Timeline loses place when clicking link to a message

[kittykat]

Steps to reproduce

1. In your backlog in room 1, see a matrix.to link to a message (which is in a private room I'm not a member of)
2. Click the link (join room 2)
3. Go back to room 1 and see that timeline has now jumped to newest messages and I've lost my place

Outcome

What did you expect?

Timeline remembers my place as it would do when navigating using the left panel between two rooms

What happened instead?

Timeline lost my place and jumped to newest messages

Operating system

No response

Browser information

Chromium 98.0.4758.80 (Official Build) Arch Linux (64-bit)

URL for webapp

develop.element.io

Application version

Element version: a01684e126e6-react-f1e1b7be86ca-js-7a7318b636b7 Olm version: 3.2.8

Homeserver

matrix.org

Will you send logs?

No

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• remember scroll position
• maintain scroll position
• same point in timeline when switching rooms
• remember room position
• scroll offset

[novocaine]

Similar to https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/20154

[MadLittleMods]

Related to https://github.com/vector-im/element-web/issues/17308