Don't automatically scroll in AI Chat Assistant

RHvdG

In Assistant, when an answer is being generated, the page will scroll when generated text reaches the bottom. This hinders reading. The text should (I think) continue to generate unseen below bottom of the page, allowing the reader to scroll manually.

This will allow the user to read at their own pace what is generated, without having to scroll up after a few seconds.

pbronez

On iOS 17.5.1, open https://kagi.com/?m=assistant&mode=7&sub_mode=2 from a home screen link. Ask a question. After a moment, response text streams in. As text flows past the bottom of the screen, the browser scrolls down, keeping the newest text in focus. It moves so fast that you cannot read the beginning of the answer.

It would be better to maintain focus at the top and allow the user to scroll down manually.

Luis

Hi all, Assistant automatically scrolls to display the assistant's output if the user is at the bottom of the page.
But we give users the option to pause autoscroll:

If the user scrolls up and shifts focus, the response will keep streaming, but the page will not autoscroll and will stay at the current position
Manually scrolling up before the assistant begins to respond prevents autoscroll from activating

With autoscroll we think this is the most intuitive experience. What are your thoughts? Do you think there should be an option to disable autoscroll completely?

e.g.:

CrunchyFritos

Luis I think the default should be not to autoscroll, but maybe if the user manually scrolls to the bottom of the page as the response streams in, the behavior to shift to autoscroll. Not sure if that would be confusing or annoying, but I'd much prefer the default to not autoscroll with the option to autoscroll should I choose since the autoscroll is almost always too fast for me to read anyway making it fairly useless beyond looking cool.

pbronez

Luis yes, I would appreciate an option to disable auto-scroll.

andrew-rivera

The default behavior should be not to scroll. At the very least I should be able to turn it off. I never want the page to auto scroll. Auto scrolling simply makes the text unreadable, especially as the models continue to get faster.

ATOMIC

andrew-rivera my problem is that whenever the answer generate it never scrolls down for me so i have to scroll down, how to fix?

Prostagma

The way that OpenAI handles autoscroll works best. When you send a query, they scroll the page ONLY to the point where the first line of new text reaches the top of the page.

It allows you to start reading the new text immediately, without having to worry about manually scrolling back up in the initial response generation.