limit scrolling by axis

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Add
+
+- Added `x_axis` and `y_axis` parameters to `Widget.scroll_to_region`
+
+### Changed
+
+- Tree will no longer scroll the X axis when moving the cursor
+
 ## [0.80.1] - 2024-09-24
 
 ### Fixed

src/textual/widget.py

@@ -2874,6 +2874,8 @@ def scroll_to_region(
         force: bool = False,
         on_complete: CallbackType | None = None,
         level: AnimationLevel = "basic",
+        x_axis: bool = True,
+        y_axis: bool = True,
     ) -> Offset:
         """Scrolls a given region in to view, if required.
 
@@ -2892,6 +2894,8 @@ def scroll_to_region(
             force: Force scrolling even when prohibited by overflow styling.
             on_complete: A callable to invoke when the animation is finished.
             level: Minimum level required for the animation to take place (inclusive).
+            x_axis: Allow scrolling on X axis?
+            y_axis: Allow scrolling on Y axis?
 
         Returns:
             The distance that was scrolled.
@@ -2938,11 +2942,13 @@ def clamp_delta(delta: Offset) -> Offset:
             delta = Offset(delta.x, 0)
 
         if delta:
+            delta_x = delta.x if x_axis else 0
+            delta_y = delta.y if y_axis else 0
             if speed is None and duration is None:
                 duration = 0.2
             self.scroll_relative(
-                delta.x or None,
-                delta.y or None,
+                delta_x or None,
+                delta_y or None,
                 animate=animate,
                 speed=speed,
                 duration=duration,

src/textual/widgets/_tree.py

@@ -1113,7 +1113,12 @@ def scroll_to_line(self, line: int, animate: bool = True) -> None:
         region = self._get_label_region(line)
         if region is not None:
             self.scroll_to_region(
-                region, animate=animate, force=True, center=self.center_scroll
+                region,
+                animate=animate,
+                force=True,
+                center=self.center_scroll,
+                origin_visible=False,
+                x_axis=False,  # Scrolling the X axis is quite jarring, and rarely necessary
             )
 
     def scroll_to_node(