Re: {Fixed] Unexpected scrolling

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

On 2018.04.12 00:33, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> On 04/08/2018 06:23:47 PM Sun, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> > An irritating bug has been mentioned on the list, e.g. by Jack[0]
> > > This last one is different from the issue that the first time I  
> > > click anywhere in the body of a message (default layout, lower  
> > > right pane) it seems to scroll the message down just enough to move  
> > > the header area out of view.  This happens whether I am displaying  
> > > a plain text or an html message.
> > Just hoping that it would go away was tempting, but hasn't solved  
> > the problem :-) I finally found it aggravating enough to track it  
> > down, and file a bug[1] against Balsa describing what I found. I'm  
> > testing a workaround, and will post a patch to the bug if it seems  
> > solid.
> >
> > All contributions welcome!
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > [0]  
> > https://mail.gnome.org/archives/balsa-list/2015-April/msg00000.html
> > [1] https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=795085
>
> Embarrassingly simple fix! Long, long ago, we had to wrap a message  
> in a GtkViewport before adding it to the GtkScrolledWindow that makes  
> it, well, scrollable. Then GtkScrolledWindow added a 'convenience'  
> feature, adding the GtkViewport automatically when needed, so we  
> stopped doing it for ourselves. Unmentioned in the documentation of  
> the feature is that it adds another 'convenience', namely scrolling a  
> child widget to the top of the scrolled window when it gets the  
> focus, for example by--you guessed it--clicking on it. So thank you,  
> GtkScrolledWindow, for all those years of 'convenient' scrolling!
>
> A fix in master reverts that old change; we go back to wrapping the  
> message in a viewport, and clicking no longer leads to unwanted  
> scrolling.
>
> Happy mailing (with clicks),
>
> Peter
Well, I've finally managed to beat "real life" into a modicum of  
submission and managed enough time to compile a new version of Balsa.   
Hooray!  At least this fix works for me - I have another application  
where the bugs I experience seem to change every time I recompile, even  
from exactly the same source.  I've got gremlins in my system, but at  
least they are staying clear of Balsa for now.  :-)

Thanks for following up on this.

Jack