Threads open on the newest message

Opening or switching a conversation lands on the latest message, and a jump button returns you there.

What it is

The thread pins itself to the bottom on open, refresh and contact switch, without animation. It stops sticking as soon as the user scrolls away deliberately, and a jump control brings them back.

Also called: have to scroll to the bottom · conversation opens at the top · jump to latest

See it
Threads open on the newest message
🔒ridgelinepostframe.com/project/thread648
Barndominium
Framing · on schedule
A long thread opening straight onto the newest bubble, with the jump-to-latest chevron visible after scrolling up. ContactsView.tsx. Sample data — no customer information appears here.
How it works
  1. 1A callback ref attaches the moment the scroller node exists, whatever the mount order
  2. 2The real scrolling element is found by walking OUT from a rendered message to the first genuinely overflowing ancestor
  3. 3Position is set at several intervals after mount so late-loading media cannot leave it stranded
  4. 4Sticking is disabled once the user scrolls up themselves
Why we built it

Every time a conversation was opened, refreshed or switched, it landed at the top of the history — so the newest message, the only one anyone opens a conversation to see, sat a full scroll away every single time. On a customer with months of messages that scroll was long enough that reps started checking their phone instead. Threads now open on the latest message, with a jump button to return there.

The problem
  • Scroll position resetting to the oldest message
  • A jump-to-latest button that silently did nothing
Sound familiar?
What you get
The message you opened the thread for is the first thing you see
Works no matter how the layout is reorganised

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