Re: GtkNotebook scrolling usability

[Patryk Zawadzki <patrys pld-linux org>]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Carlos Garnacho <carlosg gnome org> wrote:
> Hi! :),
>
> On mié, 2010-03-10 at 16:50 -0600, Cody Russell wrote:
>> So, right now GtkNotebook allows you to change tabs by using the mouse
>> wheel.  Once I noticed this and the more I thought about it, it really
>> seems like a terrible feature and one that may be detrimental to
>> usability.
> I may understand not all notebooks need this feature. Perhaps we could
> have a MDI mode in GtkNotebook, so features such as mouse wheel
> scrolling and tab switching on alt+number are effective on these? (The
> latter isn't done in GTK+ itself yet, but is featured by most
> multitabbed apps)

Good idea. Maybe add the option to disable tab scrolling to the input
configuration applet? I've witnessed people use the scroll wheel by
accident. I've also done this myself while I was forced to work with a
"clickless" wheel mouse.

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Patryk Zawadzki