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From: Dmitry Antipov <dmantipov@yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: Emacs development discussions <emacs-devel@gnu.org>,
	Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Menus with more items than the TTY can display
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 16:07:56 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5257EA1C.3030000@yandex.ru> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAH8Pv0iXc0wauQYkGh1hTKmFiFE84ws_UYWs7EaQFNoxWy2y9A@mail.gmail.com>

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On 10/11/2013 03:41 PM, Dani Moncayo wrote:

> IMO: Do "auto scrolling" with the menú items, i.e.:
> * Initially show only the first (top) N items that fit in the available height.
> * If the users selects an item close to the bottom of the menu, scroll
> up the menu items, (similar to what happens in buffer auto scrolling)
> to show more items at the bottom part.
> * Likewise when the user selects an item close to the top of the menu.

+1. Plus, I think that the menu should not overwrite modeline, like on
the first attached image. Instead, menu should end before modeline and
display some special thing if there are more menu items to scroll,
like on the second image ("vvvvvv").

Dmitry



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  reply	other threads:[~2013-10-11 12:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-10-11 11:28 Menus with more items than the TTY can display Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-11 11:40 ` Dmitry Antipov
2013-10-11 14:43   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-11 17:06     ` chad
2013-10-11 17:48       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-14 15:38     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-15 18:28       ` martin rudalics
2013-10-15 19:04         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-16  7:44           ` martin rudalics
2013-10-16 15:19             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-16 17:45               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-16 18:15                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-16 18:34                   ` martin rudalics
2013-10-16 18:59                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-17  9:27                       ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 16:21                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-17 17:11                           ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 17:41                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-17 18:01                               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 18:08                                 ` chad
2013-10-18  7:54                                   ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 20:04                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18  7:54                               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 22:52                             ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-18  7:02                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18  7:59                                 ` martin rudalics
2013-10-18 22:59                                 ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-19  7:43                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-19 22:51                                     ` Xue Fuqiao
2013-10-20  2:44                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18  7:56                               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-18  9:51                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-16 19:05                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-17  9:28                       ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 16:38                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-17 17:13                           ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 17:45                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-17 18:01                               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-17 20:06                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-17 20:25                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18  7:55                                     ` martin rudalics
2013-10-18  9:32                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18 14:35                                         ` martin rudalics
2013-10-18 15:30                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18 19:17                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-19 10:38                                               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-19 11:54                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-19 13:57                                                   ` martin rudalics
2013-10-19 14:57                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-19 16:23                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-19 18:36                                                         ` martin rudalics
2013-10-19 19:15                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-20 10:20                                                             ` martin rudalics
2013-10-20 16:38                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-20 18:41                                                                 ` martin rudalics
2013-10-20 19:16                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-19 18:36                                                       ` martin rudalics
2013-10-19 19:14                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-20 10:19                                                           ` martin rudalics
2013-10-20 16:19                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-20 18:41                                                               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-20 19:27                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-21  7:19                                                                   ` martin rudalics
2013-10-21 16:42                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-21 17:34                                                                       ` martin rudalics
2013-10-21 18:17                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18  7:55                                   ` martin rudalics
2013-10-18  9:50                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18 14:36                                       ` martin rudalics
2013-10-18  8:36                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-18 14:35                               ` martin rudalics
2013-10-11 11:41 ` Dani Moncayo
2013-10-11 12:07   ` Dmitry Antipov [this message]
2013-10-11 14:44     ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-10-11 17:49     ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-11 18:00       ` Eli Zaretskii

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