Bug 148869

Summary: combobox and mouse wheel: use it only when the combobox is opened
Product: [Unmaintained] kdelibs Reporter: Maciej Pilichowski <bluedzins>
Component: generalAssignee: Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: openSUSE   
OS: Linux   
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Description Maciej Pilichowski 2007-08-15 22:12:24 UTC 
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.7)
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

Not my idea entirely, I stole it from Firefox.

STORY:
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Using Konqueror with mouse wheel on pages with comboboxes is a bit annoying. You can easily scroll page unless the combobox is active. If so -- you scroll the content of the combobox. The problem is bigger if the combobox is out of view, you make some changes you cannot see, and you have to revert the changes after.

I ran Firefox today and I was surprised that FF is resistant to this problem. You simple scroll page -- period.

WISH:
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Firefox solution maybe went too far -- it is useful after all to scroll the content of the combobox when it is long. But I doubt it is useful a tiny bit when you scroll the closed combobox, especially when you add problems what to scroll -- combobox content or content of the page (for example).

So... please allow scroll via mouse wheel only for openened combobox. If combobox is closed and even if it is active please scroll page. It is much user-friendly and much safer this way.
Comment 1 Maciej Pilichowski 2008-05-22 08:43:23 UTC 
Please let me know if this addition should be a separate report -- I will open another then.

I have to admit this issue is not only a wheel scroll -- take a look at the KMail's composer -- it is very natural to use arrows keys to navigate trough all the fields. But there is a problem, if you stop at the combobox, even if it is closed, you will not "escape" from it by pressing up/down arrow key because it changes value.

So my wish for the keyboard: if the combobox is closed use arrow keys for navigation (as in edit-box, or buttons)
Comment 2 Stephan Kulow 2023-02-27 08:33:18 UTC 
Closing old wishlists