On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 17:22, Bucky Carr <bc...@purgatoire.org> wrote:
> > > I've noticed that exact behavior in many other Windows programs as > well. Definitely annoying. > We are not talking about Windows programs are we? Colin > > > On 2/5/2019 9:53 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: > > For two years something seemed not quite right about the use of > > scroll bars in Gnucash register windows, but I always just "lived > > with it" in a state of vague , not quite conscious annoyance. > > > > I have finally put my finger on the problem. > > > > When I click in the scroller and move my mouse, whenever the mouse > > leaves the scroll bar area the display snaps back to where it was > > before the scroll operation. I initially tried to carefully keep > > the mouse within the scroll bar area, and that does prevent the > > display from snapping back - but my new ephiphany is this: If I do > > manage not to stray from the bounds of the scroll bar before > > releasing the mouse button, then the display stays where my > > scrolling action left it BUT, the moment I subsequently move the > > mouse out of the scroll bar area, the display snaps to its previous > > position. In particular this makes it impossible to edit an entry > > that was out of the visible scrolling area but became visible after > > scrolling, as it is gone before I can click it. The only way to get > > to a row not visible is by using the arrow keys or PgUp, PgDown. > > Ironically, pressing those keys does move the scroller. > > > > I am running GNUCash version 3.900, which I built from source on > > 2018-06-03 on Ubuntu 18.04. > > > > This is highly irritating and non-standard behavior, I think. Other > > apps do not handle scrolling this way, such as the Thunderbird Mail > > inbox, Libre Office Calc, etc. I was not able to find a setting > > that would govern this behavior. Do others experience this, or is > > it a bug? > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
