UX: Fix several issues with topic progress refactor (#14790)

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-navigation.js

@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ const MIN_WIDTH_TIMELINE = 924,
   MIN_HEIGHT_TIMELINE = 325;
 
 export default Component.extend(PanEvents, {
-  classNameBindings: [
+  classNameBindings: ["info.topicProgressExpanded:topic-progress-expanded"],
-    "info.topicProgressExpanded:topic-progress-expanded",
-    "info.renderTimeline:render-timeline",
-  ],
   composerOpen: null,
   info: null,
   isPanning: false,

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/topic-progress.js

@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ import discourseComputed, { bind } from "discourse-common/utils/decorators";
 import Component from "@ember/component";
 import I18n from "I18n";
 import { alias } from "@ember/object/computed";
-import { scheduleOnce } from "@ember/runloop";
+import { later, scheduleOnce } from "@ember/runloop";
 
 export default Component.extend({
   elementId: "topic-progress-wrapper",
-  classNameBindings: ["docked"],
+  classNameBindings: ["docked", "withTransitions"],
   docked: false,
+  withTransitions: null,
   progressPosition: null,
   postStream: alias("topic.postStream"),
   _streamPercentage: null,
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ export default Component.extend({
       scheduleOnce("afterRender", this, this._topicScrolled, this.prevEvent);
     }
     scheduleOnce("afterRender", this, this._startObserver);
+
+    // start CSS transitions a tiny bit later
+    // to avoid jumpiness on initial topic load
+    later(this._addCssTransitions, 500);
   },
 
   willDestroyElement() {
@@ -108,6 +113,14 @@ export default Component.extend({
       .off("topic:current-post-scrolled", this, this._topicScrolled);
   },
 
+  @bind
+  _addCssTransitions() {
+    if (this.isDestroying || this.isDestroyed) {
+      return;
+    }
+    this.set("withTransitions", true);
+  },
+
   _startObserver() {
     if ("IntersectionObserver" in window) {
       this._topicBottomObserver = this._setupObserver();
@@ -118,12 +131,15 @@ export default Component.extend({
   },
 
   _setupObserver() {
-    const composerH =
+    // minimum 50px here ensures element is not docked when
-      document.querySelector("#reply-control")?.clientHeight || 0;
+    // scrolling down quickly, it causes post stream refresh loop
+    // on Android
+    const bottomIntersectionMargin =
+      document.querySelector("#reply-control")?.clientHeight || 50;
 
     return new IntersectionObserver(this._intersectionHandler, {
-      threshold: 0.1,
+      threshold: 1,
-      rootMargin: `0px 0px -${composerH}px 0px`,
+      rootMargin: `0px 0px -${bottomIntersectionMargin}px 0px`,
     });
   },
 

app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss

@@ -42,28 +42,31 @@ $topic-progress-height: 42px;
   }
 
   // timeline
+  @media screen and (min-width: 925px) {
+    // at 925px viewport width and above the timeline is visible (see topic-navigation.js)
     .topic-navigation {
-    &.render-timeline {
       grid-area: timeline;
       align-self: start;
       @include sticky;
       top: calc(var(--header-offset, 60px) + 2em);
       margin-left: 1em;
       z-index: z("timeline");
-    }
+
-    &:not(.render-timeline) {
-      // span all columns of grid layout so RTL can go as far left as possible
-      grid-column: 1/-1;
-      // save the space to avoid jumping when child gets fixed-positioned
-      min-height: $topic-progress-height;
-    }
       &.topic-progress-expanded {
         z-index: z("fullscreen");
       }
     }
-
+  }
   // progress bar
   @media screen and (max-width: 924px) {
+    grid-template-areas: "posts";
+    grid-template-columns: auto;
+    .topic-navigation {
+      grid-area: posts;
+      grid-row: 2;
+      width: auto;
+    }
+
     .timeline-container:not(.timeline-fullscreen) {
       display: none; // hiding this because sometimes the JS switch lags and causes layout issues
     }
@@ -92,7 +95,6 @@ $topic-progress-height: 42px;
 #topic-progress-wrapper {
   position: fixed;
   bottom: 0px;
-  transition: bottom 0.1s, margin-bottom 0.1s;
   right: 10px;
   margin: 0 auto;
   display: flex;
@@ -133,6 +135,14 @@ $topic-progress-height: 42px;
       margin-right: calc(#{$reply-area-max-width} / 2 * -1);
     }
   }
+
+  &.with-transitions {
+    transition: bottom 0.2s, margin-bottom 0.2s;
+
+    #topic-progress .bg {
+      transition: width 0.5s;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 #topic-progress {
@@ -170,7 +180,6 @@ $topic-progress-height: 42px;
     bottom: 0;
     width: var(--progress-bg-width, 0);
     background-color: var(--tertiary-low);
-    transition: width 0.75s;
   }
 }
 

app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-post.scss

@@ -613,8 +613,7 @@ blockquote {
   box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
-.topic-area > .loading-container,
+.topic-area > .loading-container {
-.topic-navigation:not(.render-timeline) {
   // loader needs to be same width as posts
   width: calc(
     #{$topic-avatar-width} + #{$topic-body-width} +

app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic.scss

@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-.container.posts {
-  grid-template-areas: "posts";
-  grid-template-columns: auto;
-}
-
 .post-info a {
   color: var(--primary-medium);
 }