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Evidence

  • Reproduced against cmux 0.64.24 (104), commit f5da007.
  • User recording shows terminal content failing to track split-divider resizing.
  • The reverted change rejects TerminalSurface.updateSize while the resize phase is active.

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Restores renderer and PTY size publication during live window and split-divider resizing. The portal-owned resize phase previously blocked TerminalSurface.updateSize until the drag ended, leaving stale cells, missing glyphs, and panes behind the divider; sizes now follow geometry throughout the interaction.

Refactors

  • Removes TerminalPortalResizePhase, TerminalSurfaceResizeAuthority, and deferred-size state.
  • Keeps divider updates immediate while coalescing window-resize work and redundant redraws to avoid sluggishness.
  • Replaces tests and fixtures for deferred publication with coverage for final resize synchronization.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved terminal resizing during live window and divider adjustments.
    • Reduced visual redraws and intermediate geometry updates while a window is being resized.
    • Improved synchronization when panes are hidden, revealed, detached, or resized.
    • Ensured final terminal dimensions are applied after resizing completes.
  • Refactor
    • Simplified resize handling and removed obsolete resize coordination behavior.
  • Tests
    • Updated resize and portal lifecycle coverage to reflect the revised behavior.

…itions (#12662)"

This reverts commit f5aec97.

0.64.24 shipped the portal-owned resize phase from #12662 even though the
PR body recorded a failed dogfood. With the phase active, every renderer and
PTY size write is refused while a window or divider drag is in progress, and
the drag end path is the only thing that clears it. Users on 0.64.24 see
panes that stop tracking the drag, stale rectangular blocks, and missing
cells; the corruption from #12657 is not fixed by it either.

The pure file split into GhosttyTerminalView+Representable.swift is kept
because it moved code without changing it.
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Walkthrough

The portal resize authority and resize-phase state machine were removed. Terminal and renderer sizing now synchronize directly, while window portals coalesce geometry work and defer redraws during live resizing. Tests and Xcode project references were updated accordingly.

Changes

Portal resize flow

Layer / File(s) Summary
Remove resize contracts and update terminal sizing
Packages/macOS/CmuxTerminalCore/..., Packages/macOS/CmuxTerminal/Sources/CmuxTerminal/Surface/...
The resize-phase state machine and resize-authority protocol were deleted. Terminal surface sizing no longer returns early during renderer resize deferral.
Synchronize renderer geometry directly
Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift
Portal authority binding and committed renderer-size tracking were removed. Surface geometry now uses direct bounds sizing and unconditional core-surface synchronization.
Coordinate portal synchronization
Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift
Portal synchronization now coalesces geometry work, requeues overlapping requests, defers redraws during live window resizing, and schedules final synchronization after resizing ends.
Align tests and project sources
cmuxTests/*, cmux.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
Tests for removed resize-phase and committed-size behavior were deleted. Lifecycle tests create tracked terminal surfaces directly, and deleted helper files were removed from the project.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant WindowTerminalPortal
  participant GhosttySurfaceScrollView
  participant TerminalSurface
  WindowTerminalPortal->>GhosttySurfaceScrollView: Synchronize hosted geometry
  GhosttySurfaceScrollView->>GhosttySurfaceScrollView: Size surface and document to bounds
  GhosttySurfaceScrollView->>TerminalSurface: Synchronize core surface
  WindowTerminalPortal->>WindowTerminalPortal: Schedule final synchronization after live resize
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Suggested reviewers: austinywang

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to abb65

Terminals with legacy scrollbars can render rightmost columns beneath the scrollbar because the renderer receives a width larger than the visible content area. Align sizing with the content view before merging.


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Check name Status Explanation Resolution
Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime ❌ Error The production diff materially increases main-queue deferral at interactive resize end. In Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift, both endWindowLiveResize paths change from `endWindowLiveResizePhase(… At interactive resize completion, restore the immediate finalization path by calling scheduleExternalGeometrySynchronize() or an equivalent explicit resize-end completion that performs the final pass without the extra deferred hop. Reserv…
Cmux Algorithmic Complexity ❌ Error Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift:1907-1929 introduces an O(N²) batch path for scalable hosted terminal entries. synchronizeAllHostedViews iterates entriesByHostedId, then each iteration calls … Restore a prepared-batch path. For example, keep the portalIsPrepared/prepared-hierarchy parameter or split synchronizeHostedView into an installation wrapper and an internal method that skips ensureInstalled and hierarchy-signature c…
Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 21.74% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 69 functions across 4 files. (1 skipped: … Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
✅ Passed checks (22 passed)
Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the main change: reverting the broken terminal resize publication phase.
Description check ✅ Passed The description provides a clear summary, motivation, evidence, and testing results. It omits the template's Demo Video, Review Trigger, and Checklist sections, but the core change and validation deta…
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Cmux Swift Actor Isolation ✅ Passed PASS. The production diff removes the resize authority and phase machinery, and it removes the related @MainActor protocol and Sendable state type. It does not add actor declarations, Sendable c…
Cmux Browser Automation Off-Main ✅ Passed The check is not triggered. The pull request changes terminal surface and portal resize behavior only. The authoritative diff changes 14 files, and none are Sources/TerminalController.swift, `Contro…
Cmux Expensive Synchronous Load ✅ Passed The authoritative PR diff changes terminal resize and portal synchronization code, and removes resize-phase state. It adds no agent-history loader, transcript or trajectory read, JSON/JSONL decode, di…
Cmux Cache Substitution Correctness ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative PR diff changes terminal resize and geometry publication only. It removes the portal resize deferral and the cached committedRendererSize path, then uses current view/scroll …
Cmux No Hacky Sleeps ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff changes 13 Swift files and one Xcode project file; it changes no TypeScript, JavaScript, shell, or non-Swift build/runtime script. The patch adds no sleep, timer, polling,…
Cmux Swift Concurrency ✅ Passed PASS. The reviewed Swift diff removes the portal resize state and related APIs; it does not introduce or materially expand the listed legacy async patterns. Added Swift lines contain no new DispatchQu…
Cmux Swift @Concurrent ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff introduces no async, await, Task, nonisolated, or @concurrent code, and it adds no asynchronous heavy-work call site. The changed sizing and portal methods remai…
Cmux Swift Package Boundaries ✅ Passed PASS. The diff does not introduce or materially expand reusable domain logic in the app target. The removed TerminalPortalResizePhase and TerminalSurfaceResizeAuthority were already in `CmuxTermin…
Cmux Swiftpm Lockfiles ✅ Passed PASS. The PR changes no Package.swift, Package.resolved, .gitignore, or workflow files. Its only Xcode project change removes test source-file references; the packageReferences list is unchang…
Cmux Swift Logging ✅ Passed PASS — The review-scoped diff adds or materially changes no prohibited Swift logging. Added production Swift lines contain resize/synchronization logic and comments, with no print, debugPrint, `du…
Cmux User-Facing Error Privacy ✅ Passed PASS: The authoritative diff introduces no user-facing error, alert, command output, API error body, or recovery copy. The production changes remove resize state and adjust geometry synchronization. A…
Cmux Full Internationalization ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative PR diff changes only Swift resize/layout logic, tests, and project wiring. It adds no user-facing text, localization API keys, string-catalog entries, web messages, metadata, o…
Cmux Swiftui State Layout ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff introduces no new ObservableObject, @Published, GeometryReader, lazy/list store reference, or render-time state mutation. The only SwiftUI-facing change is making `G…
Cmux Architecture Rethink ✅ Passed PASS. The diff removes the portal resize phase, resize-authority side channel, committed renderer-size cache, and deferred live-resize refresh queue. TerminalSurface.updateSize now follows the live …
Cmux Swift Auxiliary Window Close Shortcuts ✅ Passed PASS: The PR does not add or materially change a standalone cmux-owned window. Its production changes modify terminal surface sizing, Ghostty view resizing, and the existing WindowTerminalPortal geome…
Cmux Source Artifacts ✅ Passed PASS. The authoritative diff changes only Swift source/test files and the Xcode project configuration under expected product and test paths. It adds no logs, screenshots, recordings, temporary or cach…
Cmux No Test Or Debug Seam In Production Source ✅ Passed PASS: The pull request adds no test/debug seam in production Swift source. The authoritative diff shows only resize behavior changes, visibility narrowing (workspaceAttentionColor becomes private), …
Cmux No Ambient Global State ✅ Passed The production diff introduces no new ambient global state. The only file-scope mutable variables in Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift are unchanged from the base revision. The changed `WindowTermi…
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Docstring coverage is 21.74% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 69 functions across 4 files. (1 skipped: 1 too large.)

Full details: Cmux Swift Blocking Runtime

Explanation

The production diff materially increases main-queue deferral at interactive resize end. In Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift, both endWindowLiveResize paths change from endWindowLiveResizePhase() to scheduleExternalGeometrySynchronize(forceImmediate: false). The removed method called the scheduler with forceImmediate: true. With false, the existing scheduler first queues on DispatchQueue.main.async and, when no immediate resize state remains, queues performSync again on the main queue. This adds a queue turn before the final geometry synchronization. The updated test now requires two drainMainQueue() calls, which is consistent with the changed timing. This is production delayed-dispatch synchronization, not test-only scaffolding or UI animation timing.

Resolution

At interactive resize completion, restore the immediate finalization path by calling scheduleExternalGeometrySynchronize() or an equivalent explicit resize-end completion that performs the final pass without the extra deferred hop. Reserve forceImmediate: false for non-final coalesced geometry notifications.

Full details: Cmux Algorithmic Complexity

Explanation

Sources/TerminalWindowPortal.swift:1907-1929 introduces an O(N²) batch path for scalable hosted terminal entries. synchronizeAllHostedViews iterates entriesByHostedId, then each iteration calls synchronizeHostedView. At :1975-1976, that call invokes ensureInstalled(syncLayout: true). ensureInstalled calls synchronizeLayoutHierarchy, which calls externalGeometrySignature; externalGeometrySignature scans all entriesByHostedId at :1204-1215. The PR removed the base revision's portalIsPrepared: true path, which avoided this per-target installation and full-collection scan. The path is used by external geometry synchronization and anchor synchronization, so the regression affects production UI resizing with many panes. No explicit small bound or benchmark justifies the nested scan.

Resolution

Restore a prepared-batch path. For example, keep the portalIsPrepared/prepared-hierarchy parameter or split synchronizeHostedView into an installation wrapper and an internal method that skips ensureInstalled and hierarchy-signature construction when called from synchronizeAllHostedViews. Prepare the portal once, then iterate hosted entries with O(1) per-entry lookup and geometry work, and retain the existing standalone preparation for single-target calls.

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In `@Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift`:
- Around line 10394-10402: Update synchronizeGeometryAndContent() to tile the
scroll view before measuring geometry when scrollbar layout changes, then use
scrollView.contentView.bounds.width for both targetSurfaceFrame and
targetDocumentFrame instead of scrollView.bounds.width. Preserve the existing
frame origins and document height while ensuring synchronizeCoreSurface()
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Comment on lines +10394 to +10402
let targetSize = scrollView.bounds.size
#if DEBUG
logLayoutDuringActiveDrag(targetSize: targetSize)
#endif
let rendererSize = resolvedDeferredRendererSize(
deferred: deferRendererResize,
fallback: targetSize
)
let targetSurfaceFrame = CGRect(origin: surfaceView.frame.origin, size: rendererSize)
let targetSurfaceFrame = CGRect(origin: surfaceView.frame.origin, size: targetSize)
_ = setFrameIfNeeded(surfaceView, to: targetSurfaceFrame)
let targetDocumentFrame = CGRect(
origin: documentView.frame.origin,
size: CGSize(width: targetSize.width, height: documentView.frame.height)
size: CGSize(width: scrollView.bounds.width, height: documentView.frame.height)

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In NSScrollView, the relationship between scroller style and content view bounds depends on whether the scroll view is using legacy or overlay scrollers [1]. Legacy Scrollers (NSScrollerStyleLegacy): When a scroll view uses legacy scrollers, the scrollers are tiled within the scroll view&#39;s frame, occupying dedicated space along the edges [1]. Consequently, the content view (the NSClipView instance) is resized to accommodate these scrollers [2]. If a horizontal or vertical scroller is present, the content view&#39;s bounds are effectively reduced in the corresponding dimension by the width (or height) of the NSScroller [2]. This reserved space is hard-coded into the scroll view&#39;s layout calculation [2]. Developers can use the class method frameSizeForContentSize:hasHorizontalScroller:hasVerticalScroller:borderType: to calculate the required scroll view frame size based on the content area and the presence of these scrollers [3][2]. Overlay Scrollers (NSScrollerStyleOverlay): In contrast, overlay scrollers are composited atop the content area and do not reserve space within the scroll view&#39;s margin [1]. The content view&#39;s bounds remain unaffected by the presence or visibility of overlay scrollers, allowing the document view to occupy the entire area of the content view regardless of whether a scroller is currently visible [1]. Key Implementation Details: 1. Compatibility Fallback: An NSScrollView will automatically fall back to the legacy scroller style if it detects an accessory view in its margins or if it determines that a custom NSScroller subclass is not compatible with overlay scrollers [4][1]. 2. Layout Handling: Because the layout behavior differs significantly between these two styles, developers should rely on the frame and bounds of the content view rather than hard-coding offsets [5]. When dealing with legacy scrollers, the content view&#39;s bounds naturally reflect the available space after the scroller width is reserved [5][2]. 3. Dynamic Changes: The preferred scroller style is determined by user settings [4]. Applications are expected to adapt to changes in this setting, which triggers a re-tiling of the NSScrollView to adjust the content view&#39;s layout if the scroller style changes [4].
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<title>Scrolling, Swiping, Dragging</title> https://docs.huihoo.com/apple/wwdc/2011/session_115__scrolling_swiping_dragging.pdf • For compatibility, and to accommodate user preferences • Used when user asks for scrollers to be shown “Always” • Used when AppKit detects an accessory view in ... ScrollView’s margins • Used when AppKit is not sure an NSScroller subclass is compatible ... • Apps must be prepared to work with user’s choice of scroller style • AppKit updates all NSScrollViews automatically ■ Sends -setScrollerStyle: to each NSScrollView instance • If you have additional code that needs to respond to a style change: ■ NSScroller +preferredScrollerStyle returns the preferred style ■ NSPreferredScrollerStyleDidChangeNotification ... 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An NSScrollView displays a portion of a document view that’s too large to be displayed whole and provides NSScroller scroll bars that allow the user to move the document view within the NSScrollView. Note that, when using an NSClipView within an NSScrollView (the usual configuration), you should issue messages that control background drawing state to the NSScrollView, rather than messaging the NSClipView directly. ... ### contentSizeForFrameSize:hasHorizontalScroller:hasVerticalScroller:borderType: ... hFlag and vFlag indicate whether a horizontal or vertical scroller, respectively, is present. If either flag is YES then the content size is reduced in the appropriate dimension by the width of an NSScroller. The borderType argument indicates the appearance of the NSScrollView’s edge, which also affects the content size; see the description of setBorderType: for a list of possible values. ... of an NSScrollView that contains ... The hFlag and vFlag arguments indicate whether a horizontal or vertical scroller, respectively, is present. If either flag is YES then the frame size is increased in the appropriate dimension by the width of an NSScroller. borderType indicates the appearance of the NSScrollView’s edge, which also affects the frame size; see the description of setBorderType: for a list of possible values. ... Returns the receiver’s content view, the view that clips the document view. ... ### setContentView: ... Sets the receiver’s content ... , the view that clips the document ... , to a ... If aView has a document view, this method also sets the receiver’s document view to be the document view of aView. The original content view retains its document view. ... ### setHasHorizontalScroller: ... If flag is YES, the receiver allocates and displays a horizontal scroller as needed. An NSScrollView by default has neither a horizontal nor a vertical scroller. ... ### setHasVerticalScroller: ... If flag is ... the receiver allocates and displays ... needed. An NSScrollView by <title>Creating and Configuring a Scroll View</title> https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/NSScrollViewGuide/Articles/Creating.html Creating and Configuring a Scroll View Search Search Documentation Archive # Creating and Configuring a Scroll View Scroll views can be created and configured programmatically or in Interface Builder. This article describes both procedures. ## Creating a Scroll View in Interface Builder Creating a scroll view in Interface Builder is straightforward. Create the view, or views, that will be the document view of the scroll view. Select that view, or views, that will be the scroll view&`#39`;s document view. Choose Layout > Make subviews of > Scroll View. This creates a new`NSScrollView` instance with the selected view, or views, as its document view. Open the inspector and configure the visible scrollers, background color, and line and page scroll amounts. ## Creating a Scroll View Programmatically Applications often create scroll views programmatically. Instances of`NSScrollView` are created using the`initWithFrame:` method, specifying the position and size of the scroll view&`#39`;s frame rectangle. After initializing the`NSScrollView` instance you must, at a minimum, set the document view using the method`setDocumentView:`. The example code in Listing 1 demonstrates how to create a scroll view for an`NSImageView` instance that is large enough to display the entire image. Listing 1 Creating a scroll view instance programmatically | // theWindow is an IBOutlet that is connected to a window | | --- | | // theImage is assumed to be declared and populated already | | // determine the image size as a rectangle | | // theImage is assumed to be declared elsewhere | | NSRect imageRect=NSMakeRect(0.0,0.0,[theImage size].width,[theImage size].height); | | // create the image view with a frame the size of the image | | NSImageView *theImageView=[[NSImageView alloc] initWithFrame:imageRect]; | | [theImageView setBounds:imageRect]; | | // set the image for the image view | | [theImageView setImage:theImage]; | | // create the scroll view so that it fills the entire window | | // to do that we&`#39`;ll grab the frame of the window&`#39`;s contentView | | // theWindow is an outlet connected to a window instance in Interface Builder | | NSScrollView *scrollView = [[NSScrollView alloc] initWithFrame: | | [[theWindow contentView] frame]]; | | // the scroll view should have both horizontal | | // and vertical scrollers | | [scrollView setHasVerticalScroller:YES]; | | [scrollView setHasHorizontalScroller:YES]; | | // configure the scroller to have no visible border | | [scrollView setBorderType:NSNoBorder]; | | // set the autoresizing mask so that the scroll view will | | // resize with the window | | [scrollView setAutoresizingMask:NSViewWidthSizable|NSViewHeightSizable]; | | // set theImageView as the documentView of the scroll view | | [scrollView setDocumentView:theImageView]; | | // setting the documentView retains theImageView | | // so we can now release the imageView | | [theImageView release]; | | // set the scrollView as the window&`#39`;s contentView | | // this replaces the existing contentView and retains | | // the scrollView, so we can release it now | | [theWindow setContentView:scrollView]; | | [scrollView release]; | | // display the window | | [theWindow makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil]; | | } | When created programmatically, scroll views have no scrollers. You specify that a scroll view should display scrollers by passing an argument of`YES` to the methods`setHasVerticalScroller:` and`setHasHorizontalScroller:`. The scroll view allocates and displays the scrollers automatically. You can configure a scroll view to display its scrollers only when the document view is sufficiently large to require scrolling using the method`setAutohidesScrollers:`, passing`YES` as the parameter. ### Calculating the Size of a Scroll View It is difficult to calculate the frame size of a scroll view if you know only the required size of the content view.`NSScrollView` provides the convenience class method`frameSizeForContentSize:hasHorizontalScrolle…[truncated] <title>preferredScrollerStyle | Apple Developer Documentation</title> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appkit/nsscroller/preferredscrollerstyle # preferredScrollerStyle Returns the style of scrollers that applications should use wherever possible. ``` class var preferredScrollerStyle: NSScroller.Style { get } ``` ## Return Value The style of scrollers that applications should use wherever possible. ## Discussion The preferred scroller style is determined by the Appearance preference panel’s “Show scroll bars” setting for the current user, and—when the user’s preference is set to “Automatically based on input device”—by the set of built-in and connected pointing devices and the user’s scroll capability preference settings for them. The preferred scroller style may therefore change over time, and applications should be prepared to adapt their user interfaces to the new scroller style if needed. In most cases, updating to a new scroller style is automatic: When the preferred scroller style changes, AppKit notifies all `NSScrollView` instances, setting the `scrollerStyle` property of each with the new style, which causes each scroll view to automatically re-tile (update its layout) to adapt to the new scroller style. Some `NSScrollView` instances may refuse the new scroller style setting if they cannot accommodate it for compatibility reasons (the presence of accessory views or legacy scroller subclasses prevent use of overlay scrollers), but most instances will switch to the specified new preferred scroller style. If you need to be notified of changes to the preferred scroller style, you can register to receive `preferredScrollerStyleDidChangeNotification` notifications. --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy <title>Scrolling the Document View</title> https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/NSScrollViewGuide/Articles/Scrolling.html Scrolling the Document View Search Search Documentation Archive # Scrolling the Document View A scroll view&`#39`;s document view scrolls in response to one of the following actions: The user clicks in one of the scrollers or rotates the mouse scroll wheel or scroll ball. These cases are handled automatically by the`NSScrollView` class. The scroll view must scroll to a specific location—for example, to display the current selection in response to a user action. The application is responsible for implementing this functionality as described in Scrolling To a Specific Location. The user drags the mouse outside the scroll view, causing autoscrolling to occur. The document view is responsible for supporting autoscrolling in response to mouse-drag events as described in Supporting Automatic Scrolling. ## Scrolling To a Specific Location Applications often need to scroll to a specific location in a document view because of some user action unrelated to scrolling. For example, when a user searches a document they expect the document to scroll to show the found item. The`NSView` class provides high-level scrolling methods that automatically update the scrollers and redisplay the document view as required. The`NSClipView` and`NSScrollView` classes methods provide low-level scrolling support that requires the application to update the scrollers and mark the document view for display. Two`NSView` methods support scrolling to reveal a specific location:`scrollPoint:` and`scrollRectToVisible:`. These high-level methods scroll the specified point or rectangle to the origin of the content view. You send these methods to the scroll view&`#39`;s document view or to one of its descendants. Scroll messages are passed up through the view hierarchy to the nearest enclosing`NSClipView` instance.`NSView` also provides a convenience method,`enclosingScrollView`, that returns the`NSScrollView` instance that contains the receiver, allowing the view to interact directly with a parent scroll view. If the receiver is not contained in a scroll view,`enclosingScrollView` returns`nil`. The code fragment in Listing 1 illustrates how to scroll to the top and bottom of the document view. The orientation of the document view determines where the origin of the content view lies and you must allow for this when calculating the top and bottom locations. Listing 1 Scrolling to the bottom or top of the document view | - (void)scrollToTop:sender; | | --- | | { | | NSPoint newScrollOrigin; | | // assume that the scrollview is an existing variable | | if ([[scrollview documentView] isFlipped]) { | | newScrollOrigin=NSMakePoint(0.0,0.0); | | } else { | | newScrollOrigin=NSMakePoint(0.0,NSMaxY([[scrollview documentView] frame]) | | -NSHeight([[scrollview contentView] bounds])); | | } | | [[scrollview documentView] scrollPoint:newScrollOrigin]; | | } | | - (void)scrollToBottom:sender; | | { | | NSPoint newScrollOrigin; | | // assume that the scrollview is an existing variable | | if ([[scrollview documentView] isFlipped]) { | | newScrollOrigin=NSMakePoint(0.0,NSMaxY([[scrollview documentView] frame]) | | -NSHeight([[scrollview contentView] bounds])); | | } else { | | newScrollOrigin=NSMakePoint(0.0,0.0); | | } | | [[scrollview documentView] scrollPoint:newScrollOrigin]; | | } | The low-level scrolling methods bypass the`adjustScroll:` mechanism described in Constraining Scrolling. ## Supporting Automatic Scrolling Scroll views scroll automatically as the user drags the mouse outside of the scroll view&`#39`;s content area if the document view, or a descendent, calls the`NSView` method`autoscroll:` as it handles the mouse-drag event. Supporting autoscrolling allows the user to drag the mouse, moving or selecting items, and have the scroll view continually display the active portion of the document. View subclasses should send`autoscroll:` messages as part of their mouse-drag handling code, passing the current`NSEvent` object as the parameter. The`autoscroll:` method d…[truncated]

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Use the content view width for terminal geometry.

GhosttyScrollView does not override AppKit sizing or tiling. With a legacy vertical scroller, scrollView.bounds.width includes the reserved scroller space, while scrollView.contentView.bounds.width excludes it.

synchronizeGeometryAndContent() reads scrollView.bounds.size before tiling and layout, assigns it to surfaceView, and synchronizeCoreSurface() sends that width through pushTargetSurfaceSize. This can give libghostty a width wider than the visible content area. The scroller-style-change path already uses contentView.bounds.size.

Tile before reading the content view when scrollbar layout changes, then use the content view width for both frames:

         _ = setFrameIfNeeded(backgroundView, to: bounds)
         let contentFrame = sessionContentFrame
         _ = setFrameIfNeeded(scrollView, to: contentFrame)
-        let targetSize = scrollView.bounds.size
+        if didScrollbarAppearanceChange {
+            scrollView.tile()
+        }
+        let targetSize = scrollView.contentView.bounds.size
...
-            size: CGSize(width: scrollView.bounds.width, height: documentView.frame.height)
+            size: CGSize(width: scrollView.contentView.bounds.width, height: documentView.frame.height)
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-        if didScrollbarAppearanceChange {
-            scrollView.tile()
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In `@Sources/GhosttyTerminalView.swift` around lines 10394 - 10402, Update
synchronizeGeometryAndContent() to tile the scroll view before measuring
geometry when scrollbar layout changes, then use
scrollView.contentView.bounds.width for both targetSurfaceFrame and
targetDocumentFrame instead of scrollView.bounds.width. Preserve the existing
frame origins and document height while ensuring synchronizeCoreSurface()
receives the visible content width.

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Fleet build instructions for this PR, head abb6558c7c52a9c0c1b5492c06670a12c2b42933:

JOB_JSON=$(~/.local/bin/cmux-ci submit --kind cmux --command 'CMUX_FLEET_BUILD_TAG=pr-12779-abb6558c /Users/Shared/cmux-build-fleet/recipes/cmux.sh https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux.git abb6558c7c52a9c0c1b5492c06670a12c2b42933' --artifact artifacts/cmux.app.zip --workspace https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux/pull/12779 --source-digest abb6558c7c52a9c0c1b5492c06670a12c2b42933 --cache-key cmux:pr-12779 --min-free-bytes 268435456000 --label cmux --label ram48)
JOB_ID=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; print(json.load(sys.stdin)["id"])' <<<"$JOB_JSON")
~/.local/bin/cmux-ci wait "$JOB_ID" --receipt artifacts/fleet/$JOB_ID.json
~/.local/bin/cmux-ci publish-hq "$JOB_ID"

The job survives disconnects. Do not resubmit after a wait timeout; rerun cmux-ci wait with the same ID. The artifact receipt records worker, queue/build/package/upload times, cache state, and disk before/after cleanup. The build is exact-head and does not include uncommitted edits.

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Superseded by #12796, which removed the resize publication phase and restored live pane geometry publication.

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