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fix: allow scrolling the ScrollView from draggable items on web - #574

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Closes #545

On web, a Sortable.Grid / Sortable.Flex inside a scrollable container couldn't be scrolled when the gesture started over an item (or a Sortable.Touchable). Gesture Handler sets touch-action: none on web, so the browser never scrolls from that element. The only workaround was a drag handle + a plain Pressable.

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Web-only, isolated in SortableGestureDetector.web (native is a plain passthrough; shared code is untouched):

  • Relax touch-action to the scroll axis (pan-y / pan-x) so a swipe starting over an item scrolls the surrounding ScrollView.
  • While an item is actively dragged, block native scroll (touchmove preventDefault) so the relaxed touch-action can't steal the drag.

Net: swipe to scroll, hold to drag. No change on native.

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import { Text, View } from 'react-native';
import Animated, { useAnimatedRef } from 'react-native-reanimated';
import Sortable from 'react-native-sortables';

const DATA = Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => `Item ${i + 1}`);

export default function Example() {
  const scrollableRef = useAnimatedRef<Animated.ScrollView>();
  return (
    <Animated.ScrollView ref={scrollableRef}>
      <Sortable.Grid
        columns={3}
        data={DATA}
        rowGap={8}
        columnGap={8}
        scrollableRef={scrollableRef}
        renderItem={({ item }) => (
          <View style={{ height: 90, alignItems: 'center', justifyContent: 'center' }}>
            <Text>{item}</Text>
          </View>
        )}
      />
    </Animated.ScrollView>
  );
}

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On web the item gesture detectors set touch-action: none, which blocked scrolling the surrounding ScrollView when a gesture started over an item. Relax touch-action to the auto-scroll axis so the browser can scroll before a drag starts, and suppress native scroll only while an item is actively dragged so the relaxed touch-action does not steal the drag. Encapsulated behind platform-split files; no change on native.
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Removed comments about scroll axis usage in web.
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# [1.10.0](v1.9.4...v1.10.0) (2026-07-23)

### Bug Fixes

* Add item zIndex preserving based on the order of items ([#534](#534)) ([fb0be4e](fb0be4e)), closes [#36877](https://github.com/MatiPl01/react-native-sortables/issues/36877)
* allow scrolling the ScrollView from draggable items on web ([#574](#574)) ([74879ed](74879ed)), closes [#545](#545)
* Balance onTouchesUp on Sortable.Touchable long press ([#594](#594)) ([f977567](f977567))
* Deduplicate expo example native modules for expo-doctor ([#590](#590)) ([e5af169](e5af169)), closes [#589](#589)
* disable dragging for fixed-order and non-draggable handles ([#598](#598)) ([8ed2e81](8ed2e81))
* dragging stops after a screen is detached and re-attached (gesture-handler v3) ([#573](#573)) ([c70a14f](c70a14f)), closes [#349](#349) [react-native-gesture-handler#3560](https://github.com/react-native-gesture-handler/issues/3560) [#349](#349) [#349](#349)
* Item can settle on another item's slot after a rapid re-order ([#591](#591)) ([9d63817](9d63817)), closes [#586](#586)
* Item position drift on slow web container resize ([#562](#562)) ([8973115](8973115))
* Keep npm version from walking yarn workspaces during release ([#609](#609)) ([0d8d869](0d8d869))
* Keep Sortable.Grid measurements when revealed after react-freeze ([#572](#572)) ([609c73c](609c73c)), closes [#519](#519) [#36877](https://github.com/MatiPl01/react-native-sortables/issues/36877)
* keep Sortable.Touchable onTouchesUp firing on web ([#596](#596)) ([8529fa8](8529fa8)), closes [#594](#594)
* Keep Sortable.Touchable tap and long press working on teleported items ([#602](#602)) ([3efb111](3efb111))
* Keep teleported item in sync with collapsed content ([#595](#595)) ([1fbcf9e](1fbcf9e))
* New-Arch grid mount crash in the example and unrunnable expo example ([#589](#589)) ([01aa1a8](01aa1a8))
* Respect Sortable.Flex alignItems before items are measured ([#560](#560)) ([5c84117](5c84117)), closes [#258](#258)
* Restore tap and long press on teleported items ([#599](#599)) ([e73117b](e73117b))
* Sortable.Touchable crash on gesture-handler v3 (onActivate not a worklet) ([#587](#587)) ([4b3007e](4b3007e))
* Support react-native-gesture-handler 3.x types ([#553](#553)) ([83754e0](83754e0))
* Support react-native-reanimated 4.5 / worklets 0.10 ([#566](#566)) ([828c6d6](828c6d6)), closes [/github.com//issues/552#issuecomment-4634261543](https://github.com//github.com/MatiPl01/react-native-sortables/issues/552/issues/issuecomment-4634261543) [#552](#552)

### Features

* Add react-native-pulsar as a top-priority haptics adapter ([#568](#568)) ([642e734](642e734))
* Auto-detect expo-haptics when available ([#558](#558)) ([a0d7602](a0d7602)), closes [#554](#554)
* Reverse items stacking order  ([#535](#535)) ([14c7d82](14c7d82)), closes [#36877](https://github.com/MatiPl01/react-native-sortables/issues/36877)

### Performance Improvements

* Drive active item position from a single reaction ([#586](#586)) ([c498091](c498091)), closes [#584](#584)
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[Bug]: Can't Initiate a scroll on an element when an element is draggable or the element is a Sortable.Touchable

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