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Problem

A native virtual list can change its scroll offset without a touch event. An app that recycles rows from scrollTop then keeps the old row window after wheel or scrollbar input.

Change

  • Register scroll as a per-node event and expose onScroll on the virtual-list API.
  • Dispatch a non-bubbling, non-cancelable event when a virtual list's offset changes.
  • Deliver all listeners on the target even when the event does not bubble.
  • Lower an Event-typed listener parameter to the engine event, so onScroll={(event) => ...} receives the scroll event and event.type reads "scroll". The parameter previously lowered to a synthesized record, and the app aborted on the first scroll with the handler for "scroll" declares an event parameter, which no host table states a carrier for.

Verification

Windows

  • Built the virtual-list example with the matching local Windows and examples changes.
  • After 12 Win32 page-downs, the native offset was 12048 device pixels and Core read 6024 logical pixels at 2x scale; rows 69–73 rendered.
  • A focused runtime probe delivered both target listeners and no parent listener.
  • The isolated example passed tsc --noEmit.

Integration retest: the first image-based scroll check did not exercise JSX onScroll. Manual interaction exposed that the compiler delegated this non-bubbling event to body; compiler#1 binds it to the target. The rebuilt Windows app with all four changes appeared fixed in manual retest. Merge this PR with that compiler dependency in mind.

macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 26.6.2, Xcode 26.4.1)

iOS (iPhone 16 Pro simulator, iOS 26.4)

  • Both handler forms scrolled past Add Sparkline #16, updated rows during a slow drag and returned to the top. The parameterful form logged 259 scroll events with no abort.
  • Momentum scrolling was not exercised: the simulator's injected touches release with no velocity.

Dependencies

Merge with geastack/compiler#1. macOS also needs geastack/apple#1.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Virtual lists now emit scroll events when their scroll position changes.
    • Added an optional onScroll callback to the VirtualList component.
    • Scroll events can be handled without bubbling to ancestor elements.
    • Calling stopPropagation() prevents an event from reaching ancestor elements while allowing other listeners on the same element to run.

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The event system now tracks scroll listeners and applies propagation rules. Virtual-list scroll position updates dispatch non-bubbling, non-cancelable scroll events. The core event map and VirtualList APIs expose an optional onScroll callback. Host shims map the base Event interface to the native event carrier and bind its type getter.

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Virtual-list scroll events

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scroll event type and listener dispatch
packages/core/include/events.h, packages/core/events.cpp, packages/engine/ui/tree_events.h, packages/engine/ui/tree_events.cpp, packages/core/test/test_gea_engine_rare_data_main.cpp
The event system recognizes the Scroll event type and tracks scroll listeners. Dispatch runs remaining listeners on the current node after propagation stops or bubbling is disabled. It does not traverse to ancestors in those cases. Tests check same-node listener execution and non-bubbling behavior.
Base Event host-shim mapping
packages/geatsc-plugin-gea/src/host-shims.ts, packages/geatsc-plugin-gea/test/host-shims-protocol.test.mjs
Host shims include the base Event interface in event receiver matching, map it to the PointerEvent native carrier, and bind its type getter. The protocol test checks event mappings and native Event member mappings.
Virtual-list scroll dispatch
packages/elements/ui/virtual_list.cpp
Tree::setScrollTop routes virtual-list nodes to VirtualListRenderer. The renderer dispatches a scroll event after updating the position when the node has scroll listeners.
Public onScroll API
packages/core/index.d.ts, packages/elements/components/VirtualList.d.ts, packages/elements/components/VirtualList.tsx
The event map and virtual-list prop types include onScroll. VirtualList forwards the callback to the native element.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Tree
  participant VirtualListRenderer
  participant TreeEventDispatcher
  Tree->>VirtualListRenderer: setScrollTop for a virtual-list node
  VirtualListRenderer->>TreeEventDispatcher: dispatch non-bubbling Scroll event when listeners exist
  TreeEventDispatcher->>TreeEventDispatcher: invoke target listeners without traversing ancestors
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Virtual-list scroll events no longer reach parent listeners when they do not bubble. No actionable merge risk remains in the reviewed changes.

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🟠 Major · Stop non-bubbling events at the target even when it has no listener. · tree_events.cpp:373-376

packages/engine/ui/tree_events.cpp:373-376
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Stop non-bubbling events at the target even when it has no listener.

If a virtual list has no scroll listener but an ancestor does, dispatchScrollEvent() still calls this dispatcher. These continue paths skip the target, then deliver its non-bubbling scroll event to the ancestor. End the ancestor walk after checking the target, regardless of whether the target has a listener. This unchanged dispatch path becomes observable through the new virtual-list scroll event.

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In `@packages/engine/ui/tree_events.cpp` around lines 373 - 376, Update the
ancestor walk in dispatchScrollEvent so a non-bubbling event stops after
checking the target, even when rareDataFor returns no data or listenersFor
returns an empty list. Ensure those continue paths cannot skip the target-only
termination; preserve listener delivery when the target has one.

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In `@packages/engine/ui/tree_events.cpp`:
- Line 414: Update event dispatch around the propagationStopped check so
stopPropagation() stops traversal to ancestor targets without interrupting
remaining listeners on the current target. Continue dispatching that target’s
listeners, then end the ancestor walk; keep immediate listener termination
separate.

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In `@packages/engine/ui/tree_events.cpp`:
- Around line 373-376: Update the ancestor walk in dispatchScrollEvent so a
non-bubbling event stops after checking the target, even when rareDataFor
returns no data or listenersFor returns an empty list. Ensure those continue
paths cannot skip the target-only termination; preserve listener delivery when
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🟡 Minor · Cover VirtualList scroll listener delivery in the integration test. · virtual_list.cpp:240

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Cover VirtualList scroll listener delivery in the integration test.

The existing drag test verifies row rebinding, but it does not verify dispatchScrollEvent(node) delivery. Add target and parent listeners before the drag, then assert that both target listeners run and the parent listener does not.

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@@
 	if (!verifyVisibleRowBindings(mountedLists[0], "initial")) {
 		dumpTree("test_gea_virtual_list_main");
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	int firstTargetScrollHits = 0;
+	int secondTargetScrollHits = 0;
+	int parentScrollHits = 0;
+	const int parentId = tree.node(mountedLists[0]).parent;
+	tree.setEventListener(mountedLists[0], "scroll", [&](gea::framework::events::PointerEvent &) {
+		firstTargetScrollHits++;
+	});
+	tree.setEventListener(mountedLists[0], "scroll", [&](gea::framework::events::PointerEvent &) {
+		secondTargetScrollHits++;
+	});
+	tree.setEventListener(parentId, "scroll", [&](gea::framework::events::PointerEvent &) {
+		parentScrollHits++;
+	});
+
 	const int dragX = kViewportWidth / 2;
 	const int dragY = list.layout.y + 500;
@@
 	}
 	dispatchTouch(gea::framework::events::TouchPhase::Up, false, dragX, dragY - 6 * 83);
 
+	if (firstTargetScrollHits == 0 || secondTargetScrollHits == 0 || parentScrollHits != 0) {
+		std::fprintf(stderr,
+		             "[test_gea_virtual_list_main] expected both target scroll listeners and no parent listener, got target=(%d,%d) parent=%d\n",
+		             firstTargetScrollHits,
+		             secondTargetScrollHits,
+		             parentScrollHits);
+		dumpTree("test_gea_virtual_list_main");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
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In `@packages/elements/ui/virtual_list.cpp` at line 240, Extend the VirtualList
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two scroll listeners on the list and one on its parent before dragging;
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In `@packages/elements/ui/virtual_list.cpp`:
- Line 240: Extend the VirtualList integration drag test that exercises
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one on its parent before dragging; afterward, assert both list listeners ran and
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