Hi, Not a bad idea either. Also some kind of ensureVisible() would be nice. ;-)
-- J-P Nurmi > -----Original Message----- > From: ext Gregory Schlomoff [mailto:gregory.schlom...@gmail.com] > Sent: 1. huhtikuuta 2011 12:37 > To: Nurmi J-P (Nokia-MS-Qt/Tampere) > Cc: qt-components@qt.nokia.com > Subject: Re: [Qt-components] [PROPOSAL] Add TextArea.append() method > > > As an application developer, I don't have access to TextArea scroll > bars/decorators/position. This makes it rather awkward to append text > in the end and to scroll automatically _if appropriate_. > > Wouldn't it be more useful to have methods to get the current > scrollbar position, and to scroll at any given point? > > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 3:49 PM, <j-p.nu...@nokia.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As an application developer, I don't have access to TextArea scroll > bars/decorators/position. This makes it rather awkward to append text > in the end and to scroll automatically _if appropriate_. > > > > Therefore I'm suggesting to add TextArea.append() method, which does > exactly the same as QTextEdit::append() does ie. automatically scrolls > ONLY AND ONLY IF the vertical scroll bar is at the end by the time of > appending more text: > http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/blobs/4.7/src/gui/widgets/qtextedit.cpp#l > ine2614. > > > > This is a must feature for anyone willing to implement for example > any kind of chat or log viewer that receives content in non-interactive > manners. > > > > -- > > J-P Nurmi > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qt-components mailing list > > Qt-components@qt.nokia.com > > http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-components > > > > > > -- > Gregory Schlomoff > http://www.gregschlom.com _______________________________________________ Qt-components mailing list Qt-components@qt.nokia.com http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-components
