perf(web): virtualize sidebar thread lists

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Large thread collections mount too many sidebar rows and make entering and leaving search slow. Virtualize normal and search lists with LegendList, retain focused and editing rows, and reveal keyboard selections.

Preserve current all-thread drag ordering and section motion. Drag pickup temporarily mounts the list before measuring targets; dropping or cancelling restores virtualization. Release former retained Legend rows outside the viewport and measure drag bounds against the scrolling list.

Validation: 242 focused sidebar tests and web typecheck passed. An isolated browser with 91 synthetic threads retained 16–22 idle rows. Verified scrolled pickup without jumps, cancellation, pin/unpin, active/settled transitions, offscreen autoscroll drops, search keyboard wrapping, and opening search during a drag.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added virtualized rendering for sidebar threads and search results, improving performance with large lists.
  • Preserved visibility and focus for active, renamed, and dragged items.
  • Added accessibility metadata for search-result positions and list sizes.
  • Added configurable scrolling for sidebar content.
  • Improved keyboard-aware list insets, scrolling, and composer-height adjustments across supported platforms.

• Bug Fixes

  • Improved drag-and-drop behavior in scrolled and virtualized sidebars.
  • Ensured drag preparation occurs only after the movement threshold is crossed.
  • Prevented failed drag preparation from leaving dragging active.
  • Preserved correct item positioning when releasing dragged rows.

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Approvability

Verdict: Not approved

Macroscope's review found this PR not approvable — This PR replaces the production sidebar and search lists with a new virtualization layer and rewires scrolling, focus, drag behavior, animations, and a shared LegendList patch. The cross-cutting runtime impact and nontrivial new component warrant human review.

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The sidebar now uses virtualized thread and search-result lists. Dragging temporarily materializes rows for measurement and motion. Pointer preparation, viewport-relative boundaries, virtual-row motion, accessibility metadata, and LegendList recycling behavior were updated.

Changes

Sidebar virtualization

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Virtual list foundation apps/web/src/components/sidebar/SidebarVirtualList.tsx, apps/web/src/components/ui/sidebar.tsx	Added configurable virtualized rendering, retained rows, active-row reveal, focus tracking, viewport callbacks, and optional non-scrollable content.
Sidebar rendering integration apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx	Replaced static thread and search-result rendering with keyed virtualized lists, retained rows, accessibility metadata, and flexible viewport layout.
Drag and motion coordination apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.drag.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.pointer.ts, apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.tsx, apps/web/src/components/*test.ts	Materializes rows before drag measurement, restores virtualization after release, supports virtual-row motion, uses viewport-relative boundaries, and invokes preparation before drag start.
LegendList support behavior patches/@legendapp__list@3.3.5.patch	Updates sticky recycling and anchored end-space handling for buffered virtual lists.

Priority: ➖ Normal

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

Change: Refactor

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant PointerSensor
  participant Sidebar
  participant SidebarVirtualList
  participant SidebarMotion
  PointerSensor->>Sidebar: Cross drag threshold
  Sidebar->>SidebarVirtualList: Materialize rows synchronously
  Sidebar->>SidebarMotion: Initialize virtual-list motion
  SidebarMotion-->>Sidebar: Measure rows and constrain transform
  PointerSensor->>Sidebar: Finish drag
  Sidebar->>SidebarVirtualList: Restore virtualization

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No actionable merge-blocking issue was identified in the sidebar virtualization and drag integration.

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Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 37.50% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 8 functions across 9 files.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

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Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the primary change: virtualizing sidebar thread lists for web performance.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains what changed, why it changed, the interaction behavior, and validation results. It also includes visual verification for the UI and motion changes. Although it does not use th…
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apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.test.ts (1)

83-83: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Make the virtual-list fixture selector-aware and cover virtual fade clones.

createSidebarListMotion selects virtual rows with [data-sidebar-list-key], but the fixture returns every parent.children entry and the virtual wrappers have no key attributes. The existing fade-clone test is non-virtual, so a regression in clone key removal can pass. Filter keyed children, set keys on virtual wrappers, and add a virtual exit case that asserts the clone is excluded from the keyed-row query. The current virtual test already covers a reordered release; release() clears positions, so adding an initial update(true) and suspend() does not exercise an additional reorder branch.

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In `@apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.test.ts` at line 83, Update the
Sidebar motion test fixture’s querySelectorAll implementation to filter children
by data-sidebar-list-key, assign keys to virtual row wrappers, and add a virtual
fade-exit case asserting the clone is excluded from keyed-row queries. Extend
the existing virtual test only with the necessary initial update(true) and
suspend() setup; do not add another reorder branch.

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Inline comments:
In `@apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.pointer.ts`:
- Line 88: Update SidebarPointerSensor around onBeforeStart so any exception
from this callback immediately aborts the sensor through its existing
cleanup/cancel path. Preserve the normal transition to onStart when the callback
succeeds, and ensure listeners and dragging state are not left active after a
failure.

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Nitpick comments:
In `@apps/web/src/components/Sidebar.motion.test.ts`:
- Line 83: Update the Sidebar motion test fixture’s querySelectorAll
implementation to filter children by data-sidebar-list-key, assign keys to
virtual row wrappers, and add a virtual fade-exit case asserting the clone is
excluded from keyed-row queries. Extend the existing virtual test only with the
necessary initial update(true) and suspend() setup; do not add another reorder
branch.

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