[Freeciv-Dev] Suggestions - scrolling improvements.

["Simon Arneaud" <ivyfox@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Often I find that when, say, I have moved a settler and now want to build a 
road, the screen will flash from the settler to another unit.  That would be 
fine if I could be able to easily scroll back to that unit.  My suggestions 
for this are:
1. Replacing scroll bars
The scroll bars are fiddly and buggy.  Also they aren't efficient in the 
distance the mouse has to travel and the number of clicks involved to do a 
task.  I suggest making the tiles on the edge of the display trigger an 
event when the mouse is held over them for about three quarters of a second. 
 You'd have four if...then statements or a case block that tests things 
like "if (x = 1) then {[scroll up]".  In this set up, a mouse hover in the 
corner would move the screen diagonally.
2. Minimap jumps
Being able to select a location on the minimap would allow easy jumps 
between continents.  I imagine there is a function that scrolls to a 
position x-y (I haven't checked the source yet).
Thankyou
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