[mythtv-users] 0.27 mythcenter theme: cannot scroll up from the top any more

Mike Perkins mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
Mon Dec 9 09:38:42 UTC 2013


On 09/12/13 01:26, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> IMHO, scrolling backward from A to Z is a UI no-no: and it's no wonder
> any well thought-of UI doesn't allow you to do so..
>
> It's even worse in myth theme showing the media in a grid format.
>
> You never know where you are in the list, and you can find yourself
> moving to the top of the list when it "appeared" you were right in the
> middle.
>
> confusing as!
>
I always understood that you couldn't scroll backwards (upwards) from A to Z 
using the "pageup" key. The trick was to do a single "up" and then you could use 
"pageup" as normal.

The requirement to do the single "up" meant that the user was always aware that 
they had looped round the list.

-- 

Mike Perkins



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