From: Birger Skogeng Pedersen <birger.sp@gmail.com>
To: Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>, Git List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git-gui: Long lines in commit message gets hidden, no scrollbar appears
Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2019 20:51:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAGr--=JUGkYVLbEBd7tesa4K7R3pa3QLWQGAN5-vpjaKUBkr+w@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKPyHN3FYR0FbDxnE4ru7OoK4w3OEE0g8tpoOqH-e+e1iTmcuA@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 7:58 PM Bert Wesarg <bert.wesarg@googlemail.com> wrote:
> up to now, git-gui does not hide any scrollbars, if they are not
> needed. IMHO, I would keep it that way, as I don't like the flicker
> when it appears and disappears. Imagine you are typing in the bottom
> line and than you typed too much. The scrollbar appears, your input
> line jumps one up line (or is hidden behind the scrollbar), than you
> remove the too long line, the scrollbar disappears again and your
> input line jumps down again.
>
> Bert
FWIW I strongly agree with this. Invisible scrollbars that pop up
(like you describe) are often quite annoying. I much prefer to just
keep them visible all the time, and disabled when there is nothing to
scroll.
Birger
prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-02 18:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-02 9:11 git-gui: Long lines in commit message gets hidden, no scrollbar appears Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-02 12:05 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-02 17:04 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-02 18:12 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-02 18:22 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-02 18:44 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-02 18:58 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-02 19:03 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-02 19:13 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-02 19:28 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-03 17:15 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-04 19:39 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-04 22:35 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-04 5:42 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen
2019-09-04 14:04 ` Pratyush Yadav
2019-09-02 17:35 ` Junio C Hamano
2019-09-02 17:58 ` Bert Wesarg
2019-09-02 18:51 ` Birger Skogeng Pedersen [this message]
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