Subject: RE: bug#12419: Mouse click changes layout

From: "Drew Adams" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:20:59 -0700

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> you drag the lower divider up you first get
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AFAICT, in previous releases, the second change does not occur. Only the first
one does.

> because the idea is that you want to show more in the bottom window.
> When you now drag the same divider back you get
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> because the idea is to show more of the middle window and then
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> which is not the initial configuration.

AFAICT, in previous releases you get exactly the opposite changes from when you
dragged the divider up: only the middle window is affected in both cases.

That is pretty consistent.  Whether it is generally better or not, I don't know.
But perhap it should be a user choice (option), in case some users prefer the
traditional behavior.