Re: All widgets except the scroll bar uses GTK?

[Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>]

Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> writes:

> Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> writes:
>> Maybe I only know GTK scroll bars (under Emacs), could you please
>> explain how to switch between the directions without moving the mouse?
>
> Right-click click scrolls forward, left-click scrolls backward.  The
> middle button usually is used for handle dragging etc.
>
> Clicks work anywhere in the scrollbar, not only in the "trough" areas;
> the direction to scroll is determined soley by which button you
> pick.

I only knew the toolkit scroll bars and couldn't play around.

>
>>> you can't scroll through a complete file without needing to reseat the
>>> mouse in between, you can't control the scroll amount).
>>
>> You mean that one can more precisely control the amount of scrolling
>> with respect to how far on clicks away from the tool bar handle?
>
> No, because L/R clicking totally ignores the "handle" position; it uses
> the distance from the top of the scrollbar to determine the amount to
> scroll.  In some implementations (I don't know if Emacs is one)
> scrolling autorepeats if you hold down the button, and you can vary the
> scroll speed in real time just by moving the mouse up and down in the
> scrollbar.
>
> It's a _lot_ more ergonomic, and much more precise, than the mac/windows
> method of scrolling once you get used to it, though I guess it's not
> well suited to a one-button mouse... :-)

Yeees, I'd guess so 8-).  Thanks for the explanation though David did
it also and as he predicted I had to give the configure option
--without-toolkit-scroll-bars to check your hints.

-- 
    Best wishes

    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany