[maemo-developers] Using the scrollbar on the N810

[From: Neil MacLeod]

Frantisek Dufka wrote:
> Neil MacLeod wrote:
>> Richard Booth wrote:
>>
>>> How do others find it?
>>>
>>> Rich
>> Exactly the same as you - when I grab the scrollbar thumbtrack, instead of the events being processed by the scrollbar widget the events appear to be processed by the main page of the application
> 
> 
> At least on my device this is due to erratic touchscreen. Try to install 
> maemopadplus, turn off toolbar so there is no scrollbar and try to 'drag 
> scrollbar'. At least on my device I always have beginning of the line 
> moved to the left so it looks like T or 1. This means the first tap is 
> interpreted inside main page.
> 
> Please report it in bugzilla if you have time.
> 
> Frantisek

Bug 2961[1] now opened for what it's worth... I've inadvertently assigned it to the incorrect component (input method framework) when it should be Window Manager (I think) - perhaps someone would be kind enough to reassign?

After further investigation this problem is not due to the thumbtrack - simply dragging within the scrollbar region OUTSIDE the thumbtrack will result in the drag events being passed to the main application. I suspect I've often been "missing" the thumbtrack in the past and thus hitting this bug - ideally the window manager would allow for a few extra pixels above and below the thumbtrack widget when determining if it's been clicked upon!

1. https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2961