Re: Scrollbars.

[Marc Brünink]

Adam Fedor wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2006, at 5:54 AM, Alexandre Moreira wrote:
> > I'm thinking in using GnuStep's framework to develop a simple 
> > application, but I'd like if it was able to blend nicely with the 
> > rest of the environment. Themeing is not a problem, but the 
> > Scrollbars at the left, although as a left handed I really like them, 
> > would be too different from the rest of my (and most people's) desktop.
> >
> > Is there any way to put the scrollbars to the right ? If there is not 
> > an easy way, is it hard to patch it to make the scrollbars appear on 
> > the right ? That way it would be at the right at least on my computer :)
> Well, that goes against the interface guidelines and even Apple would 
> frown on you for doing that :-),  but you could just subclass or 
> override NSScrollView so that the scrollers are drawn where you want.  
> Probably only the -tile and perhaps -drawRect methods need to be changed.

Oh, I didn't cc'ed my reply to the list. But you didn't miss anything :-)
I wrote something about having a default to configure the side on which 
the scrollbar is drawn. I think this would be handy as soon as you 
display arabic text. And everybody could choose his personal 
preferences. This is always a good thing. Even if it bloats the code a bit.
But I guess this statement is not new.... ;-)

Marc