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Fixes #1036

Summary

When lanes changes, every measured size is cleared and only the rendered items are measured again. Positions in a lane are sums over the items above it, so a row that is only partly measured lets one lane drift away from the others. Two things left rows partly measured:

1. Overscan was per item, but the range is aligned to whole rows. With lanes: 5, the range 35–98 became 34–99, so lane 4 got extra items measured.

 getVirtualIndexes
   calculateRange()               # aligned to whole rows
-  rangeExtractor({ startIndex, endIndex, overscan, count })
+  rangeExtractor({ startIndex, endIndex, overscan, count, lanes })

 defaultRangeExtractor(range)
-  start = startIndex - overscan
+  start = startIndex - overscan * (range.lanes ?? 1)

2. A ResizeObserver callback notified after every entry. Since #1239, a notify that adjusted scroll re-renders synchronously (flushSync). That render can unmount nodes whose entries are still queued, so the rest of the row is never measured.

 ResizeObserver callback
-  for each entry
-    resizeItem → applyScrollAdjustment → notify(sync)   # flushSync, may unmount queued nodes
+  for each entry
+    resizeItem → applyScrollAdjustment                  # record in batch
+      (rebuild positions first if an earlier entry moved scrollTop)
+  notify(any entry adjusted scroll)                     # once, still same frame (#1227)
+  retry clamped adjustment (#1258/#1266)

Inside a batch there is no re-render between entries, so resizeItem rebuilds positions (getMeasurements(), incremental from pendingMin) once an earlier entry moved scrollTop. Without that, the #1218 check (don't compensate an item that spans the fold) compares a stale start against an already advanced offset. With no scroll move the positions are exactly as stale as before batching, so there is no rebuild and those batches cost the same as on main.

Range.lanes is optional. A custom rangeExtractor that delegates to defaultRangeExtractor gets row overscan; one that computes its own indexes behaves as before. Docs for overscan and rangeExtractor are updated.

Evidence

e2e lanes-change.spec.ts ports the reproduction from the issue (100 square cells, 10 lanes, scroll to the end, toggle to 5) and checks that every rendered row shares one start:

  • Before (main): fails, lanes in the same row at different starts
    row 18: 1426, 1146, 1076, 1006, 1566
    row 19: 1548, 1268, 1198, 1128, 1688
    
    With only fix 1 it still fails (row 16: 972, 832 …), so both fixes are needed.
  • After: passes, 10/10 with --repeat-each 10.

Core unit tests:

defaultRangeExtractor: overscan expands by whole rows when lanes > 1   main ✗ → ✓
multi-lane virtualizer renders whole rows with overscan (#1036)        main ✗ → ✓
ResizeObserver batch: a sync re-render does not drop queued entries    main ✗ → ✓
ResizeObserver batch: later entries see starts updated by earlier ones (#1218)
                                                                        ✓ on main; ✗ if the rebuild is removed

Performance, benchmarks/ (real Chromium, tanstack lib, 2 × 7 runs per side, medians). No difference beyond noise:

Scenario Metric main PR
mount-dynamic-1k (measure on mount) settle ms 125.5 126.0
mount-dynamic-10k (measure on mount) settle ms 123.4 121.6
fast-scroll-dynamic-10k fps / long frames / jank 60 / 0 / 0 60 / 0 / 0
jump-to-end-dynamic-10k settle ms 83.9 81.3
jump-*-accuracy-dynamic-10k landing error px (median) 0 0

The suite is single lane, so it measures the batching, not row overscan.

Full runs: virtual-core vitest 189/189, react-virtual Playwright 39/39, tsc clean for virtual-core and react-virtual.

Merge Danger

Door: two-way

Both changes are local to virtual-core and revert cleanly. Range.lanes is an optional addition.

Blast Radius: moderate

  • Multi-lane render count: with lanes > 1, overscan now adds whole rows, so more items render (lanes: 4, overscan: 2 adds 8 per side instead of 2). Released as minor for this reason.
  • ResizeObserver timing (all lists, not only lanes): a callback with many entries now produces one notify instead of one per entry. Scroll writes still land in the same callback, so the Up-scroll jank from uncompensated above-viewport resizes #1227 same-paint guarantee holds. With useAnimationFrameWithResizeObserver, all entries run in one rAF instead of one each.

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  • New Features
    • In multi-lane layouts, overscan now adds complete rows so lanes stay aligned.
  • Bug Fixes
    • Resize updates are measured together before the layout is refreshed, helping prevent missed measurements when updates trigger a synchronous render.
  • Documentation
    • Clarified how overscan and custom range extractors work with multiple lanes.

…reElement (TanStack#1036)

With lanes > 1, changing `lanes` clears measured sizes, and only the
rendered items get re-measured. Two things left a row partly measured,
so one lane drifted away from the others:

- overscan was applied per item, while the visible range is aligned to
  whole rows. `Range` gains an optional `lanes` field, and
  `defaultRangeExtractor` now overscans by whole rows.
- a ResizeObserver callback notified after every entry. A notify that
  adjusted scroll re-renders synchronously, which can unmount nodes whose
  entries are still queued. The callback now measures all entries, then
  notifies once (sync if any entry moved scrollTop). Later entries in a
  batch rebuild positions first, so the TanStack#1218 anchoring check stays right.

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The virtualizer now expands overscan by whole rows when multiple lanes are configured. It also measures ResizeObserver entries in a batch before notifying. New tests cover range selection, batch measurement, and alignment after changing lanes.

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Lane Layout and Measurement

Layer / File(s) Summary
Lane-aware range extraction
packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts, packages/virtual-core/tests/index.test.ts, docs/api/virtualizer.md
Range includes an optional lane count, which the virtualizer passes to range extractors. The default extractor scales overscan by the lane count. Tests and documentation cover whole-row overscan and aligned ranges.
ResizeObserver batch measurement
packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts, packages/virtual-core/tests/index.test.ts, .changeset/lanes-row-alignment.md
The virtualizer measures ResizeObserver entries in a batch and notifies once after measurements. Tests cover updated positions and queued entries during synchronous rerenders. The changeset describes both behavior updates.
Dynamic lane-change end-to-end test
packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/lanes-change/*, packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/test/lanes-change.spec.ts, packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/vite.config.ts
A test app switches between five and ten lanes. The Playwright test checks row alignment after the switch.

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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Medium





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The lane-change regression test may miss the end-of-list state it is intended to check. Confirm that the final items are rendered and measured before relying on this test for merge readiness.

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packages/react-virtual/e2e/app/test/lanes-change.spec.ts (1)

31-31: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🔵 Trivial | ⚡ Quick win

Wait for measured layout before asserting alignment.

During normal scrolling, measureElement skips synchronous reads and relies on ResizeObserver. The scroll callback can therefore report the current end position before the newly rendered cells are measured. After the lane toggle, the cell width changes from 10% to 20%, but misalignedRows only compares data-start values. The poll and the fixed delay do not assert that the five-lane sizes reached the virtualizer.

Wait for the scroll-triggered cells to be measured before relying on the end position. After toggling lanes, poll the virtual items or equivalent DOM state until the relevant cells report the five-lane measured size. Then run both alignment assertions and remove the fixed 300 ms delay.

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packages/virtual-core/src/index.ts (2)

535-556: Clear _resizeBatch before the post-batch notify.

The finally block sets this._resizeBatch = null before notify. A synchronous onChange can then call measureElement, and that call reaches resizeItem outside the batch. That path notifies directly, which is the earlier behavior and is acceptable. Line 1754 depends on batch.notify, so the first entry reads the memoized caches and later entries rebuild them. The order is correct.

One edge remains. With useAnimationFrameWithResizeObserver, run executes in a later frame. A node can disconnect before that frame. measureEntry handles the disconnected node, so this edge is also covered.

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…croll move

Inside a ResizeObserver batch, `resizeItem` now rebuilds measurements only
once an earlier entry moved `scrollOffset`. Without a scroll move the
caches are as stale as they were before batching, so the rebuild was
wasted work for batches below the viewport.

e2e: wait until the 5-lane sizes are measured before checking alignment,
instead of polling a trivially aligned unmeasured layout and sleeping.
Import `Page` as a type.

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