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test(web): cover keyboard access as equations grow
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fix(web): tab to equations only when they overflow
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test(web): keep the equation fixture inside the viewport
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test(web): use the default equation fixture layout
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chore: merge main
maria-rcks Oct 30, 2026
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fix(web): explain equation resize observer state synchronization
maria-rcks Oct 30, 2026
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36 changes: 36 additions & 0 deletions apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownMath.browser.test.tsx
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import { expect, it } from "vite-plus/test";
import { userEvent } from "vite-plus/test/browser";

import { render } from "../../../test/render";
import "../../index.css";

import { MarkdownMath } from "./MarkdownMath";

it("keeps keyboard scrolling available as a streamed equation outgrows its viewport", async () => {
const equation = (tex: string, width = 180) => (
<div style={{ width }}>
<button>Before equation</button>
<MarkdownMath tex={tex} display />
<button>After equation</button>
</div>
);
await using screen = await render(equation("x"));
await screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Before equation" }).click();
await userEvent.keyboard("{Tab}");
await expect.element(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "After equation" })).toHaveFocus();

await screen.rerender(equation("x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4 + x_5 + x_6 + x_7 + x_8"));
const scroller = screen.getByLabelText("Scroll display equation");
await expect.element(scroller).toHaveAttribute("tabindex", "0");
await screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Before equation" }).click();
await userEvent.keyboard("{Tab}");
await expect.element(scroller).toHaveFocus();
await userEvent.keyboard("{ArrowRight}");
await expect.element(scroller).not.toHaveProperty("scrollLeft", 0);

await screen.rerender(equation("x_1 + x_2 + x_3 + x_4 + x_5 + x_6 + x_7 + x_8", 1000));
await expect.element(screen.getByLabelText("Scroll display equation")).not.toBeInTheDocument();
await screen.getByRole("button", { name: "Before equation" }).click();
await userEvent.keyboard("{Tab}");
await expect.element(screen.getByRole("button", { name: "After equation" })).toHaveFocus();
});
28 changes: 24 additions & 4 deletions apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownMath.tsx
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import { lazy, memo, Suspense } from "react";
import { lazy, memo, Suspense, useLayoutEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";

import { observeResize } from "../../lib/observeResize";

import { RenderErrorBoundary } from "../RenderErrorBoundary";

Expand All @@ -14,6 +16,20 @@ export const MarkdownMath = memo(function MarkdownMath(props: {
display: boolean;
focusable?: boolean;
}) {
const viewportRef = useRef<HTMLSpanElement>(null);
const contentRef = useRef<HTMLSpanElement>(null);
const [overflows, setOverflows] = useState(false);
// oxlint-disable-next-line t3code/no-unreasoned-state-sync -- observes formula DOM width to make overflowing equations keyboard scrollable
useLayoutEffect(() => {
const viewport = viewportRef.current;
const content = contentRef.current;
if (!viewport || !content || props.focusable === false) return;
const measure = () => setOverflows(viewport.scrollWidth > viewport.clientWidth);
measure();
// Typesetting and streamed TeX can change content width without resizing the viewport.
return observeResize([viewport, content], measure);
}, [props.focusable]);
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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Supported by static analysis

Script executed:

set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- diff ---'
git diff --no-ext-diff --unified=80 9b1d351ba0f63f527f884ffb3f2e394f50388764 38c2b09c1d1eafdbead0be12c3877a298036502b -- apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownMath.tsx apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownMath.browser.test.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- current MarkdownMath.tsx ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownMath.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- test file ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownMath.browser.test.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- package declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'package.json' -e '"katex"' -e '"react"' apps packages package.json || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- MarkdownMath references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'MarkdownMath' -e 'mathrlap' apps/web/src || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 13486

Script executed:

set -u
printf '%s\n' '--- observeResize ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' -e 'export function observeResize' -e 'function observeResize' -e 'observeResize' apps/web/src/lib apps/web/src || test "$?" -eq 1
file=$(rg -l -F --glob '*.{ts,tsx}' 'export function observeResize' apps/web/src || true)
if [ -n "$file" ]; then nl -ba "$file"; fi
printf '%s\n' '--- MathTypeset ---'
nl -ba apps/web/src/components/chat/MathTypeset.tsx
printf '%s\n' '--- lockfile KaTeX entries ---'
rg -n -F -C 3 -e 'katex@' -e 'katex:' pnpm-lock.yaml apps/web/pnpm-lock.yaml package-lock.json yarn.lock 2>/dev/null || true
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant CSS or renderer references ---'
rg -n -F --glob '*.{css,ts,tsx}' -e 'katex' -e 'mathrlap' apps/web/src apps/web || test "$?" -eq 1

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 23627

Web query:

KaTeX v0.16.47 mathrlap source lap.js absolute positioned child scrollWidth ResizeObserver content-box behavior

Result:

Sources consulted:
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/v0.16.47/src/styles/katex.scss
- ResizeObserver: observe() method - Web APIs | MDN — https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ResizeObserver/observe
- KaTeX/CHANGELOG.md at main · KaTeX/KaTeX · GitHub — https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- katex package versions | Snyk | Snyk — https://security.snyk.io/package/npm/katex/versions
- UNPKG — https://app.unpkg.com/katex%400.16.3/files/src/functions
- …and 16 more

Web query:

KaTeX v0.16.47 raw src/functions/lap.js mathrlap rlap inner

Result:

Sources consulted:
- KaTeX/docs/supported.md at main · KaTeX/KaTeX · GitHub — https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/blob/main/docs/supported.md
- KaTeX/CHANGELOG.md at main · KaTeX/KaTeX · GitHub — https://github.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- UNPKG — https://app.unpkg.com/katex%400.16.3/files/src/functions
- UNPKG — https://app.unpkg.com/katex%400.16.10/files/src/functions
- Debian -- File list of package katex/sid/all — https://packages.debian.org/sid/all/katex/filelist
- …and 28 more

Web query:

CSS overflow scrollable overflow area absolutely positioned descendants scrollWidth specification

Result:

Sources consulted:
- CSSOM View Module — https://www.w3.org/TR/cssom-view/
- CSS Overflow Module Level 3 — https://www.w3.org/TR/css-overflow/
- CSS Overflow Module Level 3 — https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow/
- …and 25 more

Web query:

site:raw.githubusercontent.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/v0.16.47/src/functions/lap.js mathrlap

Result:

Sources consulted:
- 1.8 Aligning equations inbetween text — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AnMnv/AnMnv.github.io/master/eBook.pdf
- LaTeX-cn — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/suziwen/pdffiles/main/LaTeX-cn-v1.6.4pre.pdf
- Table of Contents xi — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcoteran/lst/master/laboratory/introtolatex/resources/StefanKottwitzLaTeXBeginnersGuide.pdf
- 52 第四章：数学 — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/huangxg/lnotes/master/lnotes2.pdf
- Babel — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/latex3/babel/v.3.79/babel.pdf
- …and 27 more

Script executed:

python3 - <<'PY'
from urllib.request import urlopen
url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/KaTeX/KaTeX/v0.16.47/src/functions/lap.js"
with urlopen(url, timeout=10) as response:
    text = response.read().decode("utf-8")
print(text)
PY

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 940

Script executed:

python3 - <<'PY'
from urllib.request import urlopen
import tarfile
import io
import json

meta_url = "https://registry.npmjs.org/katex/0.16.47"
with urlopen(meta_url, timeout=10) as response:
    meta = json.load(response)
tarball_url = meta["dist"]["tarball"]
with urlopen(tarball_url, timeout=10) as response:
    archive = tarfile.open(fileobj=io.BytesIO(response.read()), mode="r:gz")
for name in ("package/src/functions/lap.js", "package/src/functions/lap.ts"):
    try:
        print(f"--- {name} ---")
        print(archive.extractfile(name).read().decode("utf-8"))
        break
    except KeyError:
        continue
else:
    print("No lap source file in the pinned package artifact")
PY

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 2787

Remeasure when props.tex changes.

KaTeX renders \mathrlap as a zero-width .rlap with an absolutely positioned .inner. The inner content can increase scrollWidth without changing the observed viewport or content boxes. Because this effect does not depend on props.tex, the scroller can remain at tabIndex="-1" after a TeX update.

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-  }, [props.focusable]);
+  }, [props.focusable, props.tex]);
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return observeResize([viewport, content], measure);
}, [props.focusable]);
return observeResize([viewport, content], measure);
}, [props.focusable, props.tex]);
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/components/chat/MarkdownMath.tsx around lines 30
- 31:
Update the resize-observation effect in MarkdownMath so it reruns when props.tex
changes, in addition to props.focusable. This ensures the measurement and
scroller focusability are recalculated after TeX updates.

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const scrollable = props.focusable !== false && overflows;
const tex = props.tex.trim();
const source = props.display ? `\\[\n${tex}\n\\]` : `\\(${tex}\\)`;
const fallback = <span className="whitespace-pre-wrap">{source}</span>;
Expand All @@ -36,17 +52,21 @@ export const MarkdownMath = memo(function MarkdownMath(props: {
}
>
<span
ref={viewportRef}
className="block max-w-full overflow-x-auto overflow-y-hidden in-[.chat-markdown-table-container]:max-w-none in-[.chat-markdown-table-container]:overflow-visible px-0.5 py-0.75 focus-visible:outline-1 focus-visible:outline-solid focus-visible:-outline-offset-1 focus-visible:outline-border [&::-webkit-scrollbar]:h-2 [&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:rounded [&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:border [&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:border-transparent [&::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb]:bg-clip-content"
tabIndex={props.focusable === false ? -1 : 0}
tabIndex={scrollable ? 0 : -1}
aria-label={
props.focusable === false
!scrollable
? undefined
: props.display
? "Scroll display equation"
: "Scroll inline equation"
}
>
<span className={props.display ? "inline-block w-max min-w-full" : "inline-block w-max"}>
<span
ref={contentRef}
className={props.display ? "inline-block w-max min-w-full" : "inline-block w-max"}
>
<RenderErrorBoundary resetKeys={[tex]} fallback={fallback}>
<Suspense fallback={fallback}>
<MathTypeset tex={tex} display={props.display} fallback={fallback} />
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