Copying this post from Butrflynet from October 8th on another of your scroll question threads (she had copied it from an earlier reply of hers on yet another thread):
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Copying this post from one of his other topics here:
Butrflynet wrote:
By the way, Dale, I did some experimenting to try and recreate the scrolling problem you've been mentioning in several of your posts. Here's what I found out.
When you are in the post composition box, it requires a minimum of 7 lines of text in that box before the software creates a scroll bar on the right side of the box. (The scroll bar was just created as I started typing this line in the box.)
Interestingly, in my experiment, it first took 14 lines for the scroll bar to be created, but that was because I had originally entered 25 lines and then started deleting them until the scroll bar disappeared. That was on the 14th line. However, if you have a fresh post composition window and start typing, it only takes 7 lines for the scroll bar to generate.
Don't know why there is a difference, but now you know what's going on and how to create the scroll bar you seek.
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You keep asking and asking about the scroll bar in the Reply/Edit box, and she keeps answering. The scroll doesn't start until you have typed a while - as obviously the reply space has room for several lines before you need to scroll.
If you need to go back to a line you typed before the scroll bar appears in the reply box, then use the methods others have mentioned - click on the up or down arrow on your keyboard. Or simpl use the cursor with your mouse.
@ossobuco,
Quote:The scroll doesn't start until you have typed a while
Thank you Oss for unearthing that posting. But as I've said repeatedly I'd like it to appear earlier
..and yes nobody else seems to miss it, which I find most puzzling
@dalehileman,
Well anyway, nothing you can do about it since your constant complaining has had no effect so drop it and get another topic. It's really easy to get a reputation as a whiner on here and you're coming close to the line.
my response from the last thread you made on this topic
djjd62 wrote:why should there be a scroll bar until you've typed an appropriate amount of words
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s, the scroll bar just appeared as i typed s
the scroll bar appears on the tenth line of print, seems pretty reasonable to me
@djjd62,
And who cares about the damn scroll bar anyway, besides Dale? It's like caring about the thumbs up and down. Stoopid.
@Mame,
Quote:It's really easy to get a reputation as a whiner on here
I've noticed that, Mame. So many of us seem terribly angry at all times about nearly everything
Quote:and you're coming close to the line.
I won't be at all offended if you skip my postings altogether
@dalehileman,
Is that the best that you can do - why not? Why would you need to scroll through your own post? Use the arrow keys, keep it simple.
And I actually have you on ignore because I find you extremely annoying; I just wondered what 'instant scrolling' was so I came in here to find out. And voila, what I found was that you're just as annoying as ever.
Quote:my response from the last thread you made on this topic
djjd62 wrote:
Quote:why should there be a scroll bar until you've typed an appropriate amount of words
l
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k
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t
h
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s, the scroll bar just appeared as i typed s
the scroll bar appears on the tenth line of print, seems pretty reasonable to me
You don't NEED scrolling before that because you can see the entire post.
Joe(sheesh)Nation
@Mame,
Quote:you're just as annoying as ever
Alas Mame my most abject apologies
@Joe Nation,
Quote:the scroll bar appears on the tenth line of print,
For some reason Joe it often doesn't work out that way. Next time I encounter this difficulty I'll try to figure out how I did it then get back to you
Edited to confirm it's the case. I picked a thread at random, and copied the OP, then hit Reply. There were 14 lines but no scroll bar
i love this tag I Want A Pony
@djjd62,
thank you deej, I'm kinda partial to it myself...
@ossobuco,
Agin as an experiment I copied Oss' long message above, submitted it, then hit Edit. No scroll bar
I have encountered scores if not hundreds of such instances since I started with a2k. However I readily concede that my editing habits may be slightly different from others' and so I apologize for any inconvenience I might have engendered
@ossobuco,
This is only an experiment
@dalehileman,
as a wise man once said
that's not a test, this is test (with apologies to crocodile dundee)
@dalehileman,
That's because it's a quote - I think.
Write your own reply to something and talk for seven or more (14?) lines worth.
I think Butrflynet explained that in one of her posts on the subject.
You might consider rereading all your threads about scrolling, paying special attention to hers.
