[comp.windows.x.motif] Scrollbar minimums

ben@HPCVXBEN.CV.HP.COM (Benjamin Ellsworth) (07/11/90)

> Is 1.1 going to have a way of setting the minimum size of a scrollbar
> slider?

Nope.

> At 1.0.3 it is hardwired at 4 pixels, which is barely
> selectable on my 75dpi screen, and would be nighwell impossible
> on a 100dpi+.  It seems to be that it ought to be either specified
> in a device independant manner, or else made to be a proportion of
> the width (e.g. never less than 3/4ths the width).

It seems to me that if it's too hard to grab with the mouse that one
could/should use the keyboard.  1.1 has a comprehensive set of keyboard
bindings for scrollbar control.  Also, when it comes to fine
positioning of scale controls, one is often forced to use the keyboard
rather than the mouse.


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nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley) (07/11/90)

> It seems to me that if it's too hard to grab with the mouse that one
> could/should use the keyboard.  1.1 has a comprehensive set of keyboard

Certainly keyboard control is desirable, but that's really orthogonal to
having an unusable and visually unpleasing graphical interface, particularly
when a fix would be pretty trivial.

						-kee

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I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.

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