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This PR fixes an issue with WebKit when dragging & dropping blocks. When a block is dropped, the editor is focused which causes WebKit specifically to scroll the page to the current selection. However, this happens before ProseMirror dispatches the document/selection change transactions, so the page scrolls to whatever block the selection was in before the drop.

This is fixed by simply appending drop transactions with a scrollIntoView. Scrolling is triggered by the browser (e.g. Chrome doesn't dispatch a scroll event during focus), so we don't have a way of blocking it directly. Doing it this way doesn't cause any choppiness.

Closes #3045

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This is a bug.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved drag-and-drop behavior in long, scrollable editors: after a block is dropped, the editor scrolls it into view so it remains visible.

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The side menu plugin now appends a transaction that scrolls the editor into view after a drop event. A new end-to-end test checks that a dragged paragraph is placed after its target and remains visible in a scrollable editor.

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Drop Scroll Adjustment

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Scroll after drop
packages/core/src/extensions/SideMenu/SideMenu.ts, tests/src/end-to-end/dragdrop/dragdrop.test.tsx
The plugin appends a scrollIntoView() transaction when an incoming transaction has uiEvent metadata set to "drop". A Firefox-skipped end-to-end test checks the order and visibility of a paragraph dragged from an off-screen position.

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Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium

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The fix appears correctly targeted, but the regression test may pass without it. This is a bounded coverage risk, not an established failure of the drop behavior.

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Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The change addresses issue [#3045]. SideMenuExtension appends a transaction with scrollIntoView() when a drop transaction has uiEvent metadata set to "drop". This scrolls the final post-drop s…
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The source change is limited to drop scrolling in SideMenuExtension. The test change directly verifies the reported block-drop behavior. The added editor, view, stylesheet, and ref imports support t…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 2…
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In `@tests/src/end-to-end/dragdrop/dragdrop.test.tsx`:
- Line 193: Update the drag-and-drop scenario around dragAndDropBlock so the
destination is outside the dragged block’s visible region, and make the final
visibility assertion check the drop target. Ensure the assertion fails if the
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expect(editor.getTextCursorPosition().block.id).toBe("paragraph-0");

await dragAndDropBlock(source, destination, false);

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Make the visibility assertion distinguish the drop target from the dragged block.

dragStart selects paragraph 60. The helper then releases over paragraph 62. Because both paragraphs are in the same local region, a scroll to the dragged block can still satisfy the final visibility check. Change the scenario so the assertion fails when the new scroll transaction is absent.

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In `@tests/src/end-to-end/dragdrop/dragdrop.test.tsx` at line 193, Update the
drag-and-drop scenario around dragAndDropBlock so the destination is outside the
dragged block’s visible region, and make the final visibility assertion check
the drop target. Ensure the assertion fails if the new scroll transaction is
absent.

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// specific behavior where focusing scrolls the selection into
// view. This happens on drop before ProseMirror updates the
// document/selection, which is incorrect.
return newState.tr.scrollIntoView();

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Looked deep into this and it's not related to ProseMirror, any content-editable will have the same behaviour. You can reproduce the issue in this minimal example.

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I appreciate the deep dive, & this sandbox is really great at showing the issue!

I wonder whether @marijnh would be willing to take this upstream into prosemirror-view though. There are a bunch of kludges for other browser & behaviors that it might still be relevant for him to take up.

If you like, I can submit something to his repo (it's moved off of GH now): https://code.haverbeke.berlin/prosemirror/prosemirror-view

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Sounds good, though in that case idk if this is the right fix. Probably better to have smth more targeted at WebKit if it's going into prosemirror-view rather than a catch-all appendTransaction on drops.

@matthewlipski matthewlipski changed the title fix:WebKit scrolling on block drop (BLO-1353) fix: WebKit scrolling on block drop (BLO-1353) Sep 24, 2026

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Touch drag on mobile (iOS): page scrolls back to the drag source after the drop, when the page auto-scrolled during the drag

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