[$250] The "New messages" floating button doesn't scroll to bottom for actionable whispers

[m-natarajan]

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Version Number: 9.0.40-1 Reproducible in staging?: y Reproducible in production?: y If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail: Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856 Expensify/Expensify Issue URL: Issue reported by: @paultsimura Slack conversation: https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C049HHMV9SM/p1727285468531329

Action Performed:

1. Create a room;
2. Mention a user that is not a member of this room using the @{user} syntax;
3. Notice the actionable whisper "Heads up, {user} isn't a member of this room" message appears;
4. Verify the "New messages" floating button appears;
5. Scroll up a little;
6. Click the "New messages" floating button;

Expected Result:

The report is scrolled to the bottom so the whisper action becomes visible.

Actual Result:

The report is not scrolled.

Workaround:

unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• [ ] Android: Native
• [x] Android: mWeb Chrome
• [ ] iOS: Native
• [ ] iOS: mWeb Safari
• [x] MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• [ ] MacOS: Desktop

Screenshots/Videos

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4b3c7ae4-760e-482b-a01c-7e1b6937c643

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/bd618e6b-cfd4-45fc-be5b-aa0e283f05bf

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @situchan

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[trjExpensify]

Yeah, that's strange.

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