From 3e9e191bba488850ce00b3046b62d7960e942e61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "stravo1@mac" <stravoone@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:57:22 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix: arrow key navigation stops working after scrolling a
 few rows

---
 src/cellmanager.js | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cellmanager.js b/src/cellmanager.js
index 8275bfd..755f3ef 100644
--- a/src/cellmanager.js
+++ b/src/cellmanager.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export default class CellManager {
         this.bindKeyboardSelection();
         this.bindCopyCellContents();
         this.bindMouseEvents();
+        this.bindWheelEvents();
         this.bindTreeEvents();
     }
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ export default class CellManager {
             }
 
             this.focusCell($cell);
+            sessionStorage.setItem('dt-last-nav-method', 'scroll');
             return true;
         };
 
@@ -189,6 +191,12 @@ export default class CellManager {
         $.on(this.bodyScrollable, 'mousemove', '.dt-cell', throttle(selectArea, 50));
     }
 
+    bindWheelEvents() {
+        $.on(this.bodyScrollable, 'wheel', (e) => {
+            sessionStorage.setItem('dt-last-nav-method', 'scroll');
+        });
+    }
+
     bindTreeEvents() {
         $.on(this.bodyScrollable, 'click', '.dt-tree-node__toggle', (e, $toggle) => {
             const $cell = $.closest('.dt-cell', $toggle);
@@ -313,11 +321,13 @@ export default class CellManager {
         // this function is called after hyperlist renders the rows after scroll,
         // focusCell calls clearSelection which resets the area selection
         // so a flag to skip it
-        // we also skip DOM focus and scroll to cell
-        // because it fights with the user scroll
+        // we skip scroll to cell
+        // and also skip DOM focus (if user is scrolling) because it fights with the user scroll
+        const skipDOMFocus = sessionStorage.getItem('dt-last-nav-method') !== 'key';
+
         this.focusCell($cell, {
+            skipDOMFocus,
             skipClearSelection: 1,
-            skipDOMFocus: 1,
             skipScrollToCell: 1
         });
     }
@@ -714,6 +724,7 @@ export default class CellManager {
         }
 
         this.focusCell($cell);
+        sessionStorage.setItem('dt-last-nav-method', 'key');
         return true;
     }
 

From 6a16214f9a9808f47f961b090b6ddbe2cc6648f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "stravo1@mac" <stravoone@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:35:42 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix: update navigation method to use keyboard instead of
 scroll

---
 src/cellmanager.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/cellmanager.js b/src/cellmanager.js
index 755f3ef..0f20473 100644
--- a/src/cellmanager.js
+++ b/src/cellmanager.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default class CellManager {
             }
 
             this.focusCell($cell);
-            sessionStorage.setItem('dt-last-nav-method', 'scroll');
+            sessionStorage.setItem('dt-last-nav-method', 'key');
             return true;
         };