GNU bug report logs - #14324
24.3; GTK scrollbar doesn't scroll proportionally when Line Wrapping is set to "Truncate Long Lines"

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Message #28 received at 14324 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: j.pertres <at> gmail.com, 14324 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#14324: 24.3; GTK scrollbar doesn't scroll proportionally
 when Line Wrapping is set to "Truncate Long Lines"
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 15:10:30 +0300

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: j.pertres <at> gmail.com,  14324 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:23:10 +0200
> 
> With truncate-lines.  Note that the scroll bar has the same identical
> length.

I think this is a known problem, since we don't count screen lines, we
count characters.

> > What happens if you customize the value of
> > scroll-bar-adjust-thumb-portion?
> 
> Then it seems to adjust the height of the scroll bar logically (i.e.,
> based on what's shown in the window, and not on the length of the
> (truncated) text).

So does it mean that that variable could be a solution to the problem?
Or did I misunderstand you?

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