William Stein wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Jason Grout
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Justin C. Walker wrote:
>>> Hi, all,
>>>
>>> When using the Notebook interface on Mac OS X, I find that once the
>>> cells have filled the visible part of a web page, the notebook becomes
>>> somewhat difficult to deal with.  Specifically, if I have an
>>> @interact, and modify the slider, the content of the page shifts down,
>>> obscuring the output of the @interact.  The amount of shifting seems
>>> to depend on the amount of other cell space below the @interact output.
>>>
>>> This is using Mac OS X, 10.5.6 and the version of Safari that comes
>>> with it.
>>>
>>> I see the same behavior with FireFox 2.0 (latest version).
>>>
>>> Is there some configuration foo that I'm missing?
>>
>> This is a known problem and there is a trac ticket for it.  The problem
>> is that the notebook height changes briefly when an interact is updated,
>> which means that the browser automatically scrolls up, but then doesn't
>> scroll back down.  A work-around is to create enough empty cells below
>> the interact.  A better solution, noted on the trac ticket, is to make a
>> div that is a screen high at the end of the notebook.  This would also
>> allow you to have the last cell at the top of the screen, which would be
>> very handy for presentations too.  At least MMA lets you scroll down so
>> that the last cell is at the top of the screen.
> 
> This sounds much more relevant to the issue at hand than the suggestion
> I made.  Thanks Jason.


No problem.  I spent some time debugging this a few months ago, but 
never did anything about it.  Marshall, if you're reading this, this 
would make a great project for your student if he wants to learn more 
about html and contribute something quickly.

Jason


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