1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/features/messages.js b/src/features/messages.js
index 44450ea..1371b04 100644
--- a/src/features/messages.js
+++ b/src/features/messages.js
@@ -13349,10 +13349,23 @@ export function messagesFeature(ctx) {
     pager.anchor = first; // the slide meant to be on screen, from the first moment
     pager.screenH = scroller.clientHeight;
     pagerLoadAhead();
-    // the clip on screen's seek bar, every frame (timeupdate comes a few times a second)
+    // the clip on screen's seek bar, every frame (timeupdate comes a few
+    // times a second). While the pager is in motion — under a finger, in a
+    // glide or a flight, snapping back — no seek bar shows at all: the
+    // clip's slide is off its mark, and the bar rode along with it, a
+    // white line sliding up the screen (Adam, 2026-10-16: "i don't want to
+    // see the seek bar while i'm transitioning to the next video"). It
+    // fades back in once the clip is square on the screen.
     if (video) {
       const p = pager;
-      const frame = () => { if (pager !== p) return; p.cur?.querySelector('.mp-seek')?._paint?.(); p.raf = requestAnimationFrame(frame); };
+      const frame = () => {
+        if (pager !== p) return;
+        const bar = p.cur?.querySelector('.mp-seek');
+        if (bar) bar._paint();
+        const r = p.cur && p.cur.getBoundingClientRect();
+        p.el.classList.toggle('moving', !!r && (Math.abs(r.top) > 2 || Math.abs(r.left) > 2));
+        p.raf = requestAnimationFrame(frame);
+      };
       p.raf = requestAnimationFrame(frame);
     }
     // turned on its side (or back), the slides change height: stay on this one