Keyboard scrolling in the tcltk interface

Keyboard scrolling in the tcltk interface

[Hans Ronne]

I have ported yet another feature from the Mac interface to the tcltk
interface: keyboard scrolling.

This means that you can now use the arrow keys to scroll the map. The Home,
End, PgUp and PgDown keys do diagonal scrolling. If your numeric keypad is
set up emulate the arrow keys, KP 1-9 will therefore scroll the map in all
8 directions (the latter works under Windows but not Linux or MacOS, at
least not with default setups).

Hans

Re: Keyboard scrolling in the tcltk interface

[mskala]

On Sun, 23 May 2004, Hans Ronne wrote:
> This means that you can now use the arrow keys to scroll the map. The Home,
> End, PgUp and PgDown keys do diagonal scrolling. If your numeric keypad is
> set up emulate the arrow keys, KP 1-9 will therefore scroll the map in all
> 8 directions (the latter works under Windows but not Linux or MacOS, at
> least not with default setups).

I'd be really pleased if there were a way to disable the automatic
scrolling when the cursor is near the edge of the map display.  I poke
around on the main map until I find the specific area I want to look at,
then as soon as I go to press one of the buttons on the side, the cursor
passes through the magic zone, the map scrolls, and I have to search
again.  It also has annoying effects in design mode.  The feature
should remain available, because it's no doubt handy for someone, but my
own preference is for mere *movement* of the mouse (without a click or a
drag) to never have significant consequences.
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