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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Get rid of horizonal scrollbar in all windows
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2004-03-29 12:40:14
Message-ID: 4068192E.4050503 () acm ! org
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Ari Kaihola wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I do not know if this should be sent to xfree or some other 
> organization, that is dealing with windowing... well, here it is anyway:
> 
> I got this idea, when looking once again my pictures at high resolution. 
> How much more convenient it would be, if one didn't have to change the 
> "grip" of the mouse cursor from vertical scroll-bar to horizontal and 
> back again. Think about it: you just grab the vertical scroller and keep 
> your grip on it - if the object (www-page, picture, spreadsheet, file 
> manager,...whatever) would be wider than your window horizontally, there 
> would emerge small horizontal arrows in vertical scroller from which you 
> know, the object does not fit horizontally in the window, and without 
> losing your grip on the vertical scroller you could scroll BOTH up/down 
> as well as left/right (as long as you keep your left mouse button 
> pressed). This would render horizontal scrollbar useless and would thus 
> save some screen space, too.
> 
> If the object would fit vertically (but not horizontally) in the window, 
> then no vertical scroller would exist to take hold of ... hmmm.. maybe 
> this would be wiser to implement as a small square in a fixed spot on 
> every window (header-line perhaps? in the bottom-right corner?) - you 
> just grab the square and don't let loose until you have navigated to the 
> right place in your object. In this model both scroll-bars would become 
> unnecessary! The scroller-square could be implemented as a cursor (after 
> you have grabbed it) showing 4 arrows and switching each of them off, 
> when you have reached the corresponding edge of your object.
> 
> Feel free to take this idea further...

My eye/hand coordination simply isn't good enough to do this. :-(

Also, how would you use the wheel for horizontal scrolling?  Currently, you 
need to have the mouse pointer somewhere on the horizontal scroll bar for 
this to work.

--
JRT
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