Improve snippets scrolling behaviour

.changeset/wicked-carrots-watch.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'playroom': patch
+---
+
+Edit later

src/Playroom/Snippets/Snippets.css.ts

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export const snippet = style([
       backgroundColor: colorPaletteVars.background.selection,
       borderRadius: vars.radii.medium,
       opacity: 0,
-      transition: vars.transition.slow,
       pointerEvents: 'none',
     },
   },

src/Playroom/Snippets/Snippets.tsx

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { Strong } from '../Strong/Strong';
 import { Text } from '../Text/Text';
 
 import * as styles from './Snippets.css';
+import { useScrollIntoView } from './useScrollIntoView';
 
 type HighlightIndex = number | null;
 type ReturnedSnippet = Snippet | null;
@@ -29,52 +30,6 @@ const filterSnippetsForTerm = (snippets: Props['snippets'], term: string) =>
         .map(({ original, score }) => ({ ...original, score }))
     : snippets;
 
-const scrollToHighlightedSnippet = (
-  listEl: HTMLUListElement | null,
-  highlightedEl: HTMLLIElement | null
-) => {
-  if (highlightedEl && listEl) {
-    const scrollStep = Math.max(
-      Math.ceil(listEl.offsetHeight * 0.25),
-      highlightedEl.offsetHeight * 2
-    );
-    const currentListTop = listEl.scrollTop + scrollStep;
-    const currentListBottom =
-      listEl.offsetHeight + listEl.scrollTop - scrollStep;
-    let top = 0;
-
-    if (
-      highlightedEl === listEl.firstChild ||
-      highlightedEl === listEl.lastChild
-    ) {
-      highlightedEl.scrollIntoView(false);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (highlightedEl.offsetTop >= currentListBottom) {
-      top =
-        highlightedEl.offsetTop -
-        listEl.offsetHeight +
-        highlightedEl.offsetHeight +
-        scrollStep;
-    } else if (highlightedEl.offsetTop <= currentListTop) {
-      top = highlightedEl.offsetTop - scrollStep;
-    } else {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if ('scrollBehavior' in window.document.documentElement.style) {
-      listEl.scrollTo({
-        left: 0,
-        top,
-        behavior: 'smooth',
-      });
-    } else {
-      listEl.scrollTo(0, top);
-    }
-  }
-};
-
 export default ({ snippets, onHighlight, onClose }: Props) => {
   const [searchTerm, setSearchTerm] = useState<string>('');
   const [highlightedIndex, setHighlightedIndex] =
@@ -94,10 +49,9 @@ export default ({ snippets, onHighlight, onClose }: Props) => {
     },
     50
   );
-  const debounceScrollToHighlighted = useDebouncedCallback(
-    scrollToHighlightedSnippet,
-    50
-  );
+
+  useScrollIntoView(highlightedEl.current, listEl.current);
+
   const filteredSnippets = useMemo(
     () => filterSnippetsForTerm(snippets, searchTerm),
     [searchTerm, snippets]
@@ -125,9 +79,6 @@ export default ({ snippets, onHighlight, onClose }: Props) => {
           onBlur={() => {
             setHighlightedIndex(null);
           }}
-          onKeyUp={() => {
-            debounceScrollToHighlighted(listEl.current, highlightedEl.current);
-          }}
           onKeyDown={(event) => {
             if (/^(?:Arrow)?Down$/.test(event.key)) {
               if (

src/Playroom/Snippets/useScrollIntoView.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+
+export function useScrollIntoView(
+  element: HTMLElement | null,
+  scrollContainer: HTMLElement | null
+) {
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!scrollContainer || !element) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const itemOffsetRelativeToContainer =
+      element.offsetParent === scrollContainer
+        ? element.offsetTop
+        : element.offsetTop - scrollContainer.offsetTop;
+
+    let { scrollTop } = scrollContainer; // Top of the visible area
+
+    if (itemOffsetRelativeToContainer < scrollTop) {
+      // Item is off the top of the visible area
+      scrollTop = itemOffsetRelativeToContainer;
+    } else if (
+      itemOffsetRelativeToContainer + element.offsetHeight >
+      scrollTop + scrollContainer.offsetHeight
+    ) {
+      // Item is off the bottom of the visible area
+      scrollTop =
+        itemOffsetRelativeToContainer +
+        element.offsetHeight -
+        scrollContainer.offsetHeight;
+    }
+
+    if (scrollTop !== scrollContainer.scrollTop) {
+      scrollContainer.scrollTop = scrollTop;
+    }
+  }, [scrollContainer, element]);
+}