Re: Smooooth scrolling gtk

["BJörn Lindqvist" <bjourne gmail com>]

2008/3/27 Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd leonerd org uk>:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 09:38:37AM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote:
>  > > A very long time ago (over half a decade actually!) Søren Sandmann
>  > > posted a patch[1] that added smooth scrolling to gtk. For some reason
>  > > that patch was never integrated in mainline, but at least Gentoo
>  > > patched their gtk with it.
>  > +1
>
>  Aren't there noises afoot for a more generic "animated UIs" framework
>  coming to GTK? ((A certain amount of Apple fanboyism I suspect ;) ))

Yes, but it is far from complete yet and is really a separate issue.

>  In any case, if such a framework does appear, surely a "smooth scroll"
>  will fall out of it as a natural consequence, and doesn't need
>  consideration separately?

No, someone still has to implement the code to do those animations. I
image that when that framework is completed, it will be really simple
to rip out this code and replace it with framework-based smooth
scrolling.


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mvh Björn