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List:       konq-bugs
Subject:    Bug#45180: Select with scrollwheel in select-box feature desperately needs to be configureable
From:       jju () dif ! dk
Date:       2002-07-14 11:46:08
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Package: konqueror
Version: 3.0.6 (using KDE 3.0.6 CVS/CVSup/Snapshot)
Severity: wishlist
Installed from:    Compiled sources
Compiler:          gcc 2.95.3
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: Slackware


I've noticed that Konqueror has a new feature - you can use the scroll wheel on your \
mouse over <select> boxes and in <textarea> fields to scroll up/down and select \
options.

This feature desperately needs to be configureable and off by default as it is (IMHO) \
useability hell.


There are a few reasons why I think this feature is bad:

- if you are using the scrollwheel to scroll up or down on a large webpage and the \
mouse happens to hit a "scrollable" field somewhere on the page, then the scrolling \
on the page will stop and will instead scroll the field you hit. This is annoying a \
best.

- If you use the scrollwheel to scroll a select box that is used as a menu (often \
seen on many webpages), and this select box has a javascript assiciated with it that \
will reload the page with the option selected, then when scrolling the select box you \
have absolutely no control over which option gets selected. Becourse as soon as you \
hold a slight pause to read what you have scrolled down to the selection will \
activate as if you had clicked it. This is especially annoying if you inadvertedly \
hit such a select box while scrolling a large page (as described above).


There are a few options to make this feature actually usable.

Either:

- Keep the current behaviour but make it configurable and off by default.

- Change the behaviour so that when scrolling select boxes it will pop up the list of \
options and scroll inside that list and only activate a javascript action when the \
user actually clicks on an option.

- Only have the scrollwheel action active on select boxes when the user has clicked \
the box and sees the list of options and then only allow scrollwheel-scrolling when \
the mouse is over the scrollbar besides the list of options (only activating the \
scrollwheel when the mouse is over a widgets scrollbar would also make input box \
scroll nicer).

- Make any combination of the above configureable so the user can choose what \
behaviour is desired- I still believe it should be off by default.


Please feel free to contact me if you need more info or a better description.


Best regards,
Jesper Juhl - jju@dif.dk


(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)


(Complete bug history is available at http://bugs.kde.org/db/45/45180.html)
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