[REBOL] Re: Fw: Scrolling text
From: gjones05:mail:orion at: 7-Jun-2001 7:15
From: "Brett Handley"
> Thanks for your message. At first I thought
> you had it! But alas... I've been checking
> some more and that extra show you put in
> makes it appear that the problem is fixed but
> it is not. You can see this by scrolling to the
> bottom of the area again and then instead of
> hitting the button click in the field then click
> on the button. The result is the area is back
> at the top again. :)
Sorry!
> So I ended up doing some more digging and I
> believe it comes down to the fact that the area
> and the field share the same PARA object
> which includes a field that records the scroll offset.
>
> >> layout [the-field: field the-area: area]
> >> same? the-field/para the-area/para
> == true
>
> So in a new version if I ensure that area has a new para object
different to
> field - there is no problem.
>
> view layout [
> the-field: field "sample"
> the-area: area 200x50 {This is some text that just happens
> to run over multiple lines. If you
> scroll to the bottom of this text
> area using the arrow keys
> you will see the text of this area
> scrolling up.
> }
> button "Show" [show the-field show the-area]
> do [the-area/para: make the-area/para []]
> ]
>
> I suspect that area should get its own version of a para by default.
>
> So I'll send this off to feedback. Thanks for your help!
Good job!
--Scott Jones
