feat(board): speed up kanban scrolling and drop desktop snapping

Desktop board scrollers no longer snap: the browser's proximity-snap settle
animation was capturing wheel/trackpad pans and reading as a slow, sticky drag
toward a column center. Base `.board`, `.board-workflow-columns`, and
`.lane-columns` declare `scroll-snap-type: none`; proximity snap is re-declared
in phone-tier media blocks only, where the JS column pager owns paging.

On phones, the hook now owns post-lift motion instead of waiting it out. A
directional lift kills native inertia and animates to its target column via rAF
ease-out (~190-300ms), so the page starts moving on lift rather than after a
native fling that can coast for most of a second. Fling reach is preserved by
deriving a page count (1-3) from release velocity sampled off the board's own
scroll ticks, not from however far inertia happens to travel.

Guards: re-touch cancels the animation and hands the axis back to the finger;
reduced motion, missing rAF, and sub-2px distances fall back to the instant hard
jump; unmount mid-animation restores the frozen inline styles; a fast drag that
rests before lifting is not treated as a flick.

Tap-to-stop-during-momentum is gone as an interaction (no long coast remains to
interrupt). Its regression test is reframed around the equivalent seam: a drag
that interrupts the page animation wins over the pending page.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.changeset/faster-board-scroll-no-desktop-snap.md

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+"@runfusion/fusion": minor
+---
+
+summary: Board scrolling feels faster — desktop no longer snaps, and phone swipes page immediately instead of coasting.
+category: feature
+dev: Base `.board`/`.board-workflow-columns`/`.lane-columns` declare `scroll-snap-type: none`; proximity snap is re-declared in phone-tier media blocks only. `useColumnScrollSnap` now owns post-lift motion: a directional lift kills native inertia (`overflow-x: hidden` for the animation) and animates to its target column via rAF ease-out (~190-300ms), with the page count derived from release velocity sampled off scroll ticks (`resolvePageCount`, `resolveFlingTargetIndex`, `resolvePageAnimationMs`). Re-touch cancels the animation; reduced motion and missing rAF fall back to the instant hard jump. Tap-to-stop-during-momentum is gone as an interaction (no long coast remains).

packages/dashboard/app/__tests__/board-mobile-column-swipe.test.ts

@@ -61,10 +61,16 @@ function expectTouchPanXY(css: string, selector: string): void {
   expect(block).not.toMatch(/touch-action:\s*pan-y\s*;/);
 }
 
-function expectContainmentScroller(block: string): void {
+/*
+FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05:
+Snap expectations split by tier: FN-6378 overscroll containment still holds on every board
+scroller, but proximity snapping is phone-tier only (desktop pans free, with no browser snap
+settle animation). `snap: "proximity"` asserts the mobile blocks, `snap: "none"` the base rules.
+*/
+function expectContainmentScroller(block: string, snap: "proximity" | "none" = "proximity"): void {
   expect(block).toContain("overflow-x: auto");
   expect(block).toContain("overscroll-behavior-x: contain");
-  expect(block).toContain("scroll-snap-type: x proximity");
+  expect(block).toContain(snap === "proximity" ? "scroll-snap-type: x proximity" : "scroll-snap-type: none");
   expect(block).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x mandatory");
 }
 
@@ -114,10 +120,10 @@ describe("mobile board column swipe target containment (FN-6389)", () => {
     expect(widthContainmentBlock).toContain("max-inline-size: 100%;");
   });
 
-  it("preserves FN-6378 horizontal overscroll containment and proximity snap", () => {
-    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(baseCss, ".board"));
-    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(mobileCss, ".board"));
-    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(baseCss, ".board.board-workflow-columns"));
-    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(baseCss, ".lane-columns"));
+  it("preserves FN-6378 horizontal overscroll containment, with proximity snap on phones and none on desktop", () => {
+    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(baseCss, ".board"), "none");
+    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(mobileCss, ".board"), "proximity");
+    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(baseCss, ".board.board-workflow-columns"), "none");
+    expectContainmentScroller(ruleBlock(baseCss, ".lane-columns"), "none");
   });
 });

packages/dashboard/app/__tests__/board-mobile-overscroll-containment.test.ts

@@ -42,24 +42,37 @@ describe("board-mobile-overscroll-containment (FN-6378)", () => {
     expect(boardBlock).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x mandatory");
   });
 
-  it("base .board contains horizontal overscroll for shared and tablet board scrollers", () => {
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05:
+  Desktop must never snap: the base scrollers keep overscroll containment but declare
+  `scroll-snap-type: none`, so wheel/trackpad panning is free of the browser's snap settle
+  animation. Snapping is asserted only inside the phone-tier media blocks above/below.
+  */
+  it("base .board contains horizontal overscroll and does not snap on desktop", () => {
     const boardBlock = extractRuleBlock(baseCss, ".board");
 
     expect(boardBlock).toContain("overflow-x: auto");
     expect(boardBlock).toContain("overscroll-behavior-x: contain");
-    expect(boardBlock).toContain("scroll-snap-type: x proximity");
-    expect(boardBlock).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x mandatory");
+    expect(boardBlock).toContain("scroll-snap-type: none");
+    expect(boardBlock).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x");
   });
 
-  it("workflow columns and multi-lane column strips contain horizontal overscroll", () => {
+  it("workflow columns and multi-lane column strips contain horizontal overscroll and do not snap on desktop", () => {
     const workflowColumnsBlock = extractRuleBlock(baseCss, ".board.board-workflow-columns");
     const laneColumnsBlock = extractRuleBlock(baseCss, ".lane-columns");
 
     for (const block of [workflowColumnsBlock, laneColumnsBlock]) {
       expect(block).toContain("overflow-x: auto");
       expect(block).toContain("overscroll-behavior-x: contain");
-      expect(block).toContain("scroll-snap-type: x proximity");
-      expect(block).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x mandatory");
+      expect(block).toContain("scroll-snap-type: none");
+      expect(block).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x");
     }
   });
+
+  it("phone tier re-enables proximity snapping for workflow columns and lane strips", () => {
+    // Both live in Lane.css's mobile block; assert against the mobile slice of all app CSS.
+    expect(mobileCss).toContain("scroll-snap-type: x proximity");
+    expect(mobileCss).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x mandatory");
+    expect(mobileCss).toMatch(/\.board\.board-workflow-columns,\s*\n?\s*\.lane-columns\s*\{[^}]*scroll-snap-type: x proximity/);
+  });
 });

packages/dashboard/app/__tests__/mobile-scroll-snap.test.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
 import { loadAllAppCss } from "../test/cssFixture";
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
-import { resolve } from "path";
 
 const css = loadAllAppCss();
 
 describe("scroll-snap CSS", () => {
   describe("base (desktop) styles", () => {
-    it("contains scroll-snap-type: x proximity on .board", () => {
-      expect(css).toContain("scroll-snap-type: x proximity");
+    /*
+    FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05:
+    Desktop board scrolling is free-panning — the base `.board` rule must declare
+    `scroll-snap-type: none` so no browser snap settle animation slows a wheel/trackpad pan.
+    */
+    it("turns scroll snapping off on .board (desktop free-pan)", () => {
+      const boardBlock = css.match(/\.board\s*\{[^}]*\}/)?.[0];
+      expect(boardBlock).toBeDefined();
+      expect(boardBlock).toContain("scroll-snap-type: none");
+      expect(boardBlock).not.toContain("scroll-snap-type: x");
     });
 
     it("contains scroll-snap-align: center on .column", () => {

packages/dashboard/app/components/Lane.css

@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@
   overflow-x: auto;
   overflow-y: hidden;
   overscroll-behavior-x: contain;
-  scroll-snap-type: x proximity;
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05:
+  Desktop/tablet workflow-column scrolling is free-panning — snapping (and its slow browser
+  settle animation) is reserved for the phone tier, where the JS column pager owns paging.
+  */
+  scroll-snap-type: none;
   touch-action: pan-x pan-y;
 }
 
@@ -125,7 +130,8 @@
   overflow-x: auto;
   overflow-y: hidden;
   overscroll-behavior-x: contain;
-  scroll-snap-type: x proximity;
+  /* FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05: lane columns snap on phones only (see mobile block). */
+  scroll-snap-type: none;
   scrollbar-color: var(--border) transparent;
   scrollbar-width: thin;
   min-height: 0;
@@ -184,6 +190,19 @@
     min-height: 0;
     overflow-x: auto;
     overflow-y: hidden;
+    scroll-snap-type: none;
+  }
+}
+
+/*
+FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05:
+Phone tier keeps proximity snapping (paired with the JS column pager in useColumnScrollSnap) so a
+swipe still rests on exactly one column center. Mirrors the mobile `.board` block in styles.css and
+matches the mobile viewport query (max-width: 768px, max-height: 480px).
+*/
+@media (max-width: 768px), (max-height: 480px) {
+  .board.board-workflow-columns,
+  .lane-columns {
     scroll-snap-type: x proximity;
   }
 }

packages/dashboard/app/hooks/__tests__/useColumnScrollSnap.test.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { act, renderHook } from "@testing-library/react";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import {
   isColumnCentered,
+  resolveFlingTargetIndex,
+  resolvePageAnimationMs,
+  resolvePageCount,
   resolvePanDirection,
   resolveSettleTargetIndex,
   useColumnScrollSnap,
@@ -95,9 +98,17 @@ function dispatchShortSwipe(
   dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerup", 200 - clientDelta);
 }
 
+/*
+FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+The hook now owns the post-lift motion: a directional lift animates to its target column instead of
+waiting out native inertia. Settling therefore means "run the page animation to completion", so this
+helper advances past both the idle fallback and the longest page animation.
+*/
+const SETTLE_ADVANCE_MS = 400;
+
 function settleAfterMomentum(): void {
   act(() => {
-    vi.advanceTimersByTime(48);
+    vi.advanceTimersByTime(SETTLE_ADVANCE_MS);
   });
 }
 
@@ -117,6 +128,73 @@ describe("resolvePanDirection", () => {
   });
 });
 
+/*
+FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+Owning the momentum means reach can no longer come from however far native inertia coasts, so it
+comes from release velocity instead. These guard that mapping: deliberate swipe = one column, hard
+flick = more, with a hard ceiling.
+*/
+describe("resolvePageCount", () => {
+  it("pages exactly one column for a deliberate slow swipe", () => {
+    expect(resolvePageCount(0)).toBe(1);
+    expect(resolvePageCount(0.4)).toBe(1);
+    expect(resolvePageCount(1.5)).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("buys extra columns as release velocity climbs", () => {
+    expect(resolvePageCount(1.7)).toBe(2);
+    expect(resolvePageCount(3.4)).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  it("caps a hard flick so it cannot fly across the board", () => {
+    expect(resolvePageCount(40)).toBe(3);
+  });
+
+  it("is direction-agnostic (magnitude only) and ignores non-finite input", () => {
+    expect(resolvePageCount(-3.4)).toBe(3);
+    expect(resolvePageCount(Number.NaN)).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("resolvePageAnimationMs", () => {
+  it("keeps a single-column hop short and grows sublinearly, capped", () => {
+    const single = resolvePageAnimationMs(1);
+    const triple = resolvePageAnimationMs(3);
+    expect(single).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(single).toBeLessThanOrEqual(220);
+    expect(triple).toBeGreaterThan(single);
+    expect(triple).toBeLessThanOrEqual(300);
+    // Absurd counts clamp at the ceiling rather than growing without bound.
+    expect(resolvePageAnimationMs(50)).toBe(300);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("resolveFlingTargetIndex", () => {
+  const base = { columnCount: 5, nearestIndex: 0 };
+
+  it("advances pageCount columns from the origin in the locked direction", () => {
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 0, direction: 1, pageCount: 1 })).toBe(1);
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 0, direction: 1, pageCount: 3 })).toBe(3);
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 4, direction: -1, pageCount: 2, nearestIndex: 4 })).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("clamps to the column range at both edges", () => {
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 4, direction: 1, pageCount: 3, nearestIndex: 4 })).toBe(4);
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 0, direction: -1, pageCount: 3 })).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it("never animates backwards past a column the finger already dragged onto", () => {
+    // Long slow drag landed on column 2 while the origin was 0: keep the drag's landing.
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 0, direction: 1, pageCount: 1, nearestIndex: 2 })).toBe(2);
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 4, direction: -1, pageCount: 1, nearestIndex: 2 })).toBe(2);
+  });
+
+  it("falls back to the nearest column with no direction, and to 0 below two columns", () => {
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ ...base, originIndex: 0, direction: 0, pageCount: 2, nearestIndex: 3 })).toBe(3);
+    expect(resolveFlingTargetIndex({ columnCount: 1, originIndex: 0, direction: 1, pageCount: 2, nearestIndex: 0 })).toBe(0);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("isColumnCentered", () => {
   it("recognizes only an integer column-centering target", () => {
     const scroller = createScroller(3, COLUMN_WIDTH);
@@ -261,7 +339,13 @@ describe("useColumnScrollSnap", () => {
     expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(0);
   });
 
-  it("free-scrolls while dragging and coasts after lift before snapping", () => {
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+  Free-scroll while the finger is DOWN is still untouched. What changed is after lift: the hook
+  animates to the target column itself, so a residual native-inertia write mid-animation cannot
+  redirect the destination.
+  */
+  it("free-scrolls while dragging, then owns the motion after lift", () => {
     const scroller = createScroller();
     renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(scroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
 
@@ -270,15 +354,39 @@ describe("useColumnScrollSnap", () => {
       scroller.scrollLeft = 40;
       scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
       dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointermove", 160);
-      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerup", 160);
     });
+    // Finger still down: the board rests wherever it was dragged.
     expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(40);
 
     act(() => {
+      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerup", 160);
+      // Residual compositor inertia tick arriving after lift, mid page animation.
       scroller.scrollLeft = 70;
       scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
     });
-    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(70);
+
+    settleAfterMomentum();
+    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
+  });
+
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+  Owning the momentum means the page starts moving on lift rather than after the native coast.
+  Guard the observable part of that: partway through the animation the board has already left the
+  release point and is heading toward the target column.
+  */
+  it("starts moving toward the target column during the page animation", () => {
+    const scroller = createScroller(3, 0);
+    renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(scroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
+
+    act(() => dispatchShortSwipe(scroller, { scrollDelta: 8, clientDelta: 20 }));
+
+    act(() => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(64);
+    });
+    const midFlight = scroller.scrollLeft;
+    expect(midFlight).toBeGreaterThan(8);
+    expect(midFlight).toBeLessThan(COLUMN_WIDTH);
 
     settleAfterMomentum();
     expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
@@ -308,36 +416,43 @@ describe("useColumnScrollSnap", () => {
   });
 
   /*
-  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-22-21:40:
-  Tap-to-stop during momentum, then drag: the new drag's landing point must win. The
-  commit-one-column clamp only applies to gestures that began centered at rest — from a
-  mid-transit origin it forced a page past the corrective drag.
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-22-21:40 (reframed 2026-07-24-11:20):
+  The corrective seam used to be tap-to-stop during native momentum; owning the momentum replaces
+  that long coast with a ~200ms animation, so the equivalent guard is a re-touch DURING the page
+  animation. It must cancel the pending page and let the new drag's direction win.
   */
-  it("takes the new drag's landing point after a tap-to-stop mid-transit", () => {
+  it("lets a drag that interrupts the page animation win over the pending page", () => {
     const scroller = createScroller(3, 0);
     renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(scroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
 
     act(() => {
-      // Swipe right, coast mid-transit past column 1's center.
+      // Swipe right: the hook starts animating toward column 1.
       dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerdown", 200);
       dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointermove", 160);
       scroller.scrollLeft = 30;
       scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
       dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerup", 160);
-      scroller.scrollLeft = 130;
-      scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
+    });
 
-      // Tap to stop, then drag back left onto column 1's center.
+    // Let the page animation get most of the way to column 1, then grab it.
+    act(() => {
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(150);
+    });
+    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBeGreaterThan(30);
+    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBeLessThan(COLUMN_WIDTH);
+
+    act(() => {
+      // Re-touch cancels the animation; drag back left.
       dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerdown", 150);
-      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointermove", 180);
-      scroller.scrollLeft = 100;
+      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointermove", 190);
+      scroller.scrollLeft = 60;
       scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
-      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerup", 180);
+      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerup", 190);
     });
     settleAfterMomentum();
 
-    // Regression: the min-progress clamp previously forced column 0 (scrollLeft 0).
-    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
+    // The leftward corrective drag wins: back to column 0, never onward to column 1.
+    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(0);
     expect(isColumnCentered(scroller, [...scroller.children] as HTMLElement[])).toBe(true);
   });
 
@@ -384,12 +499,14 @@ describe("useColumnScrollSnap", () => {
 
     act(() => {
       dispatchShortSwipe(scroller, { scrollDelta: 10, clientDelta: 20 });
-      // iOS can report scrollend before its final compositor fling tick.
+      // iOS can report scrollend before its final compositor fling tick — and, now, before the
+      // hook-owned page animation has finished. It must not abort the page.
       scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scrollend"));
-      expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
 
-      // Let multiple watchdog passes complete before the callback-less compositor write.
-      vi.advanceTimersByTime(48);
+      // Run the page animation out, then let watchdog passes complete before the
+      // callback-less compositor write.
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(SETTLE_ADVANCE_MS);
+      expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
       scroller.scrollLeft = COLUMN_WIDTH + 40;
       vi.advanceTimersByTime(16);
     });
@@ -399,7 +516,12 @@ describe("useColumnScrollSnap", () => {
     expect(isColumnCentered(scroller, columns)).toBe(true);
   });
 
-  it("does not snap on touchcancel mid-drag", () => {
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+  `touchcancel` is a genuine gesture end (unlike a pointercancel with a live touch stream), so a
+  cancelled pan pages on the same owned animation as a lift instead of coasting to an idle settle.
+  */
+  it("pages a cancelled pan gesture on touchcancel", () => {
     const scroller = createScroller();
     renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(scroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
 
@@ -408,11 +530,13 @@ describe("useColumnScrollSnap", () => {
       dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointermove", 170);
       scroller.scrollLeft = 25;
       scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
-      scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("touchcancel"));
-      vi.advanceTimersByTime(30);
     });
+    // Finger still down: no snapping mid-drag.
     expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(25);
 
+    act(() => {
+      scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("touchcancel"));
+    });
     settleAfterMomentum();
     expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
   });
@@ -620,6 +744,107 @@ describe("useColumnScrollSnap", () => {
     expect(isColumnCentered(scroller, [...scroller.children] as HTMLElement[])).toBe(true);
   });
 
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+  Killing native inertia must not cost fling REACH. A hard flick still crosses several columns
+  because the page count comes from release velocity sampled off the board's own scroll ticks.
+  */
+  it("crosses multiple columns for a hard flick and one column for a slow swipe", () => {
+    const fastScroller = createScroller(5, 0);
+    renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(fastScroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
+
+    act(() => {
+      fastScroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("touchstart"));
+      dispatchPointerEvent(fastScroller, "pointerdown", 300);
+      // ~4 px/ms of real content travel while the finger is down.
+      for (let tick = 1; tick <= 3; tick++) {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+        dispatchPointerEvent(fastScroller, "pointermove", 300 - tick * 40);
+        fastScroller.scrollLeft = tick * 40;
+        fastScroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
+      }
+      dispatchPointerEvent(fastScroller, "pointerup", 180);
+    });
+    settleAfterMomentum();
+
+    expect(fastScroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH * 3);
+
+    const slowScroller = createScroller(5, 0);
+    renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(slowScroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
+
+    act(() => {
+      slowScroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("touchstart"));
+      dispatchPointerEvent(slowScroller, "pointerdown", 300);
+      // ~0.3 px/ms: a deliberate drag, not a flick.
+      for (let tick = 1; tick <= 3; tick++) {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(50);
+        dispatchPointerEvent(slowScroller, "pointermove", 300 - tick * 15);
+        slowScroller.scrollLeft = tick * 15;
+        slowScroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
+      }
+      dispatchPointerEvent(slowScroller, "pointerup", 255);
+    });
+    settleAfterMomentum();
+
+    expect(slowScroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
+  });
+
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+  A finger that moved fast and then HELD STILL before lifting is not a flick — stale velocity must
+  not page it three columns.
+  */
+  it("does not treat a fast drag that rests before lift as a flick", () => {
+    const scroller = createScroller(5, 0);
+    renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(scroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
+
+    act(() => {
+      scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("touchstart"));
+      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerdown", 300);
+      for (let tick = 1; tick <= 3; tick++) {
+        vi.advanceTimersByTime(10);
+        dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointermove", 300 - tick * 40);
+        scroller.scrollLeft = tick * 40;
+        scroller.dispatchEvent(new Event("scroll"));
+      }
+      // Finger parks for a beat with no further scroll ticks, then lifts.
+      vi.advanceTimersByTime(300);
+      dispatchPointerEvent(scroller, "pointerup", 180);
+    });
+    settleAfterMomentum();
+
+    // Nearest column at release (120 -> column 1) rather than a 3-column flick.
+    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
+  });
+
+  /*
+  FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+  Reduced-motion users get the destination without the animation — the page still lands on a column
+  center, it just arrives instantly.
+  */
+  it("jumps instead of animating when the user prefers reduced motion", () => {
+    vi.stubGlobal("matchMedia", vi.fn((query: string) => ({
+      matches:
+        query === "(max-width: 768px)" ||
+        query === "(max-height: 480px)" ||
+        query === "(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)",
+      media: query,
+      onchange: null,
+      addEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      removeEventListener: vi.fn(),
+      addListener: vi.fn(),
+      removeListener: vi.fn(),
+      dispatchEvent: vi.fn(() => true),
+    })));
+    const scroller = createScroller(3, 0);
+    renderHook(() => useColumnScrollSnap(scroller, { mobileOnly: true, isUserInteraction: () => true }));
+
+    act(() => dispatchShortSwipe(scroller, { scrollDelta: 8, clientDelta: 20 }));
+
+    // No timer advance: the target is already applied at lift.
+    expect(scroller.scrollLeft).toBe(COLUMN_WIDTH);
+  });
+
   it("does not attach on non-phone desktop", () => {
     stubViewport("wide-short-desktop");
     expect(isMobileViewport()).toBe(false);

packages/dashboard/app/hooks/useColumnScrollSnap.ts

@@ -20,14 +20,120 @@ between columns. Tap-to-stop and zero-pan lifts hard-jump to the nearest center
 cancelled swipe's directional page). Directional paging still applies only when the settle
 gesture itself had pan intent.
 */
-/** After lift/cancel/wheel: wait for scroll idle (momentum finished) before paging. */
-const SCROLL_IDLE_SETTLE_MS = 48;
+/*
+FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05:
+Board paging must feel fast: the post-momentum quiet window is 2 frames (~32ms), not 3 (~48ms), so
+the settle commits sooner after a swipe. Keep it above one frame — a single-frame window can fire
+mid-fling and page against travel.
+*/
+/**
+ * Fallback quiet window for settles that cannot page at lift (wheel, net-zero direction).
+ * Directional finger swipes no longer wait on it — see `commitDirectionalPage`.
+ */
+const SCROLL_IDLE_SETTLE_MS = 32;
 const CENTER_TOLERANCE_PX = 1;
 /** Minimum finger travel to count as a horizontal pan (short swipe still commits). */
 const MIN_PAN_CLIENT_PX = 12;
 /** Keep a WebKit compositor write from outliving the main-thread hard jump. */
 const PIN_REASSERT_INTERVAL_MS = 16;
 
+/*
+FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+Board paging must feel fast, and the slow part was never the settle timer — it was waiting for the
+BROWSER's fling to decelerate before paging (native inertia can coast for most of a second, so a
+flick sat visibly drifting before it committed). The hook now owns the momentum: at finger-up a
+directional swipe kills native inertia and animates to its target column in ~200ms, so the page
+starts moving on lift instead of after the coast. Fling reach is preserved by deriving a page COUNT
+from release velocity rather than from how far inertia happens to travel.
+
+Trade-off accepted: tap-to-stop-during-momentum no longer exists as an interaction (there is no
+long coast left to interrupt). A re-touch during the page animation cancels it and hands control
+back to the finger, which covers the same corrective intent.
+*/
+/** Base duration of the owned page animation (single-column hop). */
+const PAGE_ANIMATION_BASE_MS = 190;
+/** Added per extra column so multi-column flings do not crawl. */
+const PAGE_ANIMATION_PER_EXTRA_PAGE_MS = 45;
+const PAGE_ANIMATION_MAX_MS = 300;
+/** Only release-adjacent scroll samples describe fling speed. */
+const VELOCITY_SAMPLE_WINDOW_MS = 120;
+/** px/ms of release velocity that buys one extra column of paging. */
+const FLING_VELOCITY_PER_EXTRA_PAGE = 1.6;
+/** Ceiling so a hard flick cannot fly across the whole board. */
+const MAX_PAGES_PER_SWIPE = 3;
+/** Below this the animation is pointless — jump. */
+const MIN_ANIMATED_DISTANCE_PX = 2;
+
+function now(): number {
+  if (typeof performance !== "undefined" && typeof performance.now === "function") {
+    return performance.now();
+  }
+  return Date.now();
+}
+
+function prefersReducedMotion(): boolean {
+  if (typeof window === "undefined" || typeof window.matchMedia !== "function") return false;
+  try {
+    return window.matchMedia("(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)").matches === true;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+/** Ease-out cubic: fast departure, soft arrival — reads as "snappy", not "floaty". */
+function easeOutCubic(progress: number): number {
+  const clamped = progress <= 0 ? 0 : progress >= 1 ? 1 : progress;
+  return 1 - (1 - clamped) ** 3;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Columns to advance for a release velocity, in px/ms (absolute value).
+ *
+ * A deliberate slow swipe pages exactly one column; faster releases buy extra columns so the
+ * hook's owned animation keeps the reach a native fling used to provide.
+ */
+export function resolvePageCount(velocityPxPerMs: number): number {
+  const speed = Math.abs(velocityPxPerMs);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(speed) || speed <= 0) return 1;
+  const extra = Math.floor(speed / FLING_VELOCITY_PER_EXTRA_PAGE);
+  return Math.min(1 + extra, MAX_PAGES_PER_SWIPE);
+}
+
+/** Duration for a `pageCount`-column hop. */
+export function resolvePageAnimationMs(pageCount: number): number {
+  const extraPages = Math.max(0, pageCount - 1);
+  return Math.min(
+    PAGE_ANIMATION_BASE_MS + extraPages * PAGE_ANIMATION_PER_EXTRA_PAGE_MS,
+    PAGE_ANIMATION_MAX_MS,
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Target column for an owned directional page.
+ *
+ * `originIndex` + `direction * pageCount`, clamped to the column range, then clamped forward to
+ * `floorIndex` (the column the finger already dragged onto) so a long slow drag never animates
+ * backwards to a stale origin-derived target.
+ */
+export function resolveFlingTargetIndex(options: {
+  columnCount: number;
+  originIndex: number;
+  direction: number;
+  pageCount: number;
+  /** Nearest column at release; keeps a long drag's own landing point. */
+  nearestIndex: number;
+}): number {
+  const { columnCount, originIndex, direction, pageCount, nearestIndex } = options;
+  if (columnCount <= 1) return 0;
+  const lastIndex = columnCount - 1;
+  const clamp = (value: number) => Math.min(Math.max(value, 0), lastIndex);
+  const origin = clamp(originIndex);
+  const nearest = clamp(nearestIndex);
+  if (direction === 0) return nearest;
+  const paged = clamp(origin + direction * Math.max(1, pageCount));
+  return direction > 0 ? Math.max(paged, nearest) : Math.min(paged, nearest);
+}
+
 export interface UseColumnScrollSnapOptions {
   /** Restrict magnetic snapping to phone-class viewports. */
   mobileOnly?: boolean;
@@ -282,6 +388,19 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
     let pinnedScrollLeft: number | null = null;
     /** Continues correcting late WebKit compositor writes until the next user interaction. */
     let pinReassertTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
+    /*
+    FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+    Release velocity comes from board scrollLeft samples taken while the finger is down, not from
+    finger coordinates: on iOS the native pan owns the touch stream, so scroll ticks are the only
+    faithful record of how fast the content was actually moving at lift.
+    */
+    let velocitySampleScrollLeft = scroller.scrollLeft;
+    let velocitySampleAt = now();
+    let releaseVelocityPxPerMs = 0;
+    /** rAF handle for the hook-owned page animation. */
+    let pageAnimationFrame: number | null = null;
+    /** Inline styles frozen for the duration of the page animation. */
+    let animationStyleRestore: (() => void) | null = null;
 
     const clearIdleTimer = () => {
       if (idleTimer !== null) clearTimeout(idleTimer);
@@ -369,6 +488,95 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
       reassertPinnedScrollLeft();
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Stop the hook-owned page animation and give the axis back to the browser.
+     *
+     * FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+     * A re-touch during the animation must hand control straight back to the finger — this is the
+     * corrective seam that replaces tap-to-stop-during-momentum.
+     */
+    const cancelPageAnimation = () => {
+      if (pageAnimationFrame !== null && typeof window.cancelAnimationFrame === "function") {
+        window.cancelAnimationFrame(pageAnimationFrame);
+      }
+      pageAnimationFrame = null;
+      if (animationStyleRestore) {
+        const restore = animationStyleRestore;
+        animationStyleRestore = null;
+        restore();
+      }
+    };
+
+    /*
+    FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+    `overflow-x: hidden` stays on for the WHOLE animation, not just the first frame: it is what
+    makes the compositor drop the native fling, and a fling left alive fights every per-frame
+    scrollLeft write (the board visibly stutters and can land off-center). Programmatic scrollLeft
+    still applies while the axis is hidden, so the animation itself is unaffected.
+    */
+    const freezeScrollerForAnimation = () => {
+      if (animationStyleRestore) return;
+      const priorOverflowX = scroller.style.overflowX;
+      const priorBehavior = scroller.style.scrollBehavior;
+      const priorWebkit = scroller.style.getPropertyValue("-webkit-overflow-scrolling");
+      scroller.style.scrollBehavior = "auto";
+      scroller.style.overflowX = "hidden";
+      scroller.style.setProperty("-webkit-overflow-scrolling", "auto");
+      animationStyleRestore = () => {
+        scroller.style.overflowX = priorOverflowX;
+        scroller.style.scrollBehavior = priorBehavior;
+        if (priorWebkit) {
+          scroller.style.setProperty("-webkit-overflow-scrolling", priorWebkit);
+        } else {
+          scroller.style.removeProperty("-webkit-overflow-scrolling");
+        }
+      };
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Animate to a column center over `durationMs`, then pin as a normal settle.
+     *
+     * Falls back to the instant hard jump when motion is reduced, `requestAnimationFrame` is
+     * unavailable, or the distance is not worth animating.
+     */
+    const animateSnapTo = (targetLeft: number, durationMs: number) => {
+      const target = Math.round(targetLeft);
+      const from = scroller.scrollLeft;
+      const distance = target - from;
+
+      pointerHeld = false;
+      suspendNativeSnap();
+      cancelPageAnimation();
+
+      if (
+        Math.abs(distance) < MIN_ANIMATED_DISTANCE_PX ||
+        durationMs <= 0 ||
+        prefersReducedMotion() ||
+        typeof window.requestAnimationFrame !== "function"
+      ) {
+        applySnapTo(target);
+        return;
+      }
+
+      freezeScrollerForAnimation();
+      const startedAt = now();
+
+      const step = () => {
+        pageAnimationFrame = null;
+        const elapsed = now() - startedAt;
+        const progress = elapsed / durationMs;
+        if (progress >= 1) {
+          cancelPageAnimation();
+          applySnapTo(target);
+          return;
+        }
+        scroller.scrollLeft = Math.round(from + distance * easeOutCubic(progress));
+        pageAnimationFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(step);
+      };
+
+      pageAnimationFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame(step);
+    };
+
     /**
      * FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-22-15:26:
      * Hard-jump to the nearest column center when off-center. Returns true when a snap
@@ -483,6 +691,79 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
       idleTimer = setTimeout(snapInScrollDirection, SCROLL_IDLE_SETTLE_MS);
     };
 
+    /**
+     * Page immediately at finger-up, animating the board there ourselves.
+     *
+     * FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+     * This is the "faster momentum" path: instead of arming the idle settle and waiting out native
+     * inertia, a directional lift resolves its target from the ORIGIN column plus a velocity-derived
+     * page count and animates there in ~200ms. Reach scales with flick speed, so a hard fling still
+     * crosses multiple columns without the long coast.
+     */
+    const commitDirectionalPage = (direction: number) => {
+      clearIdleTimer();
+
+      const columns = getSnapColumns(scroller);
+      const viewportWidth = scroller.clientWidth || scroller.getBoundingClientRect().width;
+      if (columns.length < 2 || viewportWidth <= 0) {
+        interactionActive = false;
+        restoreNativeSnap();
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const nearestIndex = nearestColumnIndex(scroller, columns);
+      // A gesture begun mid-transit has no trustworthy origin: page from where it actually is.
+      const originIndex = gestureStartCentered ? gestureStartColumnIndex : nearestIndex;
+      const pageCount = resolvePageCount(resolveReleaseVelocity());
+      const targetIndex = resolveFlingTargetIndex({
+        columnCount: columns.length,
+        originIndex,
+        direction,
+        pageCount,
+        nearestIndex,
+      });
+
+      interactionActive = false;
+      sawHorizontalMovement = false;
+      lockedDirection = 0;
+      gestureStartClientX = null;
+      lastClientX = null;
+      gestureStartClientY = null;
+      lastClientY = null;
+      releaseVelocityPxPerMs = 0;
+
+      animateSnapTo(
+        scrollLeftToCenterColumn(scroller, columns[targetIndex]),
+        resolvePageAnimationMs(pageCount),
+      );
+    };
+
+    /** Reset the release-velocity window at the start of every fresh gesture baseline. */
+    const resetVelocitySampling = () => {
+      velocitySampleScrollLeft = scroller.scrollLeft;
+      velocitySampleAt = now();
+      releaseVelocityPxPerMs = 0;
+    };
+
+    /** Fold one scroll tick into the release-velocity estimate (px/ms, signed). */
+    const sampleVelocity = (currentScrollLeft: number) => {
+      const at = now();
+      const elapsed = at - velocitySampleAt;
+      // Synchronous same-instant ticks (and test batches) carry no speed information.
+      if (elapsed <= 0) return;
+      releaseVelocityPxPerMs = (currentScrollLeft - velocitySampleScrollLeft) / elapsed;
+      velocitySampleScrollLeft = currentScrollLeft;
+      velocitySampleAt = at;
+    };
+
+    /*
+    FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+    A finger that moved fast and then held still before lifting must NOT page like a flick: the last
+    sample would still read fast. Velocity older than the sample window counts as a resting finger.
+    */
+    const resolveReleaseVelocity = (): number =>
+      now() - velocitySampleAt > VELOCITY_SAMPLE_WINDOW_MS ? 0 : releaseVelocityPxPerMs;
+
     /*
     FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-22-15:10:
     A second touch during post-lift momentum must cancel the pending directional settle and start a fresh gesture at the current scrollLeft.
@@ -493,6 +774,13 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
 
       if (event.type === "touchstart") touchSequenceActive = true;
       clearPin();
+      /*
+      FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+      A touch landing mid-animation takes the axis back immediately (overflow restored, rAF
+      dropped) so the finger drags from wherever the page had reached.
+      */
+      cancelPageAnimation();
+      resetVelocitySampling();
 
       // Mid-momentum re-touch (or duplicate pointerdown+touchstart): cancel pending snap and re-baseline.
       if (interactionActive) {
@@ -593,8 +881,12 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
       lastScrollLeft = current;
       markMoved();
 
-      // While finger is down: free-scroll only. After lift: re-arm idle (momentum).
-      if (pointerHeld) return;
+      // While finger is down: free-scroll only, sampling speed for the release page count.
+      if (pointerHeld) {
+        sampleVelocity(current);
+        return;
+      }
+      // Post-lift ticks (residual inertia before our page takes over): keep the fallback armed.
       armIdleSettle();
     };
 
@@ -614,6 +906,16 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
         snapInScrollDirection();
         return;
       }
+      /*
+      FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-11:20:
+      Directional lift pages NOW instead of arming the idle settle — the whole point of owning the
+      momentum. Net-zero-direction pans (weak or reversed gestures) still fall through to the idle
+      settle, which rests them on the nearest center.
+      */
+      if (lockedDirection !== 0) {
+        commitDirectionalPage(lockedDirection);
+        return;
+      }
       armIdleSettle();
     };
 
@@ -634,7 +936,10 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
       pointerHeld = false;
       releasePointerCapture();
       lockDirectionFromGesture();
-      if (sawHorizontalMovement || lockedDirection !== 0) {
+      if (lockedDirection !== 0) {
+        // Genuine cancel with pan intent: page like a lift rather than coasting to an idle settle.
+        commitDirectionalPage(lockedDirection);
+      } else if (sawHorizontalMovement) {
         armIdleSettle();
       } else {
         // FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-22-15:26: Cancelled zero-pan touch must not leave mid-column.
@@ -668,6 +973,8 @@ export function useColumnScrollSnap(
     return () => {
       clearIdleTimer();
       clearPin();
+      // Unmount mid-animation must not leave the scroller frozen at `overflow-x: hidden`.
+      cancelPageAnimation();
       releasePointerCapture();
       restoreNativeSnap();
       scroller.removeEventListener("pointerdown", beginInteraction);

packages/dashboard/app/styles.css

@@ -1130,6 +1130,14 @@ body {
 }
 
 /* === Board === */
+/*
+FNXC:BoardNavigation 2026-07-24-10:05:
+Desktop board scrolling must be free-panning: no scroll snapping at all. Trackpad/wheel scrolls
+were being captured by the browser's proximity-snap settle animation, which reads as a slow,
+sticky drag toward a column center. Snapping stays a phone-tier affordance only (re-declared in
+the mobile media block alongside the JS column pager), so the base rule turns it off explicitly
+rather than relying on the absence of a declaration.
+*/
 .board {
   box-sizing: border-box;
   display: grid;
@@ -1143,7 +1151,7 @@ body {
   overflow-x: auto;
   overflow-y: hidden;
   overscroll-behavior-x: contain;
-  scroll-snap-type: x proximity;
+  scroll-snap-type: none;
   scroll-padding-inline: 50%;
   scrollbar-color: var(--border) transparent;
   scrollbar-width: thin;