user32: Allow scrolling via mouse drag outside scrollbar

James Hawkins truiken at gmail.com
Mon May 26 13:53:33 CDT 2008


On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 1:46 PM, Dylan Smith <dylan.ah.smith at gmail.com> wrote:
> When dragging the scrollbar thumb with the mouse, the mouse is able to
> move away from the scrollbar and keep scrolling so long as it isn't too
> far away from the scrollbar.  This makes it easier to quickly scroll
> with the mouse.
>
> This patch is an alternative to the Windows approach of allowing the
> mouse to be dragged a certain distance from the scrollbar, and instead
> allows the mouse to be dragged any distance away and still scroll.
> Although this is different from Windows, it shouldn't result in any
> compatibility issues.
>
> It is my personal opinion that this is a simpler and more usable
> approach.
>

It doesn't matter if you think it's simpler and more usable.  We are
bug-for-bug compatible with Windows.

-- 
James Hawkins



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