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Description

ScrollView with keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled" keeps the keyboard open only for taps that RNGH marks as handled. Only NativeDetector marked them, so a tap on a VirtualGestureDetector, or on an InterceptingGestureDetector's own gesture, fired the gesture but still dismissed the keyboard.

This PR runs useJSResponderHandler in both detectors:

• InterceptingGestureDetector sets onStartShouldSetResponder on its host view.
• VirtualDetector has no host view, so Wrap marks the event in onStartShouldSetResponderCapture on the cloned child and then calls the child's own capture handler. It uses the capture phase because RN Text replaces its press handling with any passed onStartShouldSetResponder, which broke onPress and gave every Text child the link role.

Native gestures:

• InterceptingGestureDetector doesn't count its own Native gesture as handling a tap. That gesture belongs to the container hosting the virtual children (a ScrollView, a pager), and counting it would keep the keyboard open for every touch on the container. Same as on main.
• On Android, RN makes RefreshControl the parent of the whole scroll content, so its Native gesture would mark every tap on the list. createNativeWrapper sets an internal config flag on its gesture (countNativeAsHandled: false, not part of the public config types) and the hook skips it.

Other changes:

• isSupportedGesture checks enabled on every leaf of a composed gesture, so an enabled Pan composed with a disabled Tap no longer marks the event. This replaces isGestureEnabled, which is removed.
• react-native-svg makes a shape responsible when it gets any responder prop. With the injected capture handler, virtual gestures on SVG shapes now work without the onPress={noop} workaround. Shapes that already have onPress behave as before.

Test plan

• Jest: virtual and intercepting detectors with Tap, Pan and Native gestures, RefreshControl (including no native-side warning for the internal flag).
• Android and iOS:
  • the code below,
  • Text with onPress inside a VirtualGestureDetector (inline and block),
  • a list with RefreshControl: a tap on the blank area dismisses the keyboard, virtual rows keep it open,
  • SVG shapes with and without onPress in an InterceptingGestureDetector,
  • the Keyboard Should Persist Taps example from Fix handling keyboard should persists taps #4158 (no change).
• Web: a raw DOM element as a VirtualGestureDetector child logs no warnings.

Tested on the following code:

import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
import { Keyboard, StyleSheet, Text, TextInput, View } from 'react-native';
import {
  GestureDetector,
  InterceptingGestureDetector,
  ScrollView,
  useNativeGesture,
  useTapGesture,
  VirtualGestureDetector,
} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
import PagerView from 'react-native-pager-view';

// Focus the input, then tap the cards and the grey blank areas.
//   D card (virtual Tap in the ScrollView): main closes, PR keeps it open
//   B card (virtual Tap in an Intercepting detector): same as D
//   A and B blank area: keyboard closes on both
//   C blank area (GestureDetector + Native, unchanged): stays open on both

function Pages({
  label,
  onCardTap,
}: {
  label: string;
  onCardTap?: () => void;
}) {
  return [0, 1].map((page) => (
    <View key={page} style={styles.page}>
      <Text style={styles.pageLabel}>
        {label} - page {page + 1} (grey = blank)
      </Text>
      {onCardTap ? <VirtualCard page={page} onTap={onCardTap} /> : null}
    </View>
  ));
}

function VirtualCard({ page, onTap }: { page: number; onTap: () => void }) {
  const tap = useTapGesture({ runOnJS: true, onDeactivate: onTap });

  return (
    <VirtualGestureDetector gesture={tap}>
      <View style={styles.card}>
        <Text>virtual Tap card {page + 1}</Text>
      </View>
    </VirtualGestureDetector>
  );
}

export default function EmptyExample() {
  const [keyboardVisible, setKeyboardVisible] = useState(false);
  const [taps, setTaps] = useState(0);

  useEffect(() => {
    const show = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidShow', () =>
      setKeyboardVisible(true)
    );
    const hide = Keyboard.addListener('keyboardDidHide', () =>
      setKeyboardVisible(false)
    );
    return () => {
      show.remove();
      hide.remove();
    };
  }, []);

  const interceptingNative = useNativeGesture({ disallowInterruption: true });
  const detectorNative = useNativeGesture({ disallowInterruption: true });

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Text style={styles.status} testID="status">
        keyboard: {keyboardVisible ? 'OPEN' : 'closed'} | card taps: {taps}
      </Text>
      <ScrollView keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled">
        <TextInput style={styles.input} placeholder="focus me" testID="input" />

        <Text style={styles.header}>D: virtual Tap directly in GH ScrollView</Text>
        <View style={styles.dRow}>
          <VirtualCard page={-1} onTap={() => setTaps((t) => t + 1)} />
        </View>

        <Text style={styles.header}>A: plain PagerView</Text>
        <PagerView style={styles.pager} initialPage={0} testID="pager-a">
          {Pages({ label: 'A' })}
        </PagerView>

        <Text style={styles.header}>
          B: InterceptingGestureDetector + useNativeGesture
        </Text>
        <InterceptingGestureDetector gesture={interceptingNative}>
          <PagerView style={styles.pager} initialPage={0} testID="pager-b">
            {Pages({ label: 'B', onCardTap: () => setTaps((t) => t + 1) })}
          </PagerView>
        </InterceptingGestureDetector>

        <Text style={styles.header}>C: GestureDetector + useNativeGesture</Text>
        <GestureDetector gesture={detectorNative}>
          <PagerView style={styles.pager} initialPage={0} testID="pager-c">
            {Pages({ label: 'C' })}
          </PagerView>
        </GestureDetector>

        <View style={styles.filler} />
      </ScrollView>
    </View>
  );
}

const styles = StyleSheet.create({
  container: { flex: 1 },
  status: { fontSize: 16, padding: 8, textAlign: 'center' },
  input: {
    marginHorizontal: 16,
    marginTop: 8,
    padding: 8,
    borderWidth: 1,
    borderColor: '#888',
    borderRadius: 8,
  },
  header: { marginHorizontal: 16, marginTop: 6, fontWeight: 'bold' },
  pager: { height: 72, marginHorizontal: 16, marginTop: 4 },
  page: { backgroundColor: '#ddd', padding: 6, gap: 4 },
  pageLabel: { opacity: 0.6 },
  card: {
    height: 32,
    backgroundColor: '#cde',
    borderRadius: 8,
    justifyContent: 'center',
    alignItems: 'center',
  },
  dRow: { marginHorizontal: 16, marginTop: 4 },
  filler: { height: 300 },
});

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Summary

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved responder handling for tap gestures used with virtual and intercepting gesture detectors inside scroll views.
  • Scroll views can claim responder events for eligible taps, while virtual pan gestures and intercepting native gestures retain their expected behavior.
  • Disabled gestures and detectors without a gesture configuration no longer affect responder handling.
  • Updated scroll views and refresh controls to handle native gestures consistently during tap interactions.

V3 virtual and intercepting detectors now use JS responder handling. The responder check evaluates gesture enablement and whether Native gestures count as handled. Native wrappers pass this option for ScrollView and RefreshControl. Tests cover responder selection for tap, pan, and Native gestures.

Changes: Responder handoff

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Responder support policy packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/hooks/useJSResponderHandler.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/hooks/utils/configUtils.ts, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/hooks/utils/index.ts	useJSResponderHandler accepts an optional gesture and a countNativeAsHandled option. It checks enabled gesture support and Native gesture support. The isGestureEnabled helper and its re-export are removed.
Detector responder wiring packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/VirtualDetector.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/InterceptingGestureDetector.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/Wrap.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/createNativeWrapper.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/GestureComponents.tsx, packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/components/GestureComponents.web.tsx	Virtual and intercepting detector bases pass responder callbacks to native views. Wrap calls its callback before the child callback. Native wrappers accept countNativeAsHandled; ScrollView and RefreshControl pass false.
ScrollView responder coverage packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/__tests__/api_v3.test.tsx	Tests cover virtual tap and pan detectors, intercepting tap and Native detectors, the ScrollView’s Native detector, and RefreshControl. Detector lookup now selects the last matching host view.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant VirtualDetectorBase
  participant useJSResponderHandler
  participant Wrap
  participant ChildView
  VirtualDetectorBase->>useJSResponderHandler: evaluate gesture support
  useJSResponderHandler-->>VirtualDetectorBase: return responder callback
  VirtualDetectorBase->>Wrap: pass capture callback
  Wrap->>ChildView: call wrapper callback, then child callback

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The title names the main change: JS responder events are marked for the Virtual and Intercepting detectors. The changeset adds useJSResponderHandler to both detectors, a countNativeAsHandled option, and a capture handler in Wrap, all to report taps to ScrollView with keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled". The title is specific and matches the primary change. It does not mention the Native detector or the removal of isGestureEnabled, which is expected for a title.

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The behavior change is well-scoped, matches the PR’s stated intent (including the intercepting-native exclusion), and is covered by new targeted v3 tests.

Pull request overview

This PR fixes ScrollView keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled" interoperability by ensuring RNGH “handled tap” marking happens not only for NativeDetector, but also for VirtualGestureDetector and InterceptingGestureDetector (with a guard to avoid marking native gestures for intercepting scrollers like ScrollView/FlatList).

Changes:

• Extend useJSResponderHandler with an allowNative flag and allow an undefined gesture input.
• Plumb JS responder marking into VirtualDetector (via Wrap cloning the child and deferring to any existing child responder handler).
• Plumb JS responder marking into InterceptingGestureDetector host view, while disabling “Native gesture counts as handled” there.
• Add v3 API tests covering Virtual/Intercepting detectors’ responder marking behavior in keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled" mode.

File summaries

File	Description
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/hooks/useJSResponderHandler.ts	Adds allowNative support + gesture?: handling for responder-event marking decisions.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/Wrap.tsx	Passes responder marking through the cloned child while preserving any existing child handler.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/VirtualDetector.tsx	Wires useJSResponderHandler into VirtualDetector and forwards it to Wrap.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/v3/detectors/VirtualDetector/InterceptingGestureDetector.tsx	Wires responder marking onto the intercepting detector host view with allowNative=false.
packages/react-native-gesture-handler/src/tests/api_v3.test.tsx	Adds regression tests for responder marking for Virtual/Intercepting detectors and native-gesture exclusion.

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@j-piasecki, I'm not sure what regression you've found, but if it was a Text component then it should be fine after bea2e05.

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