From 1362f00d39e90aef8a8338887222541a5a992178 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2026 21:52:21 +0000
Subject: Fix theme performance regressions affecting mobile scroll

The new theme CSS files introduced several patterns that cause
scroll jank and memory pressure, especially on mobile:

- terminal.css: Full-viewport fixed pseudo-element with repeating
  gradient scanlines forced GPU compositing on every scroll frame.
  Now limited to desktop only with will-change layer promotion.
- codex.css/sakura.css: text-rendering: optimizeLegibility on body
  triggered expensive kerning/ligature computation on all text.
- codex.css: font-feature-settings forced text shaper on every glyph.
- codex.css: hyphens: auto required dictionary lookups during layout.
- style.css: transition: all on buttons and sidebar links caused
  unnecessary animation work during scroll hover state changes.
- main.ts: checkReadItems did O(n) individual querySelector calls
  per scroll tick; switched to single querySelectorAll batch query.
- Polling interval reduced from 1s to 3s (scroll handler already
  covers the normal case, polling is just a robustness fallback).

https://claude.ai/code/session_0187FXrbScDSWfbNEk9SfJaj
---
 frontend-vanilla/public/themes/terminal.css | 42 +++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

(limited to 'frontend-vanilla/public/themes/terminal.css')

diff --git a/frontend-vanilla/public/themes/terminal.css b/frontend-vanilla/public/themes/terminal.css
index dd9c1b2..48164c9 100644
--- a/frontend-vanilla/public/themes/terminal.css
+++ b/frontend-vanilla/public/themes/terminal.css
@@ -52,23 +52,31 @@ body {
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 }
 
-/* Subtle scanline overlay -- only in dark mode */
-.theme-dark body::after {
-  content: '';
-  position: fixed;
-  top: 0;
-  left: 0;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
-  pointer-events: none;
-  z-index: 9999;
-  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
-    to bottom,
-    transparent,
-    transparent 2px,
-    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 2px,
-    rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 4px
-  );
+/* Subtle scanline overlay -- only in dark mode, desktop only.
+   The fixed full-viewport pseudo-element with a repeating gradient
+   forces GPU compositing on every scroll frame. On mobile this causes
+   severe jank and memory pressure, so we limit it to large screens
+   and promote it to its own layer with will-change to avoid repainting
+   the content beneath it. */
+@media (min-width: 1025px) {
+  .theme-dark body::after {
+    content: '';
+    position: fixed;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    z-index: 9999;
+    background: repeating-linear-gradient(
+      to bottom,
+      transparent,
+      transparent 2px,
+      rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 2px,
+      rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03) 4px
+    );
+    will-change: transform;
+  }
 }
 
 /* ---- Sidebar ---- */
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