Skip virtualisation for small DataGridView grids to avoid a re-measure on tab show

web/pgadmin/static/js/SchemaView/DataGridView/grid.jsx

@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ import { FeatureSet } from './features';
 import { createGridColumns, GRID_STATE } from './utils';
 
 
+// The row count above which a grid is worth virtualising. It scales with
+// the visible column count rather than being a flat row count, since
+// render cost tracks total cells (rows * cols), not rows alone: formula
+// and bounds from VIBVEL47's PR #10146. A grid reporting no columns yet
+// gets a middling default rather than the 25 row floor, so that a grid
+// still settling its columns is not virtualised on the strength of a
+// momentary zero.
+export function getVirtualiseThreshold(visibleColCount) {
+  if(!visibleColCount) return 100;
+
+  return Math.min(400, Math.max(25, Math.round(700 / visibleColCount)));
+}
+
+
 export default function DataGridView({
   field, viewHelperProps, accessPath, dataDispatch, containerClassName
 }) {
@@ -122,12 +136,27 @@ export default function DataGridView({
     )
   ).includes(true);
 
+  // Virtualising a small grid buys nothing (there's no offscreen window to
+  // skip rendering) but still pays for measureElement's per-row
+  // getBoundingClientRect on every mount/remeasure. That remeasure is
+  // exactly what fires when a dialog tab holding the grid is hidden via
+  // `display: none` and then shown again, since the scroll viewport
+  // momentarily measures 0 and the virtualizer's ResizeObserver treats
+  // that as a real resize. Below the threshold we skip virtualisation
+  // entirely and render every row in normal document flow, so showing a
+  // hidden tab is a pure CSS toggle again.
+  const visibleColCount = table.getVisibleLeafColumns().length;
+  const virtualiseThreshold = viewHelperProps.virtualiseThreshold ??
+    getVirtualiseThreshold(visibleColCount);
+  const shouldVirtualise = rows.length > virtualiseThreshold;
+
   const virtualizer = useVirtualizer({
     count: rows.length,
     getScrollElement: () => tableEleRef.current,
     estimateSize: () => 50,
     measureElement:
-      typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
+      shouldVirtualise &&
+        typeof window !== 'undefined' &&
         navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Firefox') === -1
         ? element => element?.getBoundingClientRect().height
         : undefined,
@@ -152,22 +181,29 @@ export default function DataGridView({
               ref={tableEleRef} table={table} data-test="data-grid-view"
               tableClassName='DataGridView-table'>
               <PgReactTableHeader table={table} />
-              <PgReactTableBody style={{
-                height: virtualizer.getTotalSize() + 'px'
-              }}>
+              <PgReactTableBody style={
+                shouldVirtualise ? {height: virtualizer.getTotalSize() + 'px'} : undefined
+              }>
                 {
-                  virtualizer.getVirtualItems().map((virtualRow) => {
+                  (
+                    shouldVirtualise
+                      ? virtualizer.getVirtualItems()
+                      : rows.map((_row, index) => ({index, start: 0}))
+                  ).map((virtualRow) => {
                     const row = rows[virtualRow.index];
                     return (
                       <PgReactTableRow
                         key={row.id}
                         data-index={virtualRow.index}
-                        ref={node => virtualizer.measureElement(node)}
-                        style={{
-                          // This should always be a `style` as it changes on
-                          // scroll.
-                          transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)`,
-                        }}
+                        ref={shouldVirtualise ? node => virtualizer.measureElement(node) : undefined}
+                        className={shouldVirtualise ? undefined : 'pgrt-row--static'}
+                        style={
+                          shouldVirtualise ? {
+                            // This should always be a `style` as it changes
+                            // on scroll.
+                            transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)`,
+                          } : undefined
+                        }
                       >
                         <GridRow
                           rowId={virtualRow.index} isResizing={isResizing}

web/pgadmin/static/js/components/PgReactTableStyled.jsx

@@ -92,6 +92,14 @@ const StyledDiv = styled('div')(({theme})=>({
         position: 'absolute',
         width: '100%',
 
+        // Opted out of the virtualizer's absolute positioning for grids
+        // small enough that virtualisation isn't used. Keeps the row in
+        // normal document flow so a hidden/shown dialog tab is a pure CSS
+        // toggle instead of triggering a virtualizer remeasure.
+        '&.pgrt-row--static': {
+          position: 'static',
+        },
+
         '& .pgrt-row-content': {
           display: 'flex',
           minHeight: 0,

web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/SchemaDialogView.spec.js

@@ -172,6 +172,46 @@ describe('SchemaView', ()=>{
         await user.type(ctrl.container.querySelectorAll('[name="field5"]')[1], 'rval51');
         expect(ctrl.container.querySelector('[data-test="notifier-message"]')).toHaveTextContent('Field5 in FieldColl must be unique.');
       });
+
+      it('does not virtualise a small grid, rendering rows in static flow', async ()=>{
+        await simulateValidData();
+
+        const dataRows = ctrl.container.querySelectorAll('[data-test="data-table-row"]');
+        expect(dataRows.length).toBe(2);
+
+        // Every row should be fully mounted and opted out of the
+        // virtualizer's absolute positioning, so a hidden dialog tab is a
+        // pure CSS toggle rather than something the virtualizer has to
+        // remeasure when the tab is shown again.
+        const pgrtRows = ctrl.container.querySelectorAll('.pgrt-row');
+        expect(pgrtRows.length).toBe(2);
+        pgrtRows.forEach((rowEl)=>{
+          expect(rowEl.classList.contains('pgrt-row--static')).toBe(true);
+          expect(rowEl.style.transform).toBe('');
+        });
+      });
+
+      it('virtualises a large grid, mounting only a window of rows', async ()=>{
+        // Clearing the default threshold would need several hundred rows,
+        // which is slow enough to time out on the Windows runners, so the
+        // threshold is pinned low instead and the scaling of the default
+        // is covered directly by getVirtualiseThreshold's own tests.
+        const manyRows = Array.from({length: 60}, (_, i)=>(
+          {field3: i, field4: 'field4val', field5: `field5val${i}`}
+        ));
+
+        await ctrlMount({
+          viewHelperProps: {mode: 'create', virtualiseThreshold: 25},
+          getInitData: ()=>Promise.resolve({fieldcoll: manyRows}),
+        });
+
+        const pgrtRows = ctrl.container.querySelectorAll('.pgrt-row');
+        expect(pgrtRows.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+        expect(pgrtRows.length).toBeLessThan(manyRows.length);
+        pgrtRows.forEach((rowEl)=>{
+          expect(rowEl.classList.contains('pgrt-row--static')).toBe(false);
+        });
+      });
     });
 
     describe('SQL tab', ()=>{

web/regression/javascript/SchemaView/getVirtualiseThreshold.spec.js

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// pgAdmin 4 - PostgreSQL Tools
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2013 - 2026, The pgAdmin Development Team
+// This software is released under the PostgreSQL Licence
+//
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+import { getVirtualiseThreshold }
+  from 'sources/SchemaView/DataGridView/grid';
+
+describe('getVirtualiseThreshold', ()=>{
+  it('scales inversely with the visible column count', ()=>{
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(4)).toBe(175);
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(7)).toBe(100);
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(14)).toBe(50);
+  });
+
+  it('never goes above 400, however few the columns', ()=>{
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(1)).toBe(400);
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(2)).toBe(350);
+  });
+
+  it('never goes below 25, however many the columns', ()=>{
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(28)).toBe(25);
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(200)).toBe(25);
+  });
+
+  it('uses a middling default when no columns are reported yet', ()=>{
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(0)).toBe(100);
+    expect(getVirtualiseThreshold(undefined)).toBe(100);
+  });
+});