From 1c62fb4722602095b890989b084de0e0b34fc420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lotus CI <ci@lotusguild.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:26:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(reactions): the reactions row no longer flickers or loses
 its spacing (#305)
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Two bugs in the one-row "+N" collapse:
- measure() used the border box, which grows by 4 px while collapsed
  (margin -2 / padding 2), so a row within 4 px of fitting flipped
  collapsed↔expanded every frame (flicker, layout shifts, ~11 % of a core
  per looping message). It now measures the content box.
- The collapsed style used the `margin` shorthand, which overrode the
  timeline's marginTop and, when removed, cleared it; the row then stuck
  to the message text. Longhand margins keep marginTop (minus 2 px).

Verified headless (12 reactions, viewport sweep 1300–1400 px): before,
90 style flips in 1.5 s at 1344 px and margin-top 0px after a cycle;
now 0 flips at every width and margin-top stays 8px.

Fixes #305

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_017PCb59uY3UKqDqt7B6hzd5
---
 src/app/features/room/message/Reactions.tsx | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/app/features/room/message/Reactions.tsx b/src/app/features/room/message/Reactions.tsx
index b03ab2d6d..89f59bc2b 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/message/Reactions.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/message/Reactions.tsx
@@ -69,8 +69,15 @@ export const Reactions = as<'div', ReactionsProps>(
     const measure = useCallback(() => {
       const container = containerRef.current;
       if (!container) return;
-      const rowWidth = container.getBoundingClientRect().width;
-      const gap = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(container).columnGap) || 8;
+      // [Gitea #305] The width the chips actually get (content box). The border
+      // box grows by 4 px while collapsed (margin -2 / padding 2), and measuring
+      // it made a row within 4 px of fitting flip collapsed↔expanded every frame.
+      const cs = getComputedStyle(container);
+      const rowWidth =
+        container.clientWidth -
+        (parseFloat(cs.paddingLeft) || 0) -
+        (parseFloat(cs.paddingRight) || 0);
+      const gap = parseFloat(cs.columnGap) || 8;
       const chips = keys ? keys.split('\u0000').map((k) => chipRefs.current.get(k)) : [];
       const widths = chips.map((el) => el?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 0);
       const moreWidth = moreRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect().width ?? 48;
@@ -110,8 +117,21 @@ export const Reactions = as<'div', ReactionsProps>(
         style={{
           ...props.style,
           ...(collapsed && rowHeight
-            ? // 2px breathing room so row-1 focus outlines are not clipped.
-              { maxHeight: rowHeight + 4, overflow: 'hidden', padding: 2, margin: -2 }
+            ? // 2px breathing room so row-1 focus outlines are not clipped. Longhand
+              // margins so the timeline's marginTop survives (Gitea #305: the
+              // `margin` shorthand overrode it and, once removed, cleared it).
+              {
+                maxHeight: rowHeight + 4,
+                overflow: 'hidden',
+                padding: 2,
+                marginLeft: -2,
+                marginRight: -2,
+                marginBottom: -2,
+                marginTop:
+                  props.style?.marginTop !== undefined
+                    ? `calc(${typeof props.style.marginTop === 'number' ? `${props.style.marginTop}px` : props.style.marginTop} - 2px)`
+                    : -2,
+              }
             : {}),
         }}
         ref={(el) => {