Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!henry.jpl.nasa.gov!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz!dhw68k!thecloud From: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: list bummers Summary: fast scrollbars, Scroll Limit Message-ID: <28237@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: 7 Dec 89 10:13:11 GMT References: <9105@hoptoad.uucp> <32885@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <36883@apple.Apple.COM> Reply-To: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com (Ken McLeod) Organization: Wolfskill & Dowling residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 31 In article <36883@apple.Apple.COM> tecot@Apple.COM (Ed Tecot) writes: >In article <32885@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu.UUCP (David Phillip Oster) writes: >>My pet peeve with the list manager is the thing scrolls to fast for simple >>lists on a fast machine. To fix this, I change the contrlProc field of my >>scroll bar to a handle to a jump instruction to a routine that delays if >>necessary, then dispatches off to the real control definition procedure. I >>wisk Apple would sanction a scrollbar CDEV that would provide this control >>in every program. I could write such a thing, but it would just be >>another hack without Apple's endorsement. > >Your wish is my command. > > _emt Such a "scrollbar CDEV that provides this control in every program" already exists; in fact, it passed through comp.binaries.mac not more than 2 months ago. It's called "Scroll Limit"; current version is 1.1. Things would certainly be different if everyone had to obtain Apple's endorsement before writing a piece of software! :-) -ken -- ========== ....... ============================================= Ken McLeod :. .: UUCP: ...{spsd,zardoz,felix}!dhw68k!thecloud ========== :::.. ..::: INTERNET: thecloud@dhw68k.cts.com //// =============================================