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Cumulative Layout Shift - playhead movement - performance improvement #71

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feat: use transform() for playhead movement
PlkMarudny Sep 10, 2026
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fix: restructure playhead movement mechanics
PlkMarudny Sep 13, 2026
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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion app.js
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Expand Up @@ -6280,6 +6280,7 @@ function ensureFont(name) {

/* ── Main loop ── */
let lastTs = null;
let playheadPx = -1;
function loop(ts) {
if (lastTs == null) lastTs = ts;
const dt = Math.min(0.1, (ts - lastTs) / 1000);
Expand All @@ -6305,7 +6306,11 @@ function loop(ts) {
drawFrame();
}
if (state.dirtyTimeline) rebuildClips();
els.playhead.style.left = state.time * state.pps + "px";
const phX = Math.round(state.time * state.pps);
if (phX !== playheadPx) {
playheadPx = phX;
els.playhead.style.left = phX + "px";

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Use transform for playhead movement.

app.js:6312 still assigns style.left, so it does not meet the transform-based movement contract. The .playhead rules define no other transform component to preserve. The .tracks-content overflow: clip rule prevents this element from expanding scroller overflow, so this is not a remaining overflow or CLS defect.

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-    els.playhead.style.left = phX + "px";
+    els.playhead.style.transform = `translateX(${phX}px)`;
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els.playhead.style.left = phX + "px";
els.playhead.style.transform = `translateX(${phX}px)`;
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In `@app.js` at line 6312, Update the playhead positioning in the relevant
playback update logic to assign its horizontal position via style.transform
instead of style.left, preserving the existing phX pixel offset and the
transform-based movement contract.

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}
drawRuler();
updateSafeOverlay();
updateKfGraphs();
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions style.css
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Expand Up @@ -1542,6 +1542,7 @@ input[type=range] {

.timeline-scroll {
flex: 1;
min-height: 0;
overflow-x: auto;
overflow-y: auto;
position: relative;
Expand All @@ -1560,6 +1561,9 @@ input[type=range] {

.tracks-content {
position: relative;
/* clip so abspos playhead `left` cannot grow the scroller's overflow */
overflow: clip;
overflow-clip-margin: 8px;
}
.work-dim {
position: absolute;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1876,6 +1880,7 @@ body.track-size-s .clip .clip-kf-n {
background: #ff4d6a;
z-index: 4;
pointer-events: none;
contain: layout;
}

.playhead-cap {
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