From df8dae047fb50f87a5dbe718655318f335e7f6a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yared Yemane <yaredyemane1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 04:34:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] improve human language scroll restore on refresh

Retry scroll restoration until the page is tall enough so refreshes restore to the saved position smoothly, while keeping reduced-motion fallback.

Made-with: Cursor
---
 .../content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx      | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx b/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx
index 453ca1f..bbce430 100644
--- a/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/content-management/HumanLanguagePage.tsx
@@ -462,8 +462,19 @@ export function HumanLanguagePage() {
           const restoreBehavior = window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches
             ? "auto"
             : "smooth"
-          window.requestAnimationFrame(() => window.scrollTo({ top: targetY, behavior: restoreBehavior }))
-          setTimeout(() => window.scrollTo({ top: targetY, behavior: restoreBehavior }), 250)
+          let attempts = 0
+          const maxAttempts = 14
+          const tryRestore = () => {
+            if (cancelled) return
+            const maxScrollableY = Math.max(0, document.documentElement.scrollHeight - window.innerHeight)
+            if (maxScrollableY >= targetY || attempts >= maxAttempts) {
+              window.scrollTo({ top: targetY, behavior: restoreBehavior })
+              return
+            }
+            attempts += 1
+            window.setTimeout(tryRestore, 180)
+          }
+          window.requestAnimationFrame(tryRestore)
         }
       } catch (error) {
         console.error("Failed to load human-language hierarchy:", error)