Why can't we have instant scrolling

@ossobuco,

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…...you can isolate…...by delete [ing] the paragraphs that don't apply…...but you know that.

Yes of course I understand the fundamentals

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My point was more that you don't want to be changing anyone else's words.

Yes, no, Oss, absolutely, I never outright change his words except occasionally to correct a misspelling

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After what is left…... the person's post remains framed…...still have space to type,

No, no, Oss, yes, yes; if your interpretation was my fault for my lack of clarity again I apologize

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and the scroll bar will show up when you need more room to type.

No, no, it won't necessarily show up, that was precisely my objection. Perhaps you will want to review the entire thread

Does anyone else share Oss' apparent confusion and if so I'd be glad to attempt a clarification

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@dalehileman,

dalehileman wrote:

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and the scroll bar will show up when you need more room to type.
No, no, it won't necessarily show up, that was precisely my objection. Perhaps you will want to review the entire thread

Does anyone else share Oss' apparent confusion and if so I'd be glad to attempt a clarification

i wonder if it's a browser issue

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@djjd62,

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i wonder if it's a browser issue

Good q, Dj. However I suspect it's a2k edit software since I haven't encountered the problem at other forums of this sort

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@dalehileman,

i always get a scroll bar within 10 lines, and that has been the same across two platforms ( mac & windows) using firefox on both

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@djjd62,

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i always get a scroll bar within 10 lines,

That's probably because you don't use "Quote" as frequently as I, eg,

It's simply that I use "Quote" more generously than other participants

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It's a very important practice and one which I highly recommend as I am often baffled by someone's response to my much earlier posting

Interesting incidentally to note in this connection that the single quote caused my posting to exceed the size of the window so the earlier appearance of a scrollbar would have been much appreciated

Though as I had asserted earlier it's difficult to alter purchased software so I would understand if a2k Admin makes no effort to correct the glitch

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@dalehileman,

If you want the scroll bar to show up in the edit window when you use quoted text, then all you have to do is add a single carriage return at the top. That will trigger the software to recognize that the text in the window exceeds the limit and show the scroll bar.

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@rosborne979,

Wow Ros, thanks, I'll try it and get back to you

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@dalehileman,

Wow you guys are indeed helpful

What one does is hit QUOTE then carriage return: BINGO, THERE'S YOUR SCROLL BAR

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@dalehileman,

So, NOW is it solved??

Joe(Next, we solve the Middle East Peace Process)Nation

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@Joe Nation,

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So, NOW is it solved??

No Joe not entirely tho it's ameliorated. Yet the scroll bar should be instant instead of depending on a bunch of extra keystrokes not everyone might be aware of. For instance if we do the QUOTE-return thing WE still have to delete the first "[/quote]"

Some participants still question the value of a scroll within the first ten lines but if they had it they would come to appreciate it since the mouse scroll is so much more convenient than the arrow keys

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@dalehileman,

dalehileman wrote:

Wow you guys are indeed helpful

What one does is hit QUOTE then carriage return: BINGO, THERE'S YOUR SCROLL BAR

Finally! Thank God!

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@dalehileman,

dalehileman wrote:

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So, NOW is it solved??
No Joe not entirely...

Oh ****.

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@rosborne979,

what about the pony?

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@Rockhead,

Rockhead wrote:

what about the pony?

Apparently if you want a pony, nothing else will do. It's Gotta Be A PONY! (and I'm going to hold my breath until I get it)

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@Rockhead,

The pony couldn't move the cursor.

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@ossobuco,

I just use telepathy to handle scrolling

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@Sturgis,

You would, you brat!

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@dalehileman,

Good that your problem is semi-resolved.

On the topic of scroll, do you ever get buggy in those long threads where when you get to the bottom of the long thread, you've got to click that green arrow on the top right hand corner to reach the top menu to browse other posts?

It would be better if everything from

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Popular • My Friends • My Topics • My Posts • My Tags • New Topics • New Posts • Unanswered

and above stay observable, there on top of the screen, while scrolling down.
Cause for me that saves me one click of the green arrow. I've clicked that green arrow so much that I have a distaste for it now.
That opinion shouldn't be taken to mean that the green arrow should be removed; it could stay there to allow a user to reach the title of a topic if needed.

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@Enzo,

you'll have to pry my green arrow out of my cold dead hands.

if you outlaw the green arrow, then only outlaws will have green arrows...

dale, dale, dale.

whatever did we do before you?

oh yes, we had mr goldman.

how soon we forget...

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@djjd62,

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i wonder if it's a browser issue

I suppose it could be, at least partly. However I haven't encountered the glitch on other forums

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