On the Windows desktop app, tilting a mouse wheel over anything without a horizontal scroller (chat, left sidebar, right sidebar) shows the swipe arrow and switches to the previous or next thread. HistorySwipeNavigation treats every pixel-mode wheel stream that is mostly horizontal as a two-finger trackpad swipe.
Reproduced on the Linux desktop app (Electron 44, Xvfb) with real X11 tilt-wheel input. After visiting two threads, one tilt-left tick over the chat arrives as a single wheel event, deltaX=-120 deltaMode=0, and navigates back. A tilt-right tick navigates forward, and a tilt over the sidebar navigates too. A vertical wheel does nothing. Electron's main-process input-event brackets this mouse-wheel stream with gestureScrollBegin/gestureScrollEnd, exactly like a trackpad gesture, and reports only {type, modifiers}. So on Windows and Linux, neither the renderer nor the main process can tell a discrete mouse wheel from a trackpad.
HistorySwipeNavigation now attaches its wheel and gesture listeners only on macOS (isMacPlatform(navigator.platform)). Its gesture model is macOS's: it detects when the fingers lift from the momentum tail and from Chromium's gesture brackets. On Windows and Linux, horizontal wheel input goes back to plain scrolling. Back/forward stays available there through the sidebar buttons and the keyboard shortcuts. Two-finger swipe navigation is therefore macOS-only; behaviour on macOS is unchanged.
Fixes pingdotgg/t3code#32955
Triaged via the automated issue flow.
vp test run apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.test.ts: 2 files, 13 tests passed on 110f8e964f; vp run check:changed passed (format, lint, knip, typecheck, tests, react compiler).a horizontal mouse wheel tick off macOS keeps the thread. It fails on main with expected "vi.fn()" to not be called at all, but actually been called 1 times (called with "back").| Step | Before (ade473018d, main) | After (de81ecbe73; the head adds only a comment change) |
|---|---|---|
| visit thread A, then thread B | thread-B | thread-B |
| wheel down ×4 over chat | thread-B | thread-B |
tilt left ×1 over chat (deltaX=-120) | thread-A (navigated back) | thread-B |
| tilt left ×1 over sidebar | /new (navigated back again) | thread-B |
tilt right ×1 over chat (deltaX=120) | thread-A (navigated forward) | thread-B |
| tilt left ×3 over chat | /new | thread-B |
| 1 | # #32955 Linux desktop transcript (Electron 44.10.1 / Chromium 152, Xvfb 1920x1080, fresh database, real X11 wheel input via XTest) |
| 2 | # Same driver (repro-driver.sh) on both sides. Thread ids are redacted to thread-A/thread-B. |
| 3 | |
| 4 | ## Before |
| 5 | head ade473018d |
| 6 | visit first thread -> #/draft/thread-A |
| 7 | visit second thread -> #/draft/thread-B |
| 8 | wheel down x4 over chat -> #/draft/thread-B wheel events: deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0, deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0, deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0, deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0 |
| 9 | tilt left x1 over chat -> #/draft/thread-A wheel events: deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 10 | tilt left x1 over sidebar -> #/new wheel events: deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 11 | tilt right x1 over chat -> #/draft/thread-A wheel events: deltaX=120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 12 | tilt left x3 over chat -> #/new wheel events: deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0, deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0, deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 13 | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/152.0.7977.169 Electron/44.10.1 Safari/537.36 |
| 14 | |
| 15 | ## After |
| 16 | head de81ecbe73 |
| 17 | visit first thread -> #/draft/thread-A |
| 18 | visit second thread -> #/draft/thread-B |
| 19 | wheel down x4 over chat -> #/draft/thread-B wheel events: deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0, deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0, deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0, deltaX=0 deltaY=120 deltaMode=0 |
| 20 | tilt left x1 over chat -> #/draft/thread-B wheel events: deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 21 | tilt left x1 over sidebar -> #/draft/thread-B wheel events: deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 22 | tilt right x1 over chat -> #/draft/thread-B wheel events: deltaX=120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 23 | tilt left x3 over chat -> #/draft/thread-B wheel events: deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0, deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0, deltaX=-120 deltaY=0 deltaMode=0 |
| 24 | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/152.0.7977.169 Electron/44.10.1 Safari/537.36 |
cannot-verify windows). The fix doesn't depend on how Windows reports wheel deltas, because the listeners aren't attached off macOS. macOS trackpad swipes were not re-run on a Mac. The change on macOS is a platform check, and the existing swipe tests run with a macOS platform.AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
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Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The fix prevents accidental tilt-wheel thread switches by disabling swipe navigation on Windows and Linux entirely. A human must confirm that losing intentional trackpad swipe navigation on those platforms is an acceptable product tradeoff.
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History swipe navigation now installs wheel and gesture listeners only on macOS. Browser tests cover the existing macOS behavior and verify that horizontal wheel input on Windows does not trigger history navigation.
Changes: History swipe platform handling
| Layer / File(s) | Summary |
|---|---|
Gate history swipe listeners by platform apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx, apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx | The effect returns before installing listeners on non-macOS platforms. Existing browser tests set the platform to MacIntel; a new test verifies that a horizontal wheel tick on Win32 does not call navigateHistory. The component documentation describes macOS-only support and the Windows/Linux limitation. |
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes
Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium
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HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx.Suggested labels: bugfix
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110f8Horizontal wheel input no longer triggers history navigation on Windows and Linux; macOS swipe navigation remains available. No merge-blocking risk is established.
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|---|---|---|
| Title check | Passed | The title names the main change: the mouse tilt wheel no longer switches threads on Windows and Linux desktop. The raw summary confirms the listeners are now attached only on macOS, which matches this… |
| Linked Issues check | Passed | Directly linked issue #32955 has one coding requirement: horizontal mouse-wheel input must not trigger history navigation, and horizontal scrolling of scrollable content must keep working. The head co… |
| Out of Scope Changes check | Passed | The whole-PR diff against merge base ade473018d touches three areas. (1) HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx: adds the isMacPlatform import, which resolves through apps/web/src/lib/utils.ts, plus the platfor… |
| Description check | Passed | The description is thorough and follows the template. It has a clear Problem section with reproduction steps and environment, and a Change section that explains the macOS-only gating and why Windows a… |
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The title names the main change: the mouse tilt wheel no longer switches threads on Windows and Linux desktop. The raw summary confirms the listeners are now attached only on macOS, which matches this title. The title uses the conventional commit form and is specific, and it is a little long at 82 characters.
Explanation
Directly linked issue #32955 has one coding requirement: horizontal mouse-wheel input must not trigger history navigation, and horizontal scrolling of scrollable content must keep working. The head commit confirms the change in apps/web/src/components/HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx. The effect now returns early when !isMacPlatform(navigator.platform), so the wheel and gesture listeners are not attached off macOS. The canScrollHorizontally path is not changed, so native scrolling of horizontal scrollers still applies. The issue names restricting swipe navigation to macOS as an accepted direction. The browser test a horizontal mouse wheel tick off macOS keeps the thread covers the Win32 case. The Linux runtime transcript in the PR description shows tilt-wheel input no longer changes threads over the chat or sidebar. Windows was not run at runtime. The code path does not depend on Windows wheel deltas, so this gap does not change the result. The issue's non-coding and optional items (opt-out setting, wheel-tick detection) are not required.
Explanation
The whole-PR diff against merge base ade473018d touches three areas. (1) HistorySwipeNavigation.tsx: adds the isMacPlatform import, which resolves through apps/web/src/lib/utils.ts, plus the platform guard and doc comment. These directly implement #32955. (2) HistorySwipeNavigation.browser.test.tsx: mocks the macOS platform for existing swipe cases and adds an off-macOS test. These support the change. The PR does not change canScrollHorizontally or the scroll behavior of scrollable content. The extension to Linux follows from the macOS-only gate, and the PR description states this choice. No unrelated file or behavior change was found in the reviewed evidence.
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The description is thorough and follows the template. It has a clear Problem section with reproduction steps and environment, and a Change section that explains the macOS-only gating and why Windows and Linux cannot be distinguished. Verification is detailed: it lists the focused test commands and results, a new failing-on-main test, a before/after Linux runtime table with transcript, and what was not checked. The Scope and approval section links issue #32955 and says it was triaged via the automated flow, but it does not include the maintainer approval comment the template asks for. The UI-screenshot requirement is addressed by stating the change is about navigation and the swipe arrow no longer appears off macOS. The closing agent/model line is present but not clearly filled in, since it says 'AI-assisted' without naming the model and harness. The description is mostly complete, so this check passes, though the approval evidence is a gap worth noting.
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On the description check: this PR came from the triage flow for pingdotgg/t3code#32955 and needs maintainer sign-off on its direction before it lands. Two-finger swipe back/forward becomes macOS-only, so Windows and Linux touchpads lose it; the sidebar buttons and keyboard shortcuts stay on every platform. The attribution line at the end of the description is the form this repository uses for AI-assisted work. No code change is needed for either point.
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Independent findings from the stopped issue-watch job:
ade473018d32003658b7d38693e083ee2e314bd8 confirms the pixel-mode horizontal wheel path enters history swipe tracking. A Windows regression case added to the existing browser-test table fails on that commit because navigation fires once.82eff91df2fa906b3ff48fb1b483a437fbbb3a77 passes both focused swipe test files, 14 tests total. Local web typecheck and lint also passed. These results cover our separate implementation, not this PR head.No Windows recording or completed desktop wheel evidence was collected. The test environments and temporary artifacts were cleaned up. No competing PR was opened.
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Environment for every recording: Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS x86_64, real Electron 44.10.1 app under headless-desktop/Xvfb, light theme, 1366×900 window. Captures show the top 650 pixels plus captions; the environment label is redacted. Both commits were built in separate worktrees with fresh databases and identical synthetic RPC seeds.
Steps: visit A then B and send native pixel-mode horizontal wheel input (−130, then neutral 0) over chat and each sidebar. Repeat rightward (+130, then 0) from A with forward history to B. Reload before each case to reset gesture state. Separately open the seeded wide.txt file, disable word wrap, and scroll right then left using the same input.
| Before | After |
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| f7281124ba | 761926fa76 |
| Navigation recording: arrow appears and selection changes in all six cases. | Navigation recording: selection remains unchanged in all six cases. |
| File scrolling recording: scrolls right, then leftward input navigates to A and closes the file view. | File scrolling recording: scrolls 0→130→0 px while B stays selected. |
Reproduction artifacts: navigation driver and seed, scrolling driver and seed, environment and observations.
Input was automated native Chromium wheel input; physical tilt-wheel hardware and Windows were not exercised. AI-assisted; verified with the tests and tools listed above.
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