Fix irregular scroll behavior for files in deeply nested FileTree

package.json

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     "react-select": "^5.7.3",
     "react-toastify": "^9.0.8",
     "react-tooltip": "^5.10.4",
+    "scroll-into-view-if-needed": "^3.1.0",
     "sequelize": "^6.23.2",
     "sequelize-cli": "^6.5.1",
     "sqlite3": "^5.1.6",

src/components/FileTree/FileTree.css

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   padding: 15px;
   border: 0;
   min-height: 80vh !important;
-  /* border-right: 2px solid black; */
 }
 
 .file-tree-loader {
@@ -18,9 +17,7 @@
 }
 
 .filetree-node-wrapper {
-  scroll-margin-left: 150px;
-  scroll-margin-top: 150px;
-  scroll-margin-bottom: 150px;
+  scroll-margin-left: 20px;
 }
 
 .rc-tree-child-tree {

src/components/FileTree/FileTree.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import RcTree from "rc-tree";
 import { Key } from "rc-tree/lib/interface";
-import React, { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import React, { useEffect, useLayoutEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Element } from "react-scroll";
+import scrollIntoView from "scroll-into-view-if-needed";
 
 import EllipticLoader from "../EllipticLoader";
 import SwitcherIcon from "./SwitcherIcon";
@@ -10,38 +11,76 @@ import { FileDataNode } from "../../services/workbenchDB";
 
 import "./FileTree.css";
 
+const FOCUS_ATTEMPT_DELAY = 500;
+
 const FileTree = (props: React.HTMLProps<HTMLDivElement>) => {
   const {
     db,
     initialized,
     importedSqliteFilePath,
     currentPath,
+    startProcessing,
+    endProcessing,
     updateCurrentPath,
   } = useWorkbenchDB();
 
   const [treeData, setTreeData] = useState<FileDataNode[] | null>(null);
   const [expandedKeys, setExpandedKeys] = useState<Key[]>([]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
+  useLayoutEffect(() => {
+    if (currentPath.length === 0) return;
+
+    // Show working indicator while the FileTree Node is being rendered and focused
+    startProcessing();
+
     setExpandedKeys((keys) => {
       return [...keys, currentPath.substring(0, currentPath.lastIndexOf("/"))];
     });
-    if (currentPath.length) {
-      setTimeout(() => {
+
+    function scrollTreeNode(targetNode: HTMLElement) {
+      scrollIntoView(targetNode, {
+        scrollMode: "if-needed",
+        behavior: "smooth",
+        block: "center",
+        inline: "start",
+      });
+    }
+
+    // Timeout ensures that targetNode is accessed only after its rendered
+    let pendingScrollerTimeoutId: NodeJS.Timeout;
+
+    const alreadyRenderedTargetNode =
+      document.getElementsByName(currentPath)[0];
+
+    if (alreadyRenderedTargetNode) {
+      // Immediate scroll possible
+      scrollTreeNode(alreadyRenderedTargetNode);
+    } else {
+      // Wait for target node to render
+      pendingScrollerTimeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
         const targetNode = document.getElementsByName(currentPath)[0];
+
         if (targetNode) {
-          targetNode.scrollIntoView({
-            behavior: "smooth",
-            block: "nearest",
-            inline: "start",
-          });
+          pendingScrollerTimeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
+            scrollTreeNode(targetNode);
+          }, FOCUS_ATTEMPT_DELAY);
+
+          // Hide working indicator after the FileTree Node is focused
+          endProcessing();
         }
-      }, 1500);
+      });
     }
+
+    return () => {
+      clearTimeout(pendingScrollerTimeoutId);
+    };
   }, [currentPath]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!initialized || !db || !importedSqliteFilePath) return;
+    if (!initialized || !db || !importedSqliteFilePath) {
+      setTreeData(null);
+      return;
+    }
 
     db.findAllJSTree().then((treeData) => {
       // Wrap with react-scroll wrapper
@@ -98,10 +137,7 @@ const FileTree = (props: React.HTMLProps<HTMLDivElement>) => {
         selectedKeys={[currentPath]}
         onSelect={(keys, info) => {
           if (keys && keys[0]) {
-            selectPath(
-              keys[0].toString(),
-              (info.node as any as FileDataNode).type as PathType
-            );
+            selectPath(keys[0].toString(), info.node.type as PathType);
           }
         }}
         motion={{