Open Bug 1796589 Opened 3 years ago Updated 9 months ago

IRC chat screen jumps down when a new message appears

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Instant Messaging, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Instant Messaging
Version:
Thunderbird 102
Type:
defect

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
UNCONFIRMED

People

(Reporter: koncek.marian, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: regression, regressionwindow-wanted)

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:105.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/105.0

Steps to reproduce:

Connect to IRC account in the chat window.
Given long enough text history, scroll upwards.

Actual results:

When a new message appears (but not room info like users joining / leaving) then the screen jumps downward to show that message.
This makes it very inconvenient to read chat history as the screen keeps jumping downward.

Expected results:

The screen should remain wherever it is if it is scrolled anywhere upwards.

I noticed this change in behaviour since the latest larger UI change few months ago.

Summary: IRC chat screen jumps down when a new message appears → IRC chat screen jumps down when a new message appears - inconvenient to read chat history as the screen keeps jumping downward

This is a regression, if you scroll-up new messages should not force you back to the bottom of the window.

Marián -- it sounds like this behavior changed when you updated to Thunderbird 102 (I'm extrapolation that "since the latest larger UI change few months ago" means "upgraded to 102")?

Keywords: regression, regressionwindow-wanted
Summary: IRC chat screen jumps down when a new message appears - inconvenient to read chat history as the screen keeps jumping downward → IRC chat screen jumps down when a new message appears

Yes, I am pretty sure it would be version 102. My current one is 102.3.1 (64-bit).

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