There's setNativeScrollingEnabled(false) on the browser component but it's 
designed for small snippets of browser component not for large ones. Not 
sure how well it will behave in a larger case.

On Friday, March 26, 2021 at 7:52:38 PM UTC+3 P5music wrote:

> I solved the Layout problems by getting rid of the BorderLayout because in 
> my particular case it is not needed.
> Indeed I set the preferredHeight of the BrowserComponent and of its 
> content to a large value.
> Now it is added to a BoxLayout.y() and the user can scroll the entire 
> interface,
> but it seems that the scroll is lost if the other components goes up too 
> much and just the BC is visible.
>
> I do not need the scrolling in the BC at all, but I would like that the 
> user can scroll the entire interface even if the only visible component is 
> the BC and the other ones are up too much.
>
> Is it possible to disable the BC scrolling effectively? (setting the 
> scrollableY has no effect)
> It is not in a BorderLayout, so it has not to take over at all like you 
> say, it is not needed.
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Il giorno venerdì 19 marzo 2021 alle 08:08:54 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha scritto:
>
>> Scrolling can only be handled by one element. The browser component is 
>> native so only it can scroll. That's why it's in the center of the form. 
>> Center is a special case where scrolling is disabled and size is determined 
>> by available space. So native scrolling in the BC takes over. 
>> If you add Codename One based scrolling they'll collide and you'll get a 
>> jumping mess that looks and feels awful. It's an either/or situation. 
>>
>> On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:31:07 AM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
>>
>>> I tried what you suggest, even it is not what I meant.
>>> As expected it does not work, because the container in the north 
>>> position has not to scroll inside itself.
>>>
>>> Also my idea was not good in the original form I proposed above, so this 
>>> is the new version:
>>>
>>> I think that the scrolling of the entire BL (mainContainer) has to 
>>> happen, in fact it happens even with scrollableY=false.
>>> Now I put true but it is the same.
>>>
>>> The text inside the BC has some strange scrolling, for example if the 
>>> caret is on the bottom (so there is a lot of text above that has scrolled 
>>> inside the BC) I can scroll back touching on the beginning of the text, and 
>>> it scrolls at chunks. Better than nothing.
>>> But If I am in landscape mode, it is the container in the north that is 
>>> lost at sight.
>>>
>>> It is why I would like to pass the touch move events to the underlying 
>>> mainContainer.
>>> Of course they would be filtered and they would pass only when the BC is 
>>> in the very top scroll position, otherwise they would be used to scroll the 
>>> BC itself.
>>>
>>> Is it possible?
>>> Il giorno giovedì 18 marzo 2021 alle 04:09:14 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha 
>>> scritto:
>>>
>>>> Make the container in the north scrollable on Y axis e.g. 
>>>> northContainer.setScrollableY(true). 
>>>> Make sure it has a layout such as BoxLayout Y. 
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 5:25:10 PM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> @Javier
>>>>> It is enough that the UI scrolls, not the BC content, its height is 
>>>>> set at large so it seems very large.
>>>>> The user just can touch inside it to set the caret position when 
>>>>> editing.
>>>>> About what you meant about the BC being alone it is not necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> However what I meant is that
>>>>> when the user edits inside the BC the touch-keyboard appears and the 
>>>>> NORTH part is lifted up and it is lost at sight, so the user has not any 
>>>>> area to drag to scroll back. But the scrolling works before it happens.
>>>>> In Android two scrolling areas are certainly possible, and one can be 
>>>>> used when the other has reached its limit.
>>>>> I know this is not possible with CodenameOne.
>>>>> I am assessing whether my app can be published. There are also some 
>>>>> checks about the filesystem that would be possible only in the iOS 
>>>>> simulator, I do not know when that new CN feature is available. I am 
>>>>> finishing my Swift project, at least for iOS 14>.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Il giorno mercoledì 17 marzo 2021 alle 16:06:31 UTC+1 
>>>>> [email protected] ha scritto:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Right, so what I meant is that there can only be 1 BC in CENTER, and 
>>>>>> nothing anywhere else in the BL. You can't safely scroll a BC, the 
>>>>>> scrolling is in the BC itself
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is accurate as far as I know
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 at 14:32, 'P5music' via CodenameOne Discussions <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> @Javier
>>>>>>> of course it is in the CENTER of a BL, just there is something NORTH 
>>>>>>> too. Do not worry.
>>>>>>> It has also callbacks inside, like you say.
>>>>>>> The question is now how to allow the scrolling back when the touch 
>>>>>>> keyboard has scrolled the UI too much.
>>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>> Il giorno mercoledì 17 marzo 2021 alle 14:09:20 UTC+1 
>>>>>>> [email protected] ha scritto:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I think this has been discussed before. BrowserComponent is meant 
>>>>>>>> to be used in the center of a BorderLayout Form. Avoid mixing it with 
>>>>>>>> other 
>>>>>>>> components other than a toolbar. If you want to add stuff next to your 
>>>>>>>> BC, 
>>>>>>>> add it in the html and pass callbacks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, 17 Mar 2021 at 11:48, 'P5music' via CodenameOne Discussions 
>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I have some troubles with the scrollable feature of Containers 
>>>>>>>>> when a BrowserComponent is involved, especially on simulator.
>>>>>>>>> I can have some good functioning on Android if I assign a large 
>>>>>>>>> height to its content.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In certain cases the BrowserComponent takes all the space in the 
>>>>>>>>> UI.
>>>>>>>>> My app has an editing screen that has some controls on the top 
>>>>>>>>> part, and a BC on the bottom part.
>>>>>>>>> The UI scrolls but when I start writing into the BC it takes all 
>>>>>>>>> the space and it is not possible to scroll back or to see or regain 
>>>>>>>>> control 
>>>>>>>>> of the top part of the UI.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I would like to pass the touchmove events to the underlying 
>>>>>>>>> Container.
>>>>>>>>> It is a special event that I use along with touchstart and 
>>>>>>>>> touchend to ensure the scroll events are filtered, but it is used in 
>>>>>>>>> another BrowserComponent.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Now I want to use it to create a smooth user experience for this 
>>>>>>>>> BC, passing it in a transformed form to the underlying Container. So 
>>>>>>>>> I am 
>>>>>>>>> not going to pass it directly.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I just want to know what method I have to call on the main 
>>>>>>>>> underlying container to make it scroll.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>>>>
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