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A special case arises when moving among the tablets of a reel having multiple tablets, all of which fit entirely on-screen, and infinite scrolling is in use. Normally, upon moving to the next tablet from the bottommost tablet, the (offscreen) next tablet is pulled up into the bottom of the reel (the reverse is true when moving to the previous tablet from the topmost). When all tablets are onscreen with infinite scrolling, there are two possibilities: either the <i>focus</i> scrolls (moving from the bottom tablet to the top tablet, for instance), or the <i>reel</i> scrolls (preserving order among the tablets, but changing their order on-screen). In this latter case, moving to the next tablet from the bottommost tablet results in the tablet which is gaining focus being brought to the bottom of the screen from the top, and all other tablets moving up on the screen. Moving to the previous tablet from the topmost tablet results in the bottommost tablet moving to the top of the screen, and all other tablets moving down. This behavior matches the typical behavior precisely, and avoids a rude UI discontinuity when the tablets grow to fill the entire screen (or shrink to <i>not</i> fill it). If it is not desired, however, scrolling of focus can be configured instead. | A special case arises when moving among the tablets of a reel having multiple tablets, all of which fit entirely on-screen, and infinite scrolling is in use. Normally, upon moving to the next tablet from the bottommost tablet, the (offscreen) next tablet is pulled up into the bottom of the reel (the reverse is true when moving to the previous tablet from the topmost). When all tablets are onscreen with infinite scrolling, there are two possibilities: either the <i>focus</i> scrolls (moving from the bottom tablet to the top tablet, for instance), or the <i>reel</i> scrolls (preserving order among the tablets, but changing their order on-screen). In this latter case, moving to the next tablet from the bottommost tablet results in the tablet which is gaining focus being brought to the bottom of the screen from the top, and all other tablets moving up on the screen. Moving to the previous tablet from the topmost tablet results in the bottommost tablet moving to the top of the screen, and all other tablets moving down. This behavior matches the typical behavior precisely, and avoids a rude UI discontinuity when the tablets grow to fill the entire screen (or shrink to <i>not</i> fill it). If it is not desired, however, scrolling of focus can be configured instead. | ||
==Panel animations== | |||
These routines allow a panel to inflate to its target size from a single character, or to minimize away to a single character and disappear. Provide a number of milliseconds for the animation to run. This works for arbitrary panels, including those in a panelreel. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* My [[Xcurses]] project, which went exactly nowhere | * My [[Xcurses]] project, which went exactly nowhere | ||