navigating notifications via j / k doesn't scroll pane

[aspiers]

Are you experiencing this issue in octobox.io or your own instance?

• octobox.io
• My instance

🐞 Problem

When the list of notifications is longer than can fit in the browser window, navigating up and down the notifications via the j and k keyboard shortcuts can result in the selected item being off the bottom or top of the visible part of the list:

🎯 Goal

When the selection moves outside the visible pane, the pane should automatically scroll to make the selected item visible.

💡 Possible solutions

The automatic scrolling could either scroll:

• the minimum amount required to keep the selected item on the screen, requiring it to happen every time when scrolling continues in the same direction, or
• the maximum amount (i.e. by a whole page, placing the selected item at the top of the pane if j was pressed, or at the bottom if k was pressed), requiring it to happen once per page of items, or
• half a page, placing the selected item in the middle of the pane, and requiring it to happen approximately half as many times as full page scrolling.

The latter option has the advantage of showing items both above and below the now-centered selected item, so maybe that's the best option.

[chrisdoherty4]

It would be great to get this feature.

I also had thoughts about an infinite scroll (which is somewhat orthogonal to this). The pagination feels less desirable when using hotkeys and felt myself wanting the screen to just load more as I moved through the notifications.