Re: b4 review animates scrolling slowly

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 03:59:02PM +0100, Mark Brown wrote:
> > This is managed with TEXTUAL_ env vars:
> > https://b4.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/maintainer/review.html#disabling-scroll-animations
> 
> > I suggest you set this in your .bash_profile:
> 
> >     TEXTUAL_SMOOTH_SCROLL=0
> 
> I'd push back on that and say that I can't imagine that anyone wants to
> spend a literal minute watching code scroll past.  I think the scrolling
> is fine when it's for smaller moves but it should have some sort of time
> bound on it that adjusts the rate of scroll or turns it off entirely
> when the move gets too big.

Can you let me know if setting the following helps at all:

    TEXTUAL_ANIMATIONS=basic

We can switch to this being the default mode if that's an acceptable
middle-ground. If not, I can look at turning off all animations in the absence
of a defined TEXTUAL_ env var, but this would be fighting with the framework a
bit.

-K