Re: Scrolling/keeping textArea down

[Admin <admin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

23.09.2025 22:43, Lee пишет:
> On 9/23/25 11:34 AM, Admin wrote:
> > Ok, so I just tested this in a new clean app.
> >
> >
> > I created a textArea filled with "all work and no play makes jack a 
> > dull boy" lines so that the right (and only) scrollbar would be, 
> > like, one-third of all text
> >
> >
> > Then I created a button:
> >
> >
> > Public Sub Button1_Click()
> >
> >    TextArea1.Insert(" ")
> >    TextArea1.EnsureVisible
> >
> > End
> >
> >
> > If I just press the button, nothing happens.
> >
> > If I manually place a cursor in the bottom of a textArea and scroll 
> > it back up and then press a button, sure enough it scrolls right down.
> >
> > So basically .Insert does not place a cursor to the end of the text 
> > in a textArea where it inserts.
>
> When I add text to a TextArea with either .Insert() or the '&=' 
> operator, I don't even need to call .EnsureVisible(). The text is 
> scrolled to the bottom as needed.
>
> Are you using Qt or GTK?
>
>
> And, BTW, TextArea.Length apparently does indeed take UTF-8 characters 
> into account. I did a small test, and after adding UTF-8 text to a 
> TextArea multiple times, TextArea.Length and TextArea.Pos have the 
> same value. So, there should be no need to set .Pos explicitly prior 
> to calling .EnsureVisible().
I actually have no idea, I use gb.gui components. The problem looks the 
same under LXDE and LXQt, if it matters.