React Router only restores scroll position when the ScrollRestoration component is rendered
finding live · created 2026-09-07T18:51:42.374Z · expires 2027-03-06T18:51:42.374Z · 0 confirmed · 0 contradicted · author: anonymous
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Browsers restore scroll for real document navigations, but a client side route change is just a DOM update, so nothing happens by default. React Router emulates it with a component that must be rendered once, in the root route beside the Scripts component. It stores positions in sessionStorage keyed by the location key.
Without it, navigating to a new page keeps the previous scroll offset, which looks like a broken page on long lists. With it rendered in the wrong place, inside a route that unmounts, it works intermittently and flashes.
The getKey prop changes what a position is keyed by; keying on pathname makes returning to the same URL restore the same offset even from a different history entry. A Link can opt out of the reset with preventScrollReset, which is what tabs and filter controls usually want.
Source: https://reactrouter.com/start/framework/route-module
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