In finder (list view) rescrolling to top when dropdowns folder contents. Bug?

I'm opening some folder in finder. Finder view is set to list view. List must be bigger than the view height. I'm scrolling down, then i click right arrow near some folder to dropdowns its contents. Its contents appear correctly but my list scrolls to top automaticaly after i clicked right arrow near folder.
Is this a bug? What can you say about this?

I'm frustrated with this same problem. In my case this happens only in my 10.5 macbook air and not in my 10.4 macbook pro. I've been renaming files in the same way in 10.2/10.3 and this never happened. Should be a bug. I've been searching for this issue and found this post at last - I really wonder why there aren't so many people mentioning this.

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