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Bug 320751 - Scroll wheel inconsistency
Scroll wheel inconsistency
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: gnome-panel
Classification: Other
Component: workspace switcher
2.12.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Panel Maintainers
Panel Maintainers
: 325261 334794 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-11-05 11:57 UTC by Daniel Link
Modified: 2006-03-21 10:11 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.11/2.12


Description Daniel Link 2005-11-05 11:57:40 UTC 
Distribution/Version: Gentoo

I find it very irritating that when using the scroll wheel in 2-row-display the
switching order is 1-3-2-4.
Comment 1 Calum Robinson 2005-11-05 14:12:41 UTC 
The behaviour looks intentional (see bug 130308). The problem is that modifying
the applet behaviour to work as you described and supporting mice with
horizontal scroll wheels would be tricky. I can't think of a good way to make it
work.
Comment 2 Daniel Link 2005-11-05 15:05:57 UTC 
Who's using horizontal scroll wheels anyway? 99% of all mice only have vertical
ones.
I don't know much about programming, but moving in columns instead of lines and
then wrap can't be too complicated.
Comment 3 Elijah Newren 2005-11-05 15:29:17 UTC 
99% of users are probably unaware of the ordering of the workspaces and are just
aware that they have two rows and two columns.  Personally, only having a
vertical scroll wheel, I'd find it odd to have this change made.  Also, there's
currently a feature request to have the window applet switch active apps when
scrolling (partially in order to be more like the workspace switcher applet),
and by necessity that patch must go top-down then left-right.  So making the
change requested in this bug, IMO, would be problematic and inconsistent.
Comment 4 Vincent Untz 2005-12-14 23:27:37 UTC 
WONTFIX for me too since this sounds more logical: when I scroll down, I expect
to go to a workspace below the one where I am. We have a mental map of the
workspace and it is, for most user, a visual map. Not the numbered one.

The horizontal scroll wheel is another reason for this behaviour, but this is
not the main one.
Comment 5 Vincent Untz 2005-12-30 09:34:32 UTC 
*** Bug 325261 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Vincent Untz 2006-03-21 10:11:48 UTC 
*** Bug 334794 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***