RE: [Tile-dev] Feature Request: combobox text field mousewheel binding

[Jeff H. <je...@Ac...>]

> >>>Another feature which IMHO should be part of tile.
> >>>When the text field has the focus, moving the mouse wheel should 
> >>>change
> >>>the selection. Windows XP combos work this way.
> >>>
> >>Not always a good thing. I have a number of people raising a
> >>bug on our bugzilla installation that an accidental slip of 
> >>the mouse wheel in the wrong place can cause mail to be sent 
> >>to everyone.
> >
> >misfeature or not, it is dangerous to go against standards.
> 
> Standard or no, I think this is just plain broken.  I can't tell you how 
> many times a day I mouse wheel over a different panel only to have some 
> combo box scroll instead because that is where the focus is.  If the 
> pointer was over the combo box, it would be one thing, but the pointer 
> is often on the other side of the screen as are my eyes.

I will have to disagree on the misfeature, as I have used it
myself intentionally, as well as having been caught by it.
However, you have to look at the design of the widget to see
that the mousewheel behavior is 100% appropriate.  It is the
same as a 1-line listbox, and you would want to take away
mousewheel from a listbox, would you?

Jeff