Re: lynx-dev [PATCH 2.8.3.dev4] Scrollbar support

[Vlad Harchev]

On Sun, 8 Aug 1999, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:

> >> This patch makes it possible to compile lynx with -DUSE_SCROLLBAR
> >> option.  Given this option, command-line options -scrollbar and
> >> -scrollbar_arrow as well as corresponding LYNX_CFG options are enabled.
> 
> > Nice.
> >
> > I don't remember the details of mouse handling in lynx - does it allow to
> >distinguish buttons?
> 
> Absolutely.
> 
> > If yes, I'd like the following to be added:
> >
> >If middle button was clicked on the scrollbar, the center of bar should move
> >to the click position (and the document to be scrolled correspondingly) - a 
> >la
> >Motif and Tk widgets -  this gives ability of direct positioning.
> 
> I was planning to add it either to Middle-button, or to double-click
> of button-1 (may be better, since middle button usually posts menu).
> The reason to not put it into the first implementation is that there
> is no "position at line 735" lynx-keyaction.  After adding this
> keyaction (with 735 kept in a global variable) such a change is
> trivial.

 Seems that variable LYMainLoop.c:Newline is responsible for it - just assign
required value to it and lynx will go to that line.

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Hope this helps.

 Best regards,
  -Vlad