#226 DB tab scrolling highlights tab but does not switch to it

[Luca Daniel]

Mouse scrolling with the wheel does highlight the opened database tab but nothing changes until it is clicked.
Also when clicking on the tab it always switches to the Notation tab instead of keeping the current opened tab like Players, Opening Tree, Game List, Databases... (but this might be another issue).

[Jens Nissen]

I have probably set up my ChessX in a different way so that I cannot see the issue here - can you please post a screenshot?
And is this on Linux? Window managers on Linux can be rather erratic.

[Luca Daniel]

Made a short youtube video:
https://youtu.be/iuy6w34Cfsc
Hope it clarifies the issue.
Using ChessX version 1.5.8.0 on ArchLinux using Qt5.15.9
For curiosity I also tried it on Windows 10 and same thing happens.

[Jens Nissen]

Finally got it!
Both behaviours are intentional. Opening or switching to a database can be quite time consuming, thats why scrolling does not switch to a database. Otherwise databases might be unteachable by keyboard w/o opening a whole bunch of unwanted databases.

Opening either the game list or the notation has something to do with the usual workflow I anticipated: Open database opens the last game used in this database and opening a game switches to the notation (where else?). So that's why opening a DB raises the notation.
I could make this an option if this is unexpected or hinders your workflow.

[Luca Daniel]

I would like that workflow/option to be available, to find things where I left them and the scrolling doing the same thing as clicking on tabs.

[Jens Nissen]

Ticket moved from /p/chessx/bugs/337/