Re: Scrollbars placement

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:30:39 -0500
"Adam Krolnik" <akrolnik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I've seen that having the scrollbar on the left allows you to have less than
> the entire window on the
> screen and still be able to scroll the output.
Unless it's the left side of the window that's offscreen ...

 
> Also a useful option for left handers who gravitate to the left side instead
> of the right for things.
As a left-hander, I can attest that not all such creatures gravitate there !

I guess it comes down to habit.

> 
> As to the the scope, I'd pick filelists  + output.

Myself, I can't think of a compelling reason to differentiate within an 
application (or even within a desktop session more generally). Muscle-memory, 
again.

In fact, I'm a bit inclined now to disable the existing filelist-bars-placement 
option, it'd be the first time for a while that I've found an opportunity to 
_reduce_ code.
 
Regards
Tom


> On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 6:04 AM, <tpgww@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > > 2. I found the scrollbar position option. But the output pane doesn't
> > have
> > > > such an option.
> > > >    I was hoping to have the scrollbar on the left side, but you may not
> > have
> > > > done that due
> > > >    to the tabs feature.
> > > There are lots of scrollbars in the application, only the filelist bars
> > are relocatable. That's an option from the very early days of emelFM2. It
> > never seemed worthwhile replicating more generally. Not least because, as
> > you observe, there are consequential UI effects to be managed, and because
> > to now, there's been no public indication that anyone ever changed this
> > option.
> >
> > Do any of you have an undeclared interest in this ?
> >
> > What is the most sensible scope for a scrollbars placement option ?
> >  whole application ?
> >  whole application except button bars ?
> >  whole main-window (i.e. including button bars) ?
> >  filelists + output pane ?
> >  filelists (as now) ?


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