+  // the composer measures async (RoomView's `useEffect` → `setComposerHeight`
+  // → CSS var → our paddingBottom grows), which adds N pixels to scrollHeight
+  // without bumping scrollTop, leaving the latest message hidden behind the
+  // composer. A layout effect on the prop catches every transition (initial
+  // 0 → N and subsequent multi-line/reply-preview growth) deterministically,
+  // unlike a ResizeObserver dispatch which can coalesce the mount and the
+  // resize into a single skipped first firing.
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (!atBottomRef.current) return;
+    const el = getScrollElement();
+    if (el) scrollToBottom(el);
+  }, [bottomOverlayHeight, getScrollElement]);
+
   // Stay at bottom when scroll container resizes (e.g. Android keyboard open/close)
   useResizeObserver(
     useMemo(() => {
@@ -2059,14 +2087,14 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
           justifyContent="End"
           style={{
             minHeight: '100%',
-            // Bottom padding adds the composer's live height (set as the
+            // Bottom padding reserves room for the overlay composer painted
-            // `--vojo-composer-height` var on the chat surface by RoomView)
+            // by RoomView. Driven by the same number passed in via
-            // so the latest message sits flush above the overlaid composer
+            // `bottomOverlayHeight` to keep React state and CSS layout in
-            // instead of disappearing behind it. Falls back to 0 when the
+            // sync — a layout effect (`bottomOverlayHeight` dep, above)
-            // var is unset (e.g. thread-drawer view doesn't mount the
+            // re-anchors the scroll on every transition so the latest
-            // overlay composer).
+            // message stays flush above the composer.
             paddingTop: config.space.S600,
-            paddingBottom: `calc(${config.space.S600} + var(--vojo-composer-height, 0px))`,
+            paddingBottom: `calc(${config.space.S600} + ${bottomOverlayHeight}px)`,
           }}
         >
           {!canPaginateBack && rangeAtStart && getItems().length > 0 && (

src/app/features/room/RoomView.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { CSSProperties, useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { Box, Text, color, config, toRem } from 'folds';
 import { EventType } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { ReactEditor } from 'slate-react';
@@ -127,18 +127,16 @@ export function RoomView({ eventId }: { eventId?: string }) {
 
   // Composer renders as a true overlay (absolute, bottom-stuck) above the
   // timeline so messages can scroll behind it — WhatsApp / Telegram pattern.
-  // The CSS variable lets RoomTimeline.tsx pad its scroll-content bottom by
+  // RoomTimeline takes `bottomOverlayHeight` as a prop and both (a) reserves
-  // the exact composer height, so the latest message sits flush above the
+  // bottom scroll-padding for the overlay so the latest message sits flush
-  // composer at rest and older messages slide out from underneath as the
+  // above it at rest and (b) re-anchors scrollTop in a layout effect when
-  // user scrolls up.
+  // the height transitions (e.g. composer measures async after mount, multi-
-  const pageStyle = {
+  // line typing, reply-preview opens).
-    backgroundColor: color.SurfaceVariant.Container,
-    position: 'relative',
-    '--vojo-composer-height': `${composerHeight}px`,
-  } as CSSProperties;
-
   return (
-    <Page ref={roomViewRef} style={pageStyle}>
+    <Page
+      ref={roomViewRef}
+      style={{ backgroundColor: color.SurfaceVariant.Container, position: 'relative' }}
+    >
       <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column">
         <RoomTimeline
           key={roomId}
@@ -146,6 +144,7 @@ export function RoomView({ eventId }: { eventId?: string }) {
           eventId={eventId}
           roomInputRef={roomInputRef}
           editor={editor}
+          bottomOverlayHeight={composerHeight}
         />
         <RoomViewTyping room={room} />
       </Box>