Re: automatic scrolling window (scrolledwindow)

[David Kinyanjui <david i2software com>]

Murray Cumming Comneon com wrote:
> > I'm very new in this stuff... still searching for help!
> >   
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> > is (gtk_scrolled_window_set_vadjustment()) supposed to automatically 
> > scroll the window!?
> >   
>
> I think it just associates an Adjustment (for instance, one in a scrollbar)
> with one in the ScrolledWindow. I'm not sure that you need to use it.
>
> > Anyway, what I'm really looking for is for the screen to scroll down 
> > when I <tabs> past the end.
> >   
>
> Do you mean tab to switch focus. For instance, using keyboard navigation to
> tab from one button to the next in a dialog?
>
> > Exactly
> > like how  the web form on the Internet works. Also, the same screen 
> > should scroll back up as well
> > when  I  <shift-tabs> back.
> > In other words, the window needs to scroll up and down automatically 
> > depending on the current location of the cursor
> > (or current active field).
> >   
>
> What is a "field"? Instead, of just asking the same question over and over,
> you might try giving more information, or rewording it. If we still don't
> understand what you need, maybe a screenshot would help. (Please link to one
> if it is big).
>
> Regarding the cursor, as  I said before:
>
> This sounds unpleasant. Would it also scroll when you click on the
> scrollbar. That would mean that it would scroll on the way to the scrollbar,
> and also when you click on the scrollbar.
>
> Murray Cumming
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Yes, I mean tabbing to switch focus or using keyboard navigation to
tab from one button to the next... as you called it.

And yes, the scrollbar scrolls when I click on it otherwise, it don't
scroll at all.

What I'm trying to see happening is, the vertical scrowbar to scroll up
or down automatically 
without necessarily clicking on it (i.e readjust or reposition iself in
relation to the currently widget in focus).

I hope this clarifies