fix: virtual scroll flickering on inventory scroll

- Batch scroll renders with requestAnimationFrame to avoid multiple DOM updates per frame
- Add will-change, contain and content-visibility CSS for smoother compositing
- Add cache-bust to virtual-scroll.js

pos/static/css/inventory.css

@@ -1333,6 +1333,20 @@
     /* History table inside modal */
     .inv-modal .data-table { width: 100%; }
 
+    /* ─── Virtual Scroll fixes ───────────────────────────────────────────── */
+    .vs-container {
+      will-change: transform;
+      contain: layout paint;
+      -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
+    }
+    .vs-container table {
+      will-change: transform;
+    }
+    .vs-container tbody tr {
+      content-visibility: auto;
+      contain-intrinsic-size: auto 48px;
+    }
+
     /* ─── MercadoLibre Publish Modal Enhancements ────────────────────────── */
     .meli-preview-card {
       display: grid;

pos/static/js/virtual-scroll.js

@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
         this._scrollHandler = this._onScroll.bind(this);
         this._resizeHandler = this._onResize.bind(this);
         this._isTbody = this.container.tagName === 'TBODY';
+        this._rafId = null;
+        this._pendingRender = false;
         this._init();
     }
 
@@ -58,11 +60,22 @@
     };
 
     VirtualScroll.prototype._onScroll = function() {
-        this._render();
+        this._scheduleRender();
     };
 
     VirtualScroll.prototype._onResize = function() {
-        this._render();
+        this._scheduleRender();
+    };
+
+    VirtualScroll.prototype._scheduleRender = function() {
+        if (this._pendingRender) return;
+        this._pendingRender = true;
+        var self = this;
+        this._rafId = requestAnimationFrame(function() {
+            self._rafId = null;
+            self._pendingRender = false;
+            self._render();
+        });
     };
 
     VirtualScroll.prototype._getScrollTop = function() {
@@ -99,11 +112,7 @@
         var buffer = this.buffer;
 
         if (!data.length) {
-            if (this._isTbody) {
-                this.container.innerHTML = this.emptyHtml;
-            } else {
-                this.container.innerHTML = this.emptyHtml;
-            }
+            this.container.innerHTML = this.emptyHtml;
             return;
         }
 
@@ -112,20 +121,19 @@
         var startIdx = Math.max(0, Math.floor(scrollTop / rowH) - buffer);
         var endIdx = Math.min(data.length, Math.ceil((scrollTop + containerHeight) / rowH) + buffer);
 
+        // Build new HTML
         var html = '';
         if (this._isTbody) {
-            // Top spacer row
             var topSpacerHeight = startIdx * rowH;
             if (topSpacerHeight > 0) {
-                html += '<tr style="height:' + topSpacerHeight + 'px;"><td colspan="99" style="padding:0;border:0;"></td></tr>';
+                html += '<tr style="height:' + topSpacerHeight + 'px;" aria-hidden="true"><td colspan="99" style="padding:0;border:0;"></td></tr>';
             }
             for (var i = startIdx; i < endIdx; i++) {
                 html += this.renderRow(data[i], i);
             }
-            // Bottom spacer row
             var bottomSpacerHeight = (data.length - endIdx) * rowH;
             if (bottomSpacerHeight > 0) {
-                html += '<tr style="height:' + bottomSpacerHeight + 'px;"><td colspan="99" style="padding:0;border:0;"></td></tr>';
+                html += '<tr style="height:' + bottomSpacerHeight + 'px;" aria-hidden="true"><td colspan="99" style="padding:0;border:0;"></td></tr>';
             }
         } else {
             for (var j = startIdx; j < endIdx; j++) {
@@ -133,6 +141,10 @@
             }
         }
 
+        // Use a DocumentFragment approach via innerHTML to avoid flicker:
+        // Setting innerHTML on tbody is the fastest way, but we can reduce
+        // perceived flicker by ensuring the container has contain: paint
+        // and by batching via rAF (done in _scheduleRender).
         this.container.innerHTML = html;
     };
 

pos/templates/inventory.html

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   <link rel="manifest" href="/pos/static/pwa/manifest.json" />
   <meta name="theme-color" content="#F5A623" />
 
-  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/pos/static/css/inventory.css?v=6">
+  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/pos/static/css/inventory.css?v=7">
 </head>
 
 <body>
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@
   <script src="/pos/static/js/app-init.js" defer></script>
   <script src="/pos/static/js/pos-utils.js" defer></script>
   <script src="/pos/static/js/sidebar.js" defer></script>
-  <script src="/pos/static/js/virtual-scroll.js" defer></script>
+  <script src="/pos/static/js/virtual-scroll.js?v=2" defer></script>
   <script src="/pos/static/js/inventory.js?v=12" defer></script>
   <script src="/pos/static/js/offline-banner.js" defer></script>
   <script src="/pos/static/js/sync-engine.js" defer></script>