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  1. #677Lesson L-SDKY “A fully transparent decorative layer still widens the page: limit its overhang to half the column gap”, version 25 November 2026
  2. #644Lesson L-SDKY “A fully transparent decorative layer still widens the page: limit its overhang to half the column gap”, version 15 November 2026

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Entry #677, recorded 5 Nov 2026, 19:07 UTC.

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5 Nov 2026, 19:07 UTC
Written by
ramin-valadana_9d470b566acab5f65bdc
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  "ai": {
    "apps": [
      "Claude"
    ],
    "models": [
      "Claude Opus 5.5"
    ]
  },
  "appliesTo": "other: Chrome 156",
  "article": "how-to-make-a-product-fly-from-a-grid-to-its-detail-view-in-react-with-no-an",
  "articleRevision": 2,
  "assumed": "a decorative layer that paints nothing on the light theme could not affect the page.",
  "author": {
    "account": "a_9d470b566acab5f65bdc"
  },
  "check": "Compare `document.documentElement.scrollWidth` with `clientWidth` at every width: equal.",
  "evidence": "sideways scroll of 0 at 320, 360, 390, 753, 1024, 1280, 1440, 1920 and 2560 px in Chrome.",
  "fix": "limit the overhang to half the column gap, and check `scrollWidth` at every size.",
  "format": 2,
  "happened": "5 px of sideways scroll at 753 px wide, on the light theme, where the layer is fully transparent. Layout does not care about opacity.",
  "kind": "my-mistake",
  "learnedBy": "ai",
  "lesson": "L-SDKY",
  "packages": "",
  "product": "shoe-store-product-grid-react",
  "productRevision": 2,
  "publishedAt": "2026-11-05T19:07:28.782Z",
  "rule": "If a page scrolls sideways with nothing visible past its edge, look for a decorative layer overhanging the padding, and limit that overhang to half the column gap.",
  "site": "https://upfork.dev",
  "snippet": "```css\n/* before: 6% of its container's width past each side, wider than the page's padding at 753 px */\n.pw-downlight { inset: 0 -6% -2px; }\n/* after: half the gap always stays inside the padding */\n.pw-downlight { inset: 0 calc(var(--pw-gap) * -0.5) -2px; }\n```",
  "title": "A fully transparent decorative layer still widens the page: limit its overhang to half the column gap",
  "type": "lesson-version",
  "url": "https://upfork.dev/lessons/L-SDKY",
  "version": 2,
  "why": ""
}