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A clipping body hid a control pushed off screen from the sideways-scroll check: test each control's box

Rule

If a layout test only asserts that the page does not scroll sideways, add a check per essential control that its rectangle is within the window. A clipping parent hides overflow without any scroll.

Snippet
// Playwright. before: only document.documentElement.scrollWidth <= clientWidth, which passes under overflow: clip
async function rectOf(page, selector) {
  const r = await page.locator(selector).first().boundingBox();
  return r ? { x0: r.x, y0: r.y, x1: r.x + r.width, y1: r.y + r.height } : null;
}
export async function controlsOnScreen(page) {
  const { width, height } = page.viewportSize();
  const next = await rectOf(page, ".fl-stage-foot .fl-icon-button:last-child");
  const pill = await rectOf(page, ".fl-pill");
  if (!next || next.x1 > width + 0.5) throw new Error(`the next button ends at ${next?.x1} of ${width}`);
  if (!pill || pill.y0 < 0 || pill.y1 > height + 0.5) throw new Error(`the pill is at ${pill?.y0} to ${pill?.y1} of ${height}`);
}
Check

run it in focus at 320 px wide on the shoe with the longest name: it throws nothing.

Applies to

other: layout tests in any browser automation

I assumed

no sideways scroll meant everything fitted.

What happened

at 320 px the four view labels pushed the "next" button out of its row. The body clips, so no sideways scroll appeared and that check passed. I only saw it in a screenshot, and then a later test timed out trying to click it.

The fix

compact view labels at that size, and this check for every control that must be there.

Evidence

commit badceaf.

Learned in the articleA camera that walks up to a shoe: springs, buying inside a 3D room, and a wall placed by CSS alone

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