From 25a022da63e7923d0102e5adcf1c44199ba7dcf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VickyStash <vikstash@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:20:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix items height normalization after layout change

---
 .../layout-managers/LinearLayoutManager.ts           | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LinearLayoutManager.ts b/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LinearLayoutManager.ts
index c7e781cb2..55e8d1675 100644
--- a/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LinearLayoutManager.ts
+++ b/src/recyclerview/layout-managers/LinearLayoutManager.ts
@@ -135,8 +135,16 @@ export class RVLinearLayoutManagerImpl extends RVLayoutManager {
         layout.minHeight = targetMinHeight;
       }
       newTallestItem.minHeight = 0;
-      this.tallestItem = newTallestItem;
-      this.tallestItemHeight = newTallestItem.height;
+      // When items shrink (targetMinHeight = 0), reset tracking so the
+      // next cycle re-detects the tallest item after repaint and properly
+      // re-applies minHeight for all layouts.
+      if (targetMinHeight === 0) {
+        this.tallestItem = undefined;
+        this.tallestItemHeight = 0;
+      } else {
+        this.tallestItem = newTallestItem;
+        this.tallestItemHeight = newTallestItem.height;
+      }
     }
   }