[scroll] keep a set contentOffset as set on macOS, instead of clamping it into the scrollable range

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Summary

• On macOS, setting contentOffset now keeps the offset as set, even outside the scrollable range, as UIKit does. It used to clamp the offset into the range.
• A resize, or the next mouse wheel or trackpad scroll, brings an out-of-range offset back into range, and the scroll bars follow the offset.
• A nested scroll view whose offset is outside its range now handles a trackpad gesture itself, so AppKit brings the offset back, instead of passing the gesture to its parent and staying out of range (CodeRabbit's review finding).

What changed

• ScrollView.contentOffset (macOS): the setter calls NSClipView.scroll(to:), which keeps the point as given, then reflectScrolledClipView(_:) to move the scroll bars. It used NSView.scroll(_:), which clamps the point and also added floating-point noise (20.3 read back as 20.299999999999997).
• Scroll routing (macOS): when a trackpad gesture begins, a scroll view whose offset is outside its range along either axis now handles the gesture, and AppKit brings the offset back along both axes with its usual bounce. Before, a nested scroll view that couldn't scroll further in the gesture's direction passed the gesture to a parent that could, and kept showing the space past its content. Within the range, the routing is unchanged, including passing the gesture to the parent at the edge.
• Tests:
  • test_contentOffset_outsideScrollableRange now expects the same result on both platforms: the offset stays as set, and a resize brings it back into range.
  • New macOS tests: a fractional offset reads back exactly, the scroll bar follows the offset (this test fails without the reflectScrolledClipView(_:) call), and a mouse wheel scroll brings an out-of-range offset back to the nearest end.
  • The routing's first tests, with synthetic trackpad gestures: at each of the four edges, an out-of-range nested scroll view comes back into range and the parent gets no events, a nested scroll view at its end still passes the gesture to the parent, and one whose content is smaller than it still passes the gesture on. Without the new condition, all four edges fail.
  • test_isScrollEnabled_scrollWheel checked "doesn't scroll" right after the event, before AppKit applies a scroll on the run loop, so it passed either way. It now lets the run loop turn first, and also checks that an enabled scroll view scrolls. Breaking the disabled path so it scrolls, or the enabled path so it doesn't, now fails the test. The old test would have passed both.
• CHANGELOG: the ScrollViewType entry notes that setContentOffset(_:) clamped on macOS and contentOffset doesn't, and the setBounds(_:) migration note now lists the clamping as a difference. The routing fix corrects behavior that's new in this release, so it has no entry of its own.

Findings

• Render timing ([render] Scrolling renders immediately on macOS, but at the next layout pass on iOS #99): in test_willRenderHandler, the clamping made both platforms read an offset of 50 right after a resize, by coincidence. AppKit renders the resize right away, inside frame.size =, so the will-render handler's offset of 100 is already set, and now it stays. UIKit renders the resize in the next layout pass. The check right after the resize is now per platform, and the state after layoutIfNeeded() is the same on both. [render] Scrolling renders immediately on macOS, but at the next layout pass on iOS #99 should let the two branches merge back.
• UIKit snaps a set offset to the pixel grid ([render] Make visibleSize and the render size exact on macOS, instead of rounded to pixels #102): on the 2x iPhone 11 simulator, setting 10.3 reads back 10.5, while macOS now keeps 10.3. Layout doesn't depend on the offset, so the viewport differs by at most half a pixel. Whether macOS should snap too is now an open decision in [render] Make visibleSize and the render size exact on macOS, instead of rounded to pixels #102.
• A gesture during a bounce: a nested scroll view that's still bouncing back from an overscroll is also outside its range, so a gesture that begins then now stays with it and catches the bounce, as on UIKit, instead of going to the parent. Synthetic events can't produce a real overscroll, so this timing isn't tested, but it takes the same path as the tested cases. The alternative, passing the gesture to the parent and snapping the inner view back, would jump and would need ComposeUI to move the offset itself.
• Mouse wheel routing ([scroll] Route each mouse wheel event on its own, instead of by the last trackpad gesture's target #107): the routing decided when a trackpad gesture begins also applies to every mouse wheel event after it, until the next gesture. That's on master too, so it has its own issue.

Test plan

• Full macOS suite: 1,397 tests, 0 failures.
• Full iOS suite: 1,305 tests, 0 failures.
• Coverage: every changed line runs under the tests, and the routing reaches both targets.
• The routing tests passed 5 of 5 local runs.
• make format and make lint.
• Manual: in the macOS playground, an offset set 300 pt past the end comes back into range with a two-finger trackpad swipe.
• CI on all four platforms for the latest commit: macOS, iOS, tvOS and visionOS pass, along with Lint. tvOS and visionOS aren't installed locally.

Fixes #100

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • On macOS, setting a scroll view’s content offset now preserves the requested position, including offsets outside the scrollable range, rather than clamping it immediately.
  • Fractional content offsets are retained more precisely, and scrolling behavior after resizing is clarified.
• Documentation
  • Updated the ScrollView breaking-change notes to clarify how macOS content-offset and bounds-setting behavior differ.

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Walkthrough

The AppKit ScrollView.contentOffset setter now preserves assigned offsets outside the scrollable range. Tests cover fractional offsets, resizing, scroll-wheel input, scroller position, and render-handler behavior.

Changes

ScrollView offset behavior

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Set and document content offsets ComposeUI/Sources/ComposeUI/CrossPlatform/ScrollView/ScrollView.swift, CHANGELOG.md	The AppKit setter uses NSClipView.scroll(to:) and updates the scroller state. The documentation and changelog describe retained offsets and the previous macOS behavior.
Verify offset and scrolling behavior ComposeUI/Tests/ComposeUITests/CrossPlatform/ScrollView/ScrollViewTests.swift, ComposeUI/Tests/ComposeUITests/ComposeView/ComposeView+RenderHandlerTests.swift	Tests check fractional and out-of-range offsets, resizing, scroll-wheel input, scroller position, and render-handler behavior on AppKit and UIKit.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Change: Bug fix · Severity of issue fixed: Low

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 88565

Assigned offsets now remain outside the scrollable range as intended, but a nested trackpad gesture can leave a child out of range while scrolling its parent. Mergeable with owner awareness and a targeted recovery fix.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 88565

The inspected change affects local scrolling and rendering, with no demonstrated new security exposure. Recovery after nested scroll-event forwarding remains unverified, so the assessment is bounded rather than a complete assurance.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

Security review details

Security Blast Radius

• inferred — The demonstrated exposure is the affected scroll view's viewport, its ComposeView rendering consumers, and related responder-chain scrolling. The inspected relationships do not establish expansion into tenants, services, data stores, infrastructure authority, or privileged sinks; capped downstream coverage limits this conclusion.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

• observed — The isScrollEnabled check governs wheel-event handling: disabled scrolling forwards events without calling the local AppKit scrolling path. The separate programmatic offset setter mutates viewport geometry directly. The inspected code does not present the scrolling-enable flag or offset clamping as an authorization boundary.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 9 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 …	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	The PR satisfies the coding requirements in issue #100. The macOS setter uses NSClipView.scroll(to:) and reflectScrolledClipView(_:), so assigned offsets remain available outside the scrollable ra…
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The changed source, tests, and changelog all support issue #100. The render-handler test updates verify the required bounds-change and resize behavior. No unrelated change is identified.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and specifically describes the main change: macOS now retains a set contentOffset instead of clamping it to the scrollable range.

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Explanation

Docstring coverage is 0.00% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 9 functions across 3 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.)

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✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 96.40%. Comparing base (7565702) to head (c1063fd).

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- Line 63: Update the scroll-event eligibility path around
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