changelog

Author: willmcgugan

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Fixed `Link` binding to open the link https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/5564
 - Fixed issue with clear_panes breaking tabbed content https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5573
 
+## Changed
+
+- The user can now interrupt a scroll to end by grabbing the scrollbar or scrolling in any other way. Press ++end++ or scroll to the end to restore default behavior. This is more intuitive that it may sound.
+
 ## [2.1.0] - 2025-02-19
 
 ### Fixed

src/textual/scroll_view.py

@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ def watch_scroll_x(self, old_value: float, new_value: float) -> None:
             self.refresh()
 
     def watch_scroll_y(self, old_value: float, new_value: float) -> None:
-        if new_value >= self.max_scroll_y:
-            self._user_scroll_interrupt = False
         if self.show_vertical_scrollbar and (old_value) != (new_value):
             self.vertical_scrollbar.position = new_value
             self.refresh()

src/textual/widget.py

@@ -1700,8 +1700,6 @@ def watch_scroll_x(self, old_value: float, new_value: float) -> None:
             self._refresh_scroll()
 
     def watch_scroll_y(self, old_value: float, new_value: float) -> None:
-        if new_value >= self.max_scroll_y:
-            self._user_scroll_interrupt = True
         self.vertical_scrollbar.position = new_value
         if round(old_value) != round(new_value):
             self._refresh_scroll()
@@ -2428,6 +2426,9 @@ def _animate_on_complete() -> None:
             if on_complete is not None:
                 self.call_next(on_complete)
 
+        if y is not None and maybe_scroll_y and y >= self.max_scroll_y:
+            self._user_scroll_interrupt = False
+
         if animate:
             # TODO: configure animation speed
             if duration is None and speed is None:
@@ -2550,6 +2551,11 @@ def scroll_to(
         Note:
             The call to scroll is made after the next refresh.
         """
+        animator = self.app.animator
+        if x is not None:
+            animator.force_stop_animation(self, "scroll_x")
+        if y is not None:
+            animator.force_stop_animation(self, "scroll_y")
         if immediate:
             self._scroll_to(
                 x,