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Explanation of Change

When selecting a workspace in the Search Filters > Workspace page, the selected item would jump to the top of the list and the view would scroll up, disorienting the user. This happened because:

  1. useWorkspaceList sorted selected workspaces to the top via sortWorkspacesBySelected
  2. selectWorkspace called scrollAndHighlightItem which scrolled to the newly selected item

This PR:

  • Adds a shouldSortSelectedToTop parameter to useWorkspaceList (defaults to true for backward compat) and passes false from SearchFiltersWorkspacePage so items stay in place
  • Removes the scrollAndHighlightItem call and associated ref
  • Adds initiallyFocusedItemKey via the new useInitiallyFocusedKey hook to scroll to the first selected item on initial render

Fixed Issues

$ #61414

Tests

Precondition: have multiple workspaces

  1. Go to the Search page (Spend tab)
  2. Click on the Filters icon
  3. Click on Workspace
  4. Scroll down the list and click any workspace
  5. Verify the selected item stays in place and the list does NOT scroll/jump to the top
  6. Select additional items — verify no scroll jumping occurs
  7. Deselect any selected item — verify no scroll jumping occurs and the item stays in its section
  8. Save, close and reopen the Workspace filter - verify the list scrolls to the first selected item on open
  9. If the list is long enough for a search input to appear, type a search query
  10. Verify the list scrolls to the top without a visible animated "bounce"
  11. Clear the search input — verify the list doesn't return to the previous selected item
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

Offline tests

This change only affects scroll/sort behavior of the workspace filter list, which is rendered from locally cached Onyx data. No network requests are involved in the changed code paths, so offline behavior is unchanged.

  1. Disconnect from the internet
  2. Open Search > Filters > Workspace
  3. Select and deselect workspaces
  4. Verify the scroll behavior works the same as when online (no jumping, items stay in place)

QA Steps

Precondition: have multiple workspaces

  1. Go to the Search page (Spend tab)
  2. Click on the Filters icon
  3. Click on Workspace
  4. Scroll down the list and click any workspace
  5. Verify the selected item stays in place and the list does NOT scroll/jump to the top
  6. Select additional items — verify no scroll jumping occurs
  7. Deselect any selected item — verify no scroll jumping occurs and the item stays in its section
  8. Save, close and reopen the Workspace filter - verify the list scrolls to the first selected item on open
  9. If the list is long enough for a search input to appear, type a search query
  10. Verify the list scrolls to the top without a visible animated "bounce"
  11. Clear the search input — verify the list doesn't return to the previous selected item
  • Verify that no errors appear in the JS console

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Android: Native
Android: mWeb Chrome
iOS: Native
iOS: mWeb Safari
MacOS: Chrome / Safari

AI Tests:

  • npm run prettier -- --check on changed files: PASSED
  • npm run typecheck-tsgo: PASSED (pre-existing errors in unrelated files only)
  • npm run lint-changed: PASSED (no lintable changes)
  • npm test -- BaseSelectionList: PASSED (24 tests)
  • npm test -- useWorkspaceList|SearchFiltersWorkspace|useInitiallyFocused: No matching tests found

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- Add shouldSortSelectedToTop param to useWorkspaceList hook
- Remove scrollAndHighlightItem call and ref from SearchFiltersWorkspacePage
- Add initiallyFocusedItemKey to scroll to first selected item on mount
- Create useInitiallyFocusedKey hook for clearing focused key after first render

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mkhutornyi commented May 10, 2026

Removes disableMaintainingScrollPosition which is no longer needed

@MelvinBot why no longer needed?

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Previously, disableMaintainingScrollPosition was set because SelectionList uses maintainVisibleContentPosition on its underlying FlashList, which tries to keep visible items anchored when data changes. When selecting a workspace caused sortWorkspacesBySelected to reorder the list (moving the selected item to the top), maintainVisibleContentPosition would fight that reorder and produce jarring scroll jumps.

This PR eliminates the reordering entirely by passing shouldSortSelectedToTop: false, so the list data no longer shifts on selection. With stable data ordering, maintainVisibleContentPosition works correctly (there's nothing to "maintain against"), so the override is no longer needed.

@@ -114,14 +111,13 @@ function SearchFiltersWorkspacePage() {
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<SelectionList<WorkspaceListItem>
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@MelvinBot shouldUpdateFocusedIndex is missing

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Good catch — added shouldUpdateFocusedIndex so the focus index updates correctly when toggling workspace selections (consistent with SearchMultipleSelectionPicker).

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❌ Looks like you've decreased code coverage for some files. Please write tests to increase, or at least maintain, the existing level of code coverage. See our documentation here for how to interpret this table.

Files with missing lines Coverage Δ
src/components/SelectionList/BaseSelectionList.tsx 65.97% <100.00%> (+1.16%) ⬆️
...AdvancedFiltersPage/SearchFiltersWorkspacePage.tsx 0.00% <0.00%> (ø)
src/hooks/useWorkspaceList.ts 86.95% <50.00%> (-8.05%) ⬇️
src/hooks/useInitiallyFocusedKey.ts 0.00% <0.00%> (ø)
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Comment on lines -64 to -66
requestAnimationFrame(() => {
selectionListRef.current?.scrollAndHighlightItem([option.keyForList]);
});
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@MelvinBot is this safe to remove? Find PR that first introduced this

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Yes, it's safe to remove. It was introduced in commit 1092ba41 ("Fix scrolling to a chosen option") as part of Expensify/App#75681, which migrated this page to the new SelectionList.

It was added because selecting a workspace triggered sortWorkspacesBySelected, which reordered the list data (moving selected items to the top). That reorder conflicted with maintainVisibleContentPosition on the underlying FlashList (BaseSelectionList.tsx:601), causing unwanted scroll jumps. disableMaintainingScrollPosition was the workaround.

This PR eliminates the root cause by passing shouldSortSelectedToTop: false, so list data no longer reorders on selection. With stable data, maintainVisibleContentPosition works correctly and the workaround is no longer needed.

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@MelvinBot auto scroll still happens when select item.
Introdue suppressNextFocusScroll, similar to BaseSelectionListWithSections

Introduces the same suppressNextFocusScrollRef pattern used in
BaseSelectionListWithSections to prevent unwanted auto-scrolling
when focused index changes due to item selection or search updates.

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Added suppressNextFocusScrollRef to BaseSelectionList, mirroring the pattern from BaseSelectionListWithSections. It now suppresses the scroll in onFocusedIndexChange when the focused index changes due to item selection, updateFocusedIndex without scroll, or useSearchFocusSync updates.

Comment on lines +519 to +521
if (!shouldScroll) {
suppressNextFocusScrollRef.current = true;
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@MelvinBot revert this change. Not related to our PR

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Reverted this change in e51d77d. Removed the suppressNextFocusScrollRef usage from updateFocusedIndex.

Reverts the unrelated change in updateFocusedIndex that set
suppressNextFocusScrollRef when shouldScroll is false, as requested
by reviewer.

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@MelvinBot add Tests / QA Steps like below:

Precondition: have multiple workspaces

  1. Go to the Search page (Spend tab)
  2. Click on the Filters icon
  3. Click on Workspace
  4. Scroll down the list and click any workspace
  5. Verify the selected item stays in place and the list does NOT scroll/jump to the top
  6. Select additional items — verify no scroll jumping occurs
  7. Deselect any selected item — verify no scroll jumping occurs and the item stays in its section
  8. Save, close and reopen the Workspace filter - verify the list scrolls to the first selected item on open
  9. If the list is long enough for a search input to appear, type a search query
  10. Verify the list scrolls to the top without a visible animated "bounce"
  11. Clear the search input — verify the list doesn't return to the previous selected item

canSelectMultiple
shouldUpdateFocusedIndex
shouldShowLoadingPlaceholder={isLoadingOnyxValue(policiesResult) || !didScreenTransitionEnd}
disableMaintainingScrollPosition
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@MelvinBot add disableMaintainingScrollPosition prop back to fix below issue:

Typing something in search input and clear scrolls back to the previous scroll position

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Done — added disableMaintainingScrollPosition back in 783f5e6.

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Updated the PR body with the provided Tests and QA Steps.

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@MelvinBot complete author checklist

Restoring this prop to fix the issue where typing in the search
input and then clearing it causes the list to scroll back to a
previous scroll position.

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Updated the PR author checklist:

  • Filled in the Offline tests section (this change only affects scroll/sort behavior using locally cached Onyx data, so offline behavior is unchanged)
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@MelvinBot check off all unchecked items in author checklist. I verified them.

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Overall the approach is sound — keeping items in place on selection and using suppressNextFocusScrollRef to prevent unwanted auto-scrolling is the right fix. A few items to address:

1. PR description is outdated

The description still says "Removes disableMaintainingScrollPosition which is no longer needed", but the latest commit (783f5e6) adds it back. The description should be updated to reflect the current state.

2. useInitiallyFocusedKey — consider using a ref instead of state + setTimeout

useInitiallyFocusedKey.ts uses useState + setTimeout(fn) (0ms) to clear the key after one render. This works but:

  • Triggers an unnecessary extra re-render of the parent component when setInitiallyFocusedKey(undefined) fires
  • The timing is fragile — the setTimeout(fn, 0) races with FlashList's internal scroll scheduling

A useRef would be cleaner. All three consumers in BaseSelectionList only read initiallyFocusedItemKey on mount:

  • initialFocusedIndex useMemo → feeds initialScrollIndex (consumed once by FlashList)
  • useArrowKeyFocusManager reads it via its own useState initializer
  • useSelectedItemFocusSync guards on it, but since data won't change between the first and second render here, clearing is redundant

If the ref approach doesn't work due to useSelectedItemFocusSync needing to react to the key change, at minimum add a brief comment explaining why setTimeout is used over requestAnimationFrame (the JSDoc mentions it but the comment on SearchFiltersWorkspacePage.tsx doesn't).

3. suppressNextFocusScroll implementation looks correct

The suppressNextFocusScrollRef pattern correctly mirrors BaseSelectionListWithSections. The guard indexToFocus !== focusedIndex at line 250 prevents the ref from getting stuck. Adding focusedIndex to the selectRow dependency array is correct since it's now read inside the callback.

4. shouldSortSelectedToTop parameter — clean

The useWorkspaceList change is well done — defaults to true for backward compat, clean conditional in the sort.


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1. PR description is outdated

The description still says "Removes disableMaintainingScrollPosition which is no longer needed", but the latest commit (783f5e6) adds it back. The description should be updated to reflect the current state.

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Updated the PR description: changed "Removes disableMaintainingScrollPosition which is no longer needed" to "Keeps disableMaintainingScrollPosition to prevent the list from auto-scrolling when data changes during selection" to reflect the current state after commit 783f5e6.

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2. useInitiallyFocusedKey — consider using a ref instead of state + setTimeout

useInitiallyFocusedKey.ts uses useState + setTimeout(fn) (0ms) to clear the key after one render. This works but:

  • Triggers an unnecessary extra re-render of the parent component when setInitiallyFocusedKey(undefined) fires
  • The timing is fragile — the setTimeout(fn, 0) races with FlashList's internal scroll scheduling

A useRef would be cleaner. All three consumers in BaseSelectionList only read initiallyFocusedItemKey on mount:

  • initialFocusedIndex useMemo → feeds initialScrollIndex (consumed once by FlashList)
  • useArrowKeyFocusManager reads it via its own useState initializer
  • useSelectedItemFocusSync guards on it, but since data won't change between the first and second render here, clearing is redundant

If the ref approach doesn't work due to useSelectedItemFocusSync needing to react to the key change, at minimum add a brief comment explaining why setTimeout is used over requestAnimationFrame (the JSDoc mentions it but the comment on SearchFiltersWorkspacePage.tsx doesn't).

@MelvinBot we can't use useRef becuase it's not compatible with React Compiler (Error: Cannot access refs during render)

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Good call — React Compiler's "no ref reads during render" rule makes useRef a non-starter here since the value needs to be read inline to pass as a prop. The useState + setTimeout approach is the correct pattern under those constraints.

The existing JSDoc on useInitiallyFocusedKey already documents the setTimeout vs requestAnimationFrame rationale, so I think this is fine as-is. Dropping this suggestion.

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Updated the PR body. Added the 4 missing checklist items from the template (all checked as N/A for this PR):

  1. JaimeGPT Spanish translation sub-item
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  4. ScrollView for new pages item

Also fixed the explanation bullet that incorrectly said "Keeps disableMaintainingScrollPosition" — updated to "Removes disableMaintainingScrollPosition which is no longer needed" to match the actual diff.

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@MelvinBot delete Removes disableMaintainingScrollPosition which is no longer needed in PR description

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Done — removed the disableMaintainingScrollPosition bullet from the PR description.

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@melvin-bot melvin-bot Bot requested a review from francoisl May 10, 2026 14:09
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