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Copilot AI commented Jan 4, 2026

On wide screens (≥820dp) such as tablets or phones in landscape, the applications list scrollbar appears 64dp from the edge, particularly noticeable after screen rotation.

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  • Added android:clipToPadding="false" to root RelativeLayout in main.xml
  • Preserved original padding attributes to maintain limited width design on large screens

Technical Details

The root layout applies activity_horizontal_margin (64dp on ≥820dp screens, 0dp otherwise) to provide limited width content on large screens. However, this padding also affected the scrollbar position, causing it to render 64dp from the edge.

By adding clipToPadding="false", child views can now draw outside the padding area:

  • Content respects the 64dp padding for centered/limited width design
  • Scrollbar is drawn at the screen edge (outside the padding)
<RelativeLayout
    android:clipToPadding="false"
    android:paddingStart="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingEnd="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    ...>

This preserves the intended UX of limited width content on large screens while fixing the scrollbar offset issue.

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<issue_title>Applications list can end up with scrollbar not at the border and a margin at the left</issue_title>
<issue_description>Do you use TrackerControl from Google Play/F-Droid/other?
TC 1.22.0 from F-droid

Describe the bug
Sometimes the scrollbar can end up farther than screen border, same at the left as if there was added margin on both sides.

To Reproduce
As I saw this happening after some screen rotation I thought it was the cause of the issue, but as I tried to reproduce the issue quite some time by rotating my screen in various ways but was unable to reproduce it, so either it's not the source of the issue, either it's not a 100% repro rate and there's some kind of corner case situation.

See joined screenshot I took when this happened.

</issue_description>

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Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Applications list can end up with scrollbar not at the border and a margin at the left</issue_title>
<issue_description>Do you use TrackerControl from Google Play/F-Droid/other?
TC 1.22.0 from F-droid

Describe the bug
Sometimes the scrollbar can end up farther than screen border, same at the left as if there was added margin on both sides.

To Reproduce
As I saw this happening after some screen rotation I thought it was the cause of the issue, but as I tried to reproduce the issue quite some time by rotating my screen in various ways but was unable to reproduce it, so either it's not the source of the issue, either it's not a 100% repro rate and there's some kind of corner case situation.

See joined screenshot I took when this happened.

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Copilot AI self-assigned this Jan 4, 2026
Remove horizontal and vertical padding from root RelativeLayout in main.xml
to prevent scrollbar from appearing away from screen edge and to eliminate
unwanted left/right margins on wide screens (≥820dp). The RecyclerView now
extends to screen edges while child UI elements retain their own padding.

Co-authored-by: kasnder <5175206+kasnder@users.noreply.github.com>
Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix scrollbar position issue in applications list Fix scrollbar offset and margins on wide screens (≥820dp) Jan 4, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from kasnder January 4, 2026 22:29
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Not good. The point of this was to have limited width on large screens.

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kasnder commented Jan 4, 2026

The way to implement this is to adjust the list items.

Add clipToPadding="false" to root RelativeLayout to allow scrollbar to be
drawn at screen edge while content respects padding for limited width design
on wide screens (≥820dp). This preserves the intended UX of centered content
on large screens while fixing the scrollbar offset issue.

Co-authored-by: kasnder <5175206+kasnder@users.noreply.github.com>
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Copilot AI commented Jan 4, 2026

Not good. The point of this was to have limited width on large screens.

You're right. I've fixed this by adding clipToPadding="false" to the root layout instead of removing the padding. This preserves the limited width design on large screens while allowing the scrollbar to be drawn at the screen edge. Commit: dbb5777

Copilot AI changed the title Fix scrollbar offset and margins on wide screens (≥820dp) Fix scrollbar offset on wide screens while preserving limited width design Jan 4, 2026
Copilot AI requested a review from kasnder January 4, 2026 22:38
@kasnder kasnder marked this pull request as ready for review January 13, 2026 17:18
@kasnder kasnder merged commit 412cae5 into master Jan 13, 2026
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