[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Horizontal scrolling problem (PR#381)

[Thue Janus Kristensen <thue@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 29 May 2000, douglas_turk@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Full_Name: Douglas Turk
> Version: 1.10.0
> Distribution: Built from source
> Client: Gtk+
> OS: Linux (Redhat 6.2, kernel 2.2.14)
> Submission from: (NULL) (202.7.184.168)
> 
> 
> When a game is played with xsize>80 (I was using xsize=100), the horizontal
> map scrollbar on the client doesn't get adjusted. There is an area which 
> doesn't have a "proper" scrollbar position, so it can't be reached by using 
> the scrollbar. Also, when you scroll with the right mouse 
> button (or center the view on a unit or city) to somewhere just 
> to the left of the "leftmost" scrollbar position, the 
> viewing window jumps to the right to where the scroll bar is as far 
> as possible to the right. This makes the viewing window jump about 20 
> tiles to the left.
> 
> The bug is reproducible, doesn't crash the client or make it unstable, 
> and you can work around it by trying to scroll there again.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Doug Turk

This is solved in CVS. As a workaround change the size of the map window,
which should update the settings of the scrollbars. After doing that once
everything should work perfectly, also if you later change the size again.

-Thue