[RFC] Make scrolling-by-selection smoother

[Jean-Marc Lasgouttes]

Le 25/07/2024 à 18:42, Scott Kostyshak a écrit :
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 10:00:46PM GMT, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>> Le 22/07/2024 à 21:49, Pavel Sanda a écrit :
>>> On Sat, Jul 20, 2024 at 09:22:02PM +0200, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
>>>> So, especially if you have a slow-ish computer, please test.
>>>
>>> I tested on two archaic laptops and do not see any visible difference
>>> in speed. But the version with your patch is aesthetically way better.
>>
>> Thanks for testing. The speed is supposed to be the same indeed, but there
>> are more smaller scroll events. I will push this version and we'll see
>> whether we want to tweak it.
>>
>> I am glad the performance is good enough in any case.
>>
>>> We could perhaps make the selection down little bit faster in full-screen mode,
>>> but that's irrelevant wrt your patch.
>>
>> Indeed in full screen the mouse cannot be below the window. I do not know
>> how to handle that.
> 
> To me it seems that scrolling down (if I hold and drag the mouse) is
> much slower than if I scroll up. Does anyone else see this?
>

It depends on how far your mouse is from the workarea (not the window).

JMarc