#2088·dnd-kit

Variable height elements produce jittering in sortable lists

Author: 6uzm4nCreated Jun 16, 2026Updated Aug 13, 2026
Labelsbugcollisiondom

A pretty much minimal repro can be seen in the live example itself:

https://main--5fc05e08a4a65d0021ae0bf2.chromatic.com/iframe.html?globals=&args=&id=react-sortable-vertical-list--variable-heights

Big elements work well when being dragged, as seen in the attached video, but small elements cause jitter when dragging over the big ones. This jitter happens consistently but also somewhat randomly, and seems to be proportional to the size of the big element relative to the small one being dragged.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/62289938-e994-4a7a-a60f-0ec6b370edd0