Re: [Usability] ScrollLock (Was: Print Screen and Pause keys)

["P G" <pg_gnome mail com>]

Gerald Champagne <gerald io com> wrote:

> The editor that I use has two modes for the 
> cursors that are very useful.  Normal cursor 
> keys move the cursor as with most editors and 
> the screen scrolls when the cursor hits the 
> top or bottom of the screen.  Ctrl-cursor 
> keeps the cursor in the same location and 
> scrolls the screen without moving the cursor, 
> as with most browsers.

I too find this VERY useful for all situations 
where there's a cursor.  I think it should be 
implemented by the window manager as a window 
operation, Scroll, like Maximize.  Then the 
user can choose the key combination, for 
example Ctrl-Arrow.  The default is 
discussable.

Is this the kind of of suggestion we should 
post on wm-spec-list, or is it better discussed here, or both?


> It would be pretty fitting if scroll lock 
> could be used to switch between these two 
> modes.  It would be nice to have a consistent
> way to make an editable widget scroll like a 
> view-only widget when browsing something.

I suppose this would be the most intuitive use 
of ScrollLock.  And I agree this too would be 
very useful, if it worked consistently for all 
windows.  Perhaps it would still be worthwhile 
if the above suggestion was implemented, but I think the above scrolling scheme is more 
convenient.

Philip

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