Re: Scrollbar misbehaving w/ ROText ?

Bill Mezian wrote:
> Dean,
> 
> I just finished an application using Scrolled ROText as a message window
> that is updated as each step of the application is processed, and to display
> help files, etc., also on XP. I have noticed that the ROText window doesn't
> particularly want to allow scrolling up while the window is still filling,
> but I haven't noticed the behavior you're referring to.
> 
> The differences I did notice are I am using word rather than character wrap,
> so you might try that change and see if it helps. Also, I am scrolling the
> window and updating it after inserting each line, except in the instance of
> displaying a help file, which eliminates the need to manually scroll down.
> 
> All the best,
> 
> Bill

Tried word wrap, same bad behavior.

However, I think I have a clue to the issue.
Using the example I sent previously, I'm noticing that
if I click in the scrollbar trough just below the slider,
the slider won't move until I move the mouse, which is the
behavior I'd expect if the mouse was *on* the slider; if I move
the mouse down a bit further below the slider in the trough and
click, it will move down as expected. And when I click directly
on the slider, without moving the mouse, the slider moves up.
All of which leads me to believe the scrollbar is losing track
of the slider size/position (probably a side effect of the slider
resizing ?)

Another possibly incorrect behavior: when I click and hold in
the trough below the slider, the slider keeps moving down, even
past the mouse cursor, until it hits the bottom of the window.
(Likewise going in the other direction). Not certain if thats
the expected behavior (the pod isn't too clear, except to say
holding hte button autorepeats the action), but most scrollbars
I've seen usually stop the slider/scrolling when the slider
collides with the mouse cursor.

- Dean
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