StripeList - was Alternating stripes in fields

[Richard Gaskin]

Scott Rossi wrote:
> Recently, Richard Gaskin  wrote:
> 
> 
>>>As other folks have pointed out, it is indeed possible to script a solution,
>>>but the consistent problem is that the text lines can often be seen moving
>>>slightly out of sync with the stripes.  An alternate workaround is to use a
>>>scrolling group which includes a field and a stripe image, which should
>>>prevent any latency while scrolling, but it would be much preferable to have
>>>an engine-level solution for fields.
>>
>>Agreed, but the nice thing about X's solution is that it's the simplest
>>I've seen yet -- just one extra object!
>>
>>It uses a second field below the top one, with the hilitedLines set to
>>all even numbered lines.  You can change the hiliteColor to whatever you
>>want, and by being just one extra object it greatly reduces the "scroll
>>synch" issue you'll find more noticeable with groups.
> 
> 
> Maybe I'm missing something: if multiple items are scrolled within a group
> by the group's scrollbar, how is there any synch problem?

When they're all grouped together, the problem isn't synching.

Instead, the problem becomes one of smooth scrolling.  Because fields 
are more specialized than groups, they're buffering is apparently 
handled in a much more optimized way.  For short lists one may never see 
the difference, but with very long lists you'll find the responsiveness 
of groups lags way behind fields.

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