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Bug 108963 - Entry needs visual cue that text is scrolled out of sight
Entry needs visual cue that text is scrolled out of sight
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: Widget: GtkEntry
2.2.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
: Medium feature
Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
: 165005 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-03-22 17:40 UTC by gry
Modified: 2016-01-27 16:41 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
a possible way, from the worst ui ever, Notes... (16.04 KB, application/octet-stream)
2004-01-27 14:35 UTC, Matthias Clasen 		Details
a possible way, from the worst ui ever, Notes... (16.04 KB, image/bmp)
2004-01-27 14:35 UTC, Matthias Clasen 		Details
An example (1.40 KB, image/png)
2005-01-24 12:51 UTC, Daniel Brodie 		Details

Description gry 2003-03-22 17:40:49 UTC 
the gtk Entry widget does not give any
visual cue when text lies scrolled beyond the visible window.  I've seen 
GUI's where an arrow appeared at the end of an entry if text was scrolled
out of sight.  

If one is lucky, the last character in an Entry is partly visible,
suggesting that there may be more, but sometimes trailing text is just
quietly hidden.  If text lies beyond the visible entry box, there should
be an arrow (or some other indication) pointing toward the hidden text.
Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2003-04-22 19:45:10 UTC 
Mockup of visual performance would probably be useful.
Comment 2 Matthias Clasen 2004-01-27 14:35:14 UTC 
Created attachment 23804 [details]
a possible way, from the worst ui ever, Notes...
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2004-01-27 14:35:31 UTC 
Created attachment 23805 [details]
a possible way, from the worst ui ever, Notes...
Comment 4 Matthias Clasen 2005-01-24 02:55:44 UTC 
*** Bug 165005 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 5 Daniel Brodie 2005-01-24 12:51:49 UTC 
Created attachment 36446 [details]
An example

The mockup could be better. It should basiclly work like the notebook scroll
arrows work.
Comment 6 Matthias Clasen 2016-01-27 16:41:21 UTC 
With the current css infrastructure this is easy to do; I've copied over what we do for scrolled windows nowadays.