feat: Implement inertial horizontal scrolling for carousel components and enhance text selection handling

src/app/components/message/layout/Base.tsx

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export const MessageTextBody = as<'div', css.MessageTextBodyVariants & { notice?
       size="T400"
       priority={notice ? '300' : '400'}
       className={classNames(css.MessageTextBody({ preWrap, jumboEmoji, emote }), className)}
+      data-allow-text-selection="true"
       {...props}
       ref={ref}
     />

src/app/components/message/layout/layout.css.ts

@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ export const MessageTextBody = recipe({
     overflow: 'clip',
     overflowY: 'clip',
     lineHeight: '1.5',
+    userSelect: 'text',
+    WebkitUserSelect: 'text',
   },
   variants: {
     preWrap: {

src/app/components/page/Page.tsx

@@ -60,10 +60,12 @@ export const PageNavHeader = as<'header', css.PageNavHeaderVariants>(
 
 export function PageNavContent({
   scrollRef,
+  scrollProps,
   children,
 }: {
   children: ReactNode;
   scrollRef?: MutableRefObject<HTMLDivElement | null>;
+  scrollProps?: React.ComponentProps<typeof Scroll>;
 }) {
   return (
     <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column">
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ export function PageNavContent({
         size="300"
         hideTrack
         visibility="Hover"
+        {...scrollProps}
       >
         <div className={css.PageNavContent}>{children}</div>
       </Scroll>

src/app/features/room/RoomTimeline.tsx

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ import { eventWithShortcode, factoryEventSentBy, getMxIdLocalPart } from '../../
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
 import { useVirtualPaginator, ItemRange } from '../../hooks/useVirtualPaginator';
 import { useAlive } from '../../hooks/useAlive';
-import { autoScrollToBottom, editableActiveElement } from '../../utils/dom';
+import { autoScrollToBottom, editableActiveElement, isScrolledToBottom } from '../../utils/dom';
 import {
   DefaultPlaceholder,
   CompactPlaceholder,
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ import { useDocumentFocusChange } from '../../hooks/useDocumentFocusChange';
 import { RenderMessageContent } from '../../components/RenderMessageContent';
 import { Image } from '../../components/media';
 import { ImageViewer } from '../../components/image-viewer';
+import { useInertialHorizontalScroll } from '../../hooks/useInertialHorizontalScroll';
 import { roomToParentsAtom } from '../../state/room/roomToParents';
 import { useRoomUnread } from '../../state/hooks/unread';
 import { roomToUnreadAtom } from '../../state/room/roomToUnread';
@@ -651,7 +652,9 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
     useCallback(
       (mEvt: MatrixEvent) => {
         const isOwnMessage = mEvt.getSender() === mx.getUserId();
-        const shouldStickToBottom = atBottomRef.current || isOwnMessage;
+        const isBottomPinnedEvent =
+          mEvt.getType() === MessageEvent.RoomMessage || mEvt.getType() === MessageEvent.Sticker;
+        const shouldStickToBottom = atBottomRef.current || (isOwnMessage && isBottomPinnedEvent);
 
         // Always update timeline with new message
         setTimeline((ct) => ({
@@ -676,10 +679,12 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
           setUnreadInfo(getRoomUnreadInfo(room));
         }
 
-        // Preserve the pre-update bottom state so a newly added message keeps the view pinned.
-        scrollToBottomRef.current.count += 1;
-        scrollToBottomRef.current.smooth = !isOwnMessage;
-        scrollToBottomRef.current.force = shouldStickToBottom;
+        // Preserve the pre-update bottom state so newly added chat messages keep the view pinned.
+        if (shouldStickToBottom) {
+          scrollToBottomRef.current.count += 1;
+          scrollToBottomRef.current.smooth = !isOwnMessage;
+          scrollToBottomRef.current.force = true;
+        }
 
         // Show unread message preview for incoming messages when not at bottom
         if (!isOwnMessage && !atBottomRef.current) {
@@ -753,7 +758,7 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
         const scrollElement = getScrollElement();
         if (!editorBaseEntry || !scrollElement) return;
 
-        if (atBottomRef.current) {
+        if (isScrolledToBottom(scrollElement)) {
           autoScrollToBottom(scrollElement, false, true);
         }
       };
@@ -774,7 +779,7 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
       const previousHeight = timelineContentHeightRef.current;
       timelineContentHeightRef.current = nextHeight;
 
-      if (previousHeight === 0 || nextHeight <= previousHeight || !atBottomRef.current) {
+      if (previousHeight === 0 || nextHeight <= previousHeight || !isScrolledToBottom(scrollElement)) {
         return;
       }
 
@@ -2023,7 +2028,12 @@ export function RoomTimeline({ room, eventId, roomInputRef, editor }: RoomTimeli
           ref={timelineContentRef}
           direction="Column"
           justifyContent="End"
-          style={{ minHeight: '100%', padding: `${config.space.S600} 0` }}
+          style={{
+            minHeight: '100%',
+            padding: `${config.space.S600} 0`,
+            userSelect: 'none',
+            WebkitUserSelect: 'none',
+          }}
         >
           {!canPaginateBack && rangeAtStart && getItems().length > 0 && (
             <div

src/app/hooks/useInertialHorizontalScroll.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,397 @@
+import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import type {
+  MouseEvent as ReactMouseEvent,
+  PointerEvent as ReactPointerEvent,
+  RefObject,
+} from 'react';
+
+export type UseInertialHorizontalScrollOptions = {
+  axis?: 'x' | 'y';
+  scrollStepRatio?: number;
+  dragThreshold?: number;
+  friction?: number;
+  minVelocity?: number;
+};
+
+export type UseInertialHorizontalScrollResult = {
+  scrollRef: RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
+  isDragging: boolean;
+  canScrollBack: boolean;
+  canScrollForward: boolean;
+  scrollBack: () => void;
+  scrollForward: () => void;
+  scrollProps: {
+    onPointerDown: (evt: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+    onPointerMove: (evt: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+    onPointerUp: (evt: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+    onPointerCancel: (evt: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+    onLostPointerCapture: (evt: ReactPointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+    onDragStartCapture: (evt: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+    onClickCapture: (evt: ReactMouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
+  };
+};
+
+const TEXT_SELECTION_TARGET_SELECTOR =
+  '[data-allow-text-selection="true"], input, textarea, [contenteditable="true"]';
+
+type ScrollState = {
+  activePointerId: number | null;
+  startPrimary: number;
+  startScrollPrimary: number;
+  lastPrimary: number;
+  lastTime: number;
+  velocity: number;
+  dragging: boolean;
+  moved: boolean;
+  suppressClick: boolean;
+  animationFrameId: number | null;
+};
+
+type PointerLikeEvent = {
+  pointerId: number;
+  clientX: number;
+  clientY: number;
+  timeStamp: number;
+  preventDefault?: () => void;
+};
+
+const DEFAULT_OPTIONS: Required<UseInertialHorizontalScrollOptions> = {
+  axis: 'x',
+  scrollStepRatio: 1.3,
+  dragThreshold: 3,
+  friction: 0.95,
+  minVelocity: 0.02,
+};
+
+/**
+ * Shared hook for drag-scrolling horizontal overflow areas with inertial momentum.
+ */
+export function useInertialHorizontalScroll(
+  options: UseInertialHorizontalScrollOptions = {}
+): UseInertialHorizontalScrollResult {
+  const resolvedOptions = useMemo(
+    () => ({ ...DEFAULT_OPTIONS, ...options }),
+    [options]
+  );
+
+  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const stateRef = useRef<ScrollState>({
+    activePointerId: null,
+    startPrimary: 0,
+    startScrollPrimary: 0,
+    lastPrimary: 0,
+    lastTime: 0,
+    velocity: 0,
+    dragging: false,
+    moved: false,
+    suppressClick: false,
+    animationFrameId: null,
+  });
+  const [isDragging, setIsDragging] = useState(false);
+  const [canScrollBack, setCanScrollBack] = useState(false);
+  const [canScrollForward, setCanScrollForward] = useState(false);
+
+  const updateScrollState = useCallback(() => {
+    const scroll = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!scroll) return;
+
+    const isHorizontal = resolvedOptions.axis === 'x';
+    const scrollPrimary = isHorizontal ? scroll.scrollLeft : scroll.scrollTop;
+    const scrollSize = isHorizontal ? scroll.scrollWidth : scroll.scrollHeight;
+    const clientSize = isHorizontal ? scroll.clientWidth : scroll.clientHeight;
+    const maxScrollPrimary = Math.max(scrollSize - clientSize, 0);
+    setCanScrollBack(scrollPrimary > 1);
+    setCanScrollForward(scrollPrimary < maxScrollPrimary - 1);
+  }, [resolvedOptions.axis]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    updateScrollState();
+
+    const scroll = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!scroll) return undefined;
+
+    const handleScroll = () => {
+      updateScrollState();
+    };
+
+    const handleResize = () => {
+      updateScrollState();
+    };
+
+    scroll.addEventListener('scroll', handleScroll, { passive: true });
+    window.addEventListener('resize', handleResize, { passive: true });
+
+    return () => {
+      scroll.removeEventListener('scroll', handleScroll);
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize);
+    };
+  }, [updateScrollState]);
+
+  useEffect(
+    () => () => {
+      const { animationFrameId } = stateRef.current;
+      if (animationFrameId !== null) {
+        cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrameId);
+      }
+    },
+    []
+  );
+
+  const scrollByStep = useCallback((direction: 1 | -1) => {
+    const scroll = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!scroll) return;
+
+    const isHorizontal = resolvedOptions.axis === 'x';
+    const currentPrimary = isHorizontal ? scroll.scrollLeft : scroll.scrollTop;
+    const offsetSize = isHorizontal ? scroll.offsetWidth : scroll.offsetHeight;
+    scroll.scrollTo({
+      ...(isHorizontal
+        ? { left: currentPrimary + offsetSize / resolvedOptions.scrollStepRatio * direction }
+        : { top: currentPrimary + offsetSize / resolvedOptions.scrollStepRatio * direction }),
+      behavior: 'smooth',
+    });
+  }, [resolvedOptions.axis, resolvedOptions.scrollStepRatio]);
+
+  const stopInertia = useCallback(() => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (state.animationFrameId !== null) {
+      cancelAnimationFrame(state.animationFrameId);
+      state.animationFrameId = null;
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  const startInertia = useCallback(() => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    const scroll = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!scroll) return;
+    const isHorizontal = resolvedOptions.axis === 'x';
+
+    const step = (timestamp: number, previousTimestamp: number) => {
+      const currentState = stateRef.current;
+      const currentScroll = scrollRef.current;
+      if (!currentScroll) return;
+
+      const deltaMs = Math.max(timestamp - previousTimestamp, 1);
+      const deltaScroll = currentState.velocity * deltaMs;
+      if (Math.abs(currentState.velocity) < resolvedOptions.minVelocity) {
+        currentState.animationFrameId = null;
+        updateScrollState();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const before = isHorizontal ? currentScroll.scrollLeft : currentScroll.scrollTop;
+      if (isHorizontal) {
+        currentScroll.scrollLeft = before - deltaScroll;
+      } else {
+        currentScroll.scrollTop = before - deltaScroll;
+      }
+      updateScrollState();
+
+      const after = isHorizontal ? currentScroll.scrollLeft : currentScroll.scrollTop;
+      if (after === before) {
+        currentState.animationFrameId = null;
+        return;
+      }
+
+      currentState.velocity *= Math.pow(resolvedOptions.friction, deltaMs / 16.6667);
+      currentState.animationFrameId = requestAnimationFrame((nextTimestamp) => step(nextTimestamp, timestamp));
+    };
+
+    stopInertia();
+    state.animationFrameId = requestAnimationFrame((timestamp) => step(timestamp, timestamp));
+  }, [resolvedOptions.axis, resolvedOptions.friction, resolvedOptions.minVelocity, stopInertia, updateScrollState]);
+
+  const endDrag = useCallback((pointerId: number | null) => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (!state.dragging) return;
+
+    const scroll = scrollRef.current;
+    if (scroll && pointerId !== null && scroll.hasPointerCapture(pointerId)) {
+      scroll.releasePointerCapture(pointerId);
+    }
+
+    if (state.moved) {
+      state.suppressClick = true;
+      startInertia();
+    }
+
+    state.dragging = false;
+    state.activePointerId = null;
+    state.moved = false;
+    state.velocity = 0;
+    setIsDragging(false);
+  }, [startInertia]);
+
+  const processPointerMove = useCallback((evt: PointerLikeEvent) => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (!state.dragging || state.activePointerId !== evt.pointerId) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const scroll = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!scroll) return;
+    const isHorizontal = resolvedOptions.axis === 'x';
+
+    const currentPrimary = isHorizontal ? evt.clientX : evt.clientY;
+    const deltaPrimary = currentPrimary - state.startPrimary;
+    const now = evt.timeStamp;
+    const deltaTime = Math.max(now - state.lastTime, 1);
+
+    if (Math.abs(deltaPrimary) >= resolvedOptions.dragThreshold) {
+      state.moved = true;
+    }
+
+    evt.preventDefault?.();
+
+    if (isHorizontal) {
+      scroll.scrollLeft = state.startScrollPrimary - deltaPrimary;
+    } else {
+      scroll.scrollTop = state.startScrollPrimary - deltaPrimary;
+    }
+
+    const rawVelocity = (currentPrimary - state.lastPrimary) / deltaTime;
+    state.velocity = Math.max(Math.min(rawVelocity, 2), -2);
+    state.lastPrimary = currentPrimary;
+    state.lastTime = now;
+  }, [resolvedOptions.axis, resolvedOptions.dragThreshold]);
+
+  const handlePointerDown = useCallback((evt: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    if (evt.button !== 0) return;
+    if (!evt.isPrimary) return;
+
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (state.dragging && state.activePointerId === evt.pointerId) return;
+
+    const target = evt.target;
+    if (target instanceof Element && target.closest(TEXT_SELECTION_TARGET_SELECTOR)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const scroll = scrollRef.current;
+    if (!scroll) return;
+    const isHorizontal = resolvedOptions.axis === 'x';
+
+    stopInertia();
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    evt.stopPropagation();
+
+    state.activePointerId = evt.pointerId;
+    state.startPrimary = isHorizontal ? evt.clientX : evt.clientY;
+    state.startScrollPrimary = isHorizontal ? scroll.scrollLeft : scroll.scrollTop;
+    state.lastPrimary = isHorizontal ? evt.clientX : evt.clientY;
+    state.lastTime = evt.timeStamp;
+    state.velocity = 0;
+    state.dragging = true;
+    state.moved = false;
+    state.suppressClick = false;
+
+    try {
+      scroll.setPointerCapture(evt.pointerId);
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore capture failures when browser has already ended pointer interaction.
+    }
+
+    setIsDragging(true);
+  }, [resolvedOptions.axis, stopInertia]);
+
+  const handlePointerMove = useCallback((evt: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    processPointerMove(evt);
+  }, [processPointerMove]);
+
+  const handlePointerUp = useCallback((evt: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (state.activePointerId !== evt.pointerId) return;
+    endDrag(evt.pointerId);
+  }, [endDrag]);
+
+  const handlePointerCancel = useCallback((evt: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (state.activePointerId !== evt.pointerId) return;
+    endDrag(evt.pointerId);
+  }, [endDrag]);
+
+  const handleLostPointerCapture = useCallback((evt: React.PointerEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (state.activePointerId !== evt.pointerId) return;
+    endDrag(evt.pointerId);
+  }, [endDrag]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleWindowPointerMove = (evt: PointerEvent) => {
+      processPointerMove(evt);
+    };
+
+    const handleWindowPointerUpOrCancel = (evt: PointerEvent) => {
+      const state = stateRef.current;
+      if (state.activePointerId !== evt.pointerId) return;
+      endDrag(evt.pointerId);
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener('pointermove', handleWindowPointerMove, true);
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', handleWindowPointerUpOrCancel, true);
+    window.addEventListener('pointercancel', handleWindowPointerUpOrCancel, true);
+
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('pointermove', handleWindowPointerMove, true);
+      window.removeEventListener('pointerup', handleWindowPointerUpOrCancel, true);
+      window.removeEventListener('pointercancel', handleWindowPointerUpOrCancel, true);
+    };
+  }, [endDrag, processPointerMove]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const handleGlobalDragTermination = () => {
+      const state = stateRef.current;
+      if (!state.dragging) return;
+      endDrag(state.activePointerId);
+    };
+
+    const handleVisibilityChange = () => {
+      if (document.visibilityState !== 'visible') {
+        handleGlobalDragTermination();
+      }
+    };
+
+    window.addEventListener('mouseup', handleGlobalDragTermination, true);
+    window.addEventListener('pointerup', handleGlobalDragTermination, true);
+    window.addEventListener('blur', handleGlobalDragTermination, true);
+    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', handleVisibilityChange, true);
+
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('mouseup', handleGlobalDragTermination, true);
+      window.removeEventListener('pointerup', handleGlobalDragTermination, true);
+      window.removeEventListener('blur', handleGlobalDragTermination, true);
+      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', handleVisibilityChange, true);
+    };
+  }, [endDrag]);
+
+  const handleClickCapture = useCallback((evt: React.MouseEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    const state = stateRef.current;
+    if (!state.suppressClick) return;
+
+    state.suppressClick = false;
+    evt.preventDefault();
+    evt.stopPropagation();
+  }, []);
+
+  const handleDragStartCapture = useCallback((evt: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => {
+    evt.preventDefault();
+  }, []);
+
+  return {
+    scrollRef,
+    isDragging,
+    canScrollBack,
+    canScrollForward,
+    scrollBack: () => scrollByStep(-1),
+    scrollForward: () => scrollByStep(1),
+    scrollProps: {
+      onPointerDown: handlePointerDown,
+      onPointerMove: handlePointerMove,
+      onPointerUp: handlePointerUp,
+      onPointerCancel: handlePointerCancel,
+      onLostPointerCapture: handleLostPointerCapture,
+      onDragStartCapture: handleDragStartCapture,
+      onClickCapture: handleClickCapture,
+    },
+  };
+}

src/app/pages/client/direct/Direct.tsx

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ import {
 import { useDirectCreateSelected } from '../../../hooks/router/useDirectSelected';
 import { allInvitesAtom } from '../../../state/room-list/inviteList';
 import { UnreadBadge } from '../../../components/unread-badge';
-
+ 
 type DirectMenuProps = {
   requestClose: () => void;
 };
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ const DEFAULT_CATEGORY_ID = makeNavCategoryId('direct', 'direct');
 export function Direct() {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   useNavToActivePathMapper('direct');
-  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const directs = useDirectRooms();
   const notificationPreferences = useRoomsNotificationPreferencesContext();
   const roomToUnread = useAtomValue(roomToUnreadAtom);
@@ -246,6 +245,7 @@ export function Direct() {
   const selectedRoomId = useSelectedRoom();
   const noRoomToDisplay = directs.length === 0;
   const [closedCategories, setClosedCategories] = useAtom(useClosedNavCategoriesAtom());
+  const scrollRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   
   const reorderTrigger = useRoomListReorder(mx, directs);