Recent Projects Picker Fails to Auto-Scroll Matched Items into View

[AntonEriksson978]

Summary

The recent_projects picker (shortcut "projects::OpenRecent") does not put the matched project list item "into view" (make it visible in the picker) when the list is too long.

Description

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open a large number of projects in Zed so that the "recent projects" list becomes scrollable.
2. Use the shortcut projects::OpenRecent to open the recent projects picker.
3. Start typing the name of a project that is not initially visible in the picker (e.g., one that is far down the list).
4. Observe whether the matched project is automatically scrolled into view.

Expected Behavior: The matched project should be automatically scrolled into view (or be visable in some other fashion) in the picker when typing its name.

Actual Behavior: The matched project remains out of view, requiring manual scrolling to locate it.

Zed Version and System Specs

Zed: v0.185.16 (Zed) OS: macOS 15.4.1 Memory: 18 GiB Architecture: aarch64

[MrSubidubi]

Hey, thanks for your report!

For cases where it does not autoscroll, are there any chars highlighted in the other recent projects appearing above the project you actually want to select? Furthermore, does your problem disappear if you narrow your search query?

[AntonEriksson978]

Hey, thanks for your report!

For cases where it does not autoscroll, are there any chars highlighted in the other recent projects appearing above the project you actually want to select? Furthermore, does your problem disappear if you narrow your search query?

Yes, chars are highlighted in the other recent projects appearing above the one highlighted (which is still out of view). And yes, once narrow the search the list of recent projects shrink due to the more narrow filter and eventually the match is among the top six so I can actually see whats highlighted.

The issue here is that I would expect to always tell what my current match is. Now if i just type 1 or 2 letters and it matches a projected "out of sight" i have no idea where i will end up if i press enter.

[MrSubidubi]

Ah now I am getting you. Didn't have the match out of sight yesterday upon initial testing but can reproduce now, thank you for clarifying. Definitely is unintuitive and seems like a bug.

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