smooth scrolling

[stephen barncard]

I've just figured out what's bothered me most about Livecode fields and why
they act different than native fields (at least on the mac).

They are not very 'magic mouse' friendly - and any vertical scrolling type
gestures on it get translated into 'rough scrolling' moves ( jumps line by
line as opposed to pixels ) everywhere, and at the same time the horizontal
scrolling is totally free.

As a result there is a lot of unintended text movement - the Magic Mouse is
VERY sensitive. And when a small movement mistake is made, the attention to
the current line is totally destroyed when the viewport moves wildly about
the screen.

This drives me nuts.  I thought smooth scrolling was a non-issue anymore on
a mac. Yet there it is.

"Real" text fields in other apps don't do this.  Only Livecode has these
antiquated field specs… is there any way to get smooth scrolling from
gestures?

Why was this overlooked? Is this a major weakness? Was the feature limited
for speed reasons, and why can't it be on a par with other applications?
 Or is it 'dumbed down' to meet the limitations of other platforms?

Should I file a report, or am I just PNP?
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*Stephen Barncard - San Francisco Ca. USA - Deeds Not Words*