[6678] in Athena Bugs
rt 7.2N: xconsole
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Dec 25 05:45:08 1990
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 90 05:44:56 -0500
From: "Jonathan I. Kamens" <jik@pit-manager.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System name: pit-manager
Type and version: RTPC-ROMPC 7.2N
Display type: apa16
megapel
What were you trying to do?
Tell how far down in the console window I am by looking at the
scrollbar.
What's wrong:
Every other scrollbar on Athena that I've seen uses a region
shaded in the foreground color to show how far down the text
you are. Therefore, if you're at the bottom of the text, the
foreground-shaded region is at the bottom of the scrollbar.
Xconsole, on the other hand, appears to use the
foreground-shaded region to show where you're *not*, not where
you are, so when you're at the bottom of the text, the
foreground-shaded region is at the top.
What should have happened:
It doesn't make sense to use the foreground color to show
where you aren't. Furthermore, it's stupid to have one
scrollbar doing things backwards from all the others. The
xconsole scrollbar should look like the other scrollbars.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
None.
jik
