Allow Scrolling During Ask AI Responses (Stop Auto-Scroll Lock)
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Joshua Rammacher
When Ask AI is generating a response, the chat window force-scrolls you to the bottom as new tokens stream in. If you try to scroll up to reference something earlier in the conversation — like a previous instruction, a code block, or context you need to compare against — it snaps you back down in a laggy, jittery way until the response is fully complete.
This makes it really difficult to work with longer conversations where you need to scroll up and reference earlier parts of the chat while the AI is still responding. You basically have to sit and wait for it to finish before you can move around in the thread.
Most modern AI chat interfaces (Claude, ChatGPT, etc.) handle this by detecting when the user manually scrolls up and pausing the auto-scroll. A small "scroll to bottom" button appears so you can jump back down when you're ready. The auto-scroll only resumes if you're already at the bottom.
Suggested behavior:
• If the user is at the bottom of the chat, auto-scroll as the response streams in (current behavior, this is fine)
• If the user scrolls up during a response, stop auto-scrolling and let them read freely
• Show a small "Jump to latest" button so they can return to the bottom when ready
Small UX fix that would make a big difference when working on longer or more complex prompts with Ask AI.
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