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Addresses #3241

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Recorded videos:

  • repro-before: .runner/videos/repro-before.mov (ok, attempts=2)
  • fixed-after: .runner/videos/fixed-after.mov (ok, attempts=4)

Run artifacts: https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux-loader/actions/runs/25091033007

Codex final message:

Implemented a narrow fix for #3241 in Sources/ContentView.swift.

What changed

  • Updated the workspace sidebar scroll container in VerticalTabsSidebar to:
    • use a vertical-only scroll axis (ScrollView(.vertical)),
    • keep default automatic indicator policy (.scrollIndicators(.automatic)),
    • configure the underlying NSScrollView via SidebarScrollViewResolver to:
      • hide scrollbars unless content overflows in practice for this layout,
      • use overlay scrollers,
      • enable auto-hide,
      • disable horizontal scroller.
  • The scroller enablement is now tied to sidebar workspace count (suppresses the vertical scroller when only one workspace is present), matching the reported single-workspace regression.

Verification performed

  • Built with tagged reload:
    • ./scripts/reload.sh --tag loader-before (baseline build)
    • ./scripts/reload.sh --tag loader (fixed build)
  • Baseline tagged app path:
    /Users/runner/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/cmux-loader-before/Build/Products/Debug/cmux DEV loader-before.app
  • Fixed tagged app path:
    /Users/runner/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/cmux-loader/Build/Products/Debug/cmux DEV loader.app
  • Ran required GUI capture workflow via .cmux-loader scripts (status=ok):
    • repro-before → .runner/videos/repro-before-2.mov
    • fixed-after → .runner/videos/fixed-after-4.mov

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Summary by cubic

Fixes the always-visible scrollbar in the workspace sidebar so it only appears when content overflows. Addresses #3241.

  • Bug Fixes
    • Switched to a vertical-only ScrollView with automatic indicators in VerticalTabsSidebar.
    • Configured the underlying NSScrollView via SidebarScrollViewResolver to use overlay scrollers, auto-hide, and disable the horizontal scroller.
    • Tied vertical scroller enablement to workspace count (hidden when only one workspace), matching the reported regression.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Improvements
    • Enhanced scroll behavior with automatic scroll indicator rendering
    • Scroll indicators now auto-hide when not actively used for a cleaner interface
    • Vertical scrolling is now intelligently configured based on the number of active workspaces
    • Overall improved scrolling experience and visual presentation

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Updates workspaceScrollArea scroll configuration by switching to explicit .vertical mode, configuring NSScrollView properties to disable horizontal scrolling and enable overlay autohiding, and conditionally enabling vertical scrolling based on workspace count.

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Scroll Configuration
Sources/ContentView.swift
Refactored workspaceScrollArea ScrollView setup: switched to .vertical initialization, configured NSScrollView to disable horizontal scroller and enable overlay autohide behavior, added conditional vertical scrolling based on workspaceCount > 1, preserved drag auto-scroll attachment with updated guard logic, and adjusted indentation for view hierarchy.

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Horizontal hidden, in overlay's glow,
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This PR fixes the always-visible sidebar scrollbar (#3241) by switching VerticalTabsSidebar's scroll container to .vertical-only axis and directly configuring the underlying NSScrollView (via SidebarScrollViewResolver) to use overlay scrollers with auto-hide. The scroller is additionally suppressed entirely (hasVerticalScroller = false) when only one workspace is present, matching the single-workspace regression in the issue.

Confidence Score: 4/5

Safe to merge with minor caveats — no data loss or crash risk; all findings are P2.

All findings are P2: a potentially overly aggressive hasVerticalScroller = false for single workspaces (could block scrolling if a single row overflows), a redundant .scrollIndicators(.automatic) that competes with the direct NSScrollView mutation, and a small indentation regression. None of these affect correctness for current layouts.

Sources/ContentView.swift — the workspaceScrollArea and workspaceRows functions around lines 9803–9900.

Important Files Changed

Filename Overview
Sources/ContentView.swift Narrows sidebar scroll container to vertical-only axis, configures underlying NSScrollView via SidebarScrollViewResolver to use overlay scrollers with auto-hide, and suppresses the vertical scroller entirely when workspaceCount ≤ 1; minor indentation regression in workspaceRows and a redundant .scrollIndicators(.automatic) modifier noted.

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A["SwiftUI render cycle\n(workspaceCount changes)"] --> B["ScrollView(.vertical)\n.scrollIndicators(.automatic)"]
    B --> C["SidebarScrollViewResolver\nupdateNSView fires"]
    C --> D["DispatchQueue.main.async\nresolveScrollView()"]
    D --> E{"enclosingScrollView\nnil?"}
    E -- "nil" --> F["dragAutoScrollController\n.attach(scrollView: nil)"]
    E -- "found" --> G["Configure NSScrollView:\nhasHorizontalScroller = false\nscrollerStyle = .overlay\nautohidesScrollers = true"]
    G --> H{"workspaceCount > 1?"}
    H -- "yes" --> I["hasVerticalScroller = true\n(scroller shown on overflow)"]
    H -- "no" --> J["hasVerticalScroller = false\n(scroller fully disabled)"]
    I --> K["dragAutoScrollController\n.attach(scrollView: scrollView)"]
    J --> K
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Comment thread Sources/ContentView.swift
Comment on lines +9819 to +9820
let shouldShowScrollbar = renderContext.workspaceCount > 1
scrollView.hasVerticalScroller = shouldShowScrollbar

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P2 hasVerticalScroller disabled entirely for single workspace

Setting hasVerticalScroller = false completely removes the scroller from the AppKit view hierarchy — it doesn't merely hide it. While autohidesScrollers = true + scrollerStyle = .overlay already handle the auto-hide behavior for the multi-workspace case, disabling the scroller by count means if a single workspace row ever grows tall enough to overflow the sidebar (e.g., deeply nested items, accessibility font sizes), users lose the ability to scroll entirely rather than just seeing a hidden/overlay scroller.

A more precise fix would be to keep hasVerticalScroller = true at all times and rely solely on autohidesScrollers = true with scrollerStyle = .overlay to suppress the visible indicator when content fits — the overlay style already auto-hides with no overflow.

Comment thread Sources/ContentView.swift
SidebarScrollViewResolver { scrollView in
dragAutoScrollController.attach(scrollView: scrollView)
}
.scrollIndicators(.automatic)

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P2 .scrollIndicators(.automatic) redundant given direct NSScrollView mutation

The SwiftUI .scrollIndicators(.automatic) modifier instructs the framework to manage scroll indicator visibility through its own layer. Immediately below, SidebarScrollViewResolver directly overrides the underlying NSScrollView properties (scrollerStyle, autohidesScrollers, hasVerticalScroller). These two mechanisms compete — SwiftUI may reset AppKit scroller state during subsequent layout passes, while the resolver re-applies on each updateNSView async dispatch. Since the NSScrollView configuration is the intentional behavior, .scrollIndicators(.automatic) is at best redundant and at worst adds fragile ordering dependence.

Comment thread Sources/ContentView.swift
Comment on lines 9899 to 9900
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}

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P2 Indentation regression on view modifiers

The .padding and .frame modifiers in workspaceRows picked up four extra leading spaces compared to the VStack they chain on. This is cosmetic but inconsistent with the surrounding style.

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}
}
.padding(.vertical, 8)
.frame(maxWidth: .infinity, alignment: .leading)

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Closing this loader dogfood PR because the visual evidence showed the issue was still not fixed. The clean repro recording shows cmux with the sidebar scrollbar, and the prior fixed-after recording still shows the sidebar scrollbar in the single-workspace state. The follow-up agent run timed out before producing a valid fixed-after video.

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