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bug#39424: auto-scrolling
From: |
Konrad Podczeck |
Subject: |
bug#39424: auto-scrolling |
Date: |
Tue, 4 Feb 2020 22:24:44 +0100 |
> Am 04.02.2020 um 21:40 schrieb Mattias Engdegård <mattiase@acm.org>:
>
>> mouse-drag-region selects whole lines, so it moves the cursor beyond
>> the end of the last line in the region, to cause the scrolling.
>
> mouse-drag-region selects characters, words or lines depending on how many
> clicks were used to initiate the drag.
>
> If I understand Konrad's request correctly, he suggests that the last line be
> partially selected during autoscrolling, to match the horizontal position of
> the mouse cursor, at least during single-click-selection -- is that right?
Yes, that’s what I mean.
Thanks,
Konrad
> For mouse-drag-region-rectangle this is a clear necessity, but only a minor
> cosmetic detail for linear selection. That's why nobody bothered to do
> anything about it until rectangle-selection was added.
>