Bug 93251

Summary:	Hide the scroll bar from the chat window
Product:	[Unmaintained] kopete	Reporter:	Nicolas Girard <nicolas.girard>
Component:	Chat Window	Assignee:	Matt Rogers <mattr>
Status:	RESOLVED INTENTIONAL
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kopete-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	0.9.1
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	unspecified
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Nicolas Girard 2004-11-14 14:26:38 UTC

Version:           0.9.1 (using KDE 3.3.1 (CVS >= 20041110), Mandrake Linux Cooker i586 - Cooker)
Compiler:          gcc version 3.4.1 (Mandrakelinux 10.1 3.4.1-4mdk)
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.8.1-10mdk

Well, as title says, it would be nice to be able to hide the vertical scroll bar. I could live with it for sure, but scroll bars looks quite ugly to me.

With konsole I use the "Shift-PgUp" and "Shift-PgDown" shortcuts instead of the scrollbar and I'm pretty happy like this ; why not implementing this in Kopete ?

Comment 1 Olivier Goffart 2005-01-12 16:17:22 UTC

It's bad for an usability point of view.
No other KDE program allows that (even Konsole)  so it's inconsistant.

Comment 2 Nicolas Girard 2005-01-29 23:07:17 UTC

> It's bad for an usability point of view.

Well, this is *your* judgment on usability. Please don't be so affirmative about usability issues. I currently work on a laptop with a tiny screen and I feel the need to hide Kopete's scrollbar when I leave its window near another one. This seems quite sensible to me.

> No other KDE program allows that (even Konsole)  so it's inconsistant.

Please check out Konsole's menus, esp. "Configuration -> Scrollbar". I've been using this option for ages. 

Please reconsider this issue. Perhaps this feature doesn't suit *you* ; but the nice thing with the KDE community is that its developers try to provide options for users instead of imposing their views on how to use their apps.

Comment 3 Jason Keirstead 2005-01-30 01:44:26 UTC

You shouldn't re-open closed wishlist items. It's not good manners, and doesn't make much sense, since they will not be implimented ever.

As an aside - Konsole is a special-purpose app that has some things no other KDE app has or ever would have, many of which break usability guidelines,  because it is a terminal application. For example, many standard keyboard shortcuts do not work in it, for obvious reasons.

I highly doubt many people would ever want to use such a feature in Kopete, it would just be feature-bloat.

However - starting with KDE 3.4, you are free to code your own chat window plugin that has this capability :P

Comment 4 Matt Rogers 2005-01-30 01:48:33 UTC

i'm at least considering implementing it.

Comment 5 Will Stephenson 2006-11-05 23:41:04 UTC

Reopen if you consider it some more

Comment 6 al valty 2007-01-11 14:38:30 UTC

but the contact list in kopete has option to disable scrollbar and use mouse motion to scroll . and it's great, why not make such option for chat window :>