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Scrolling disabled collector panes

I have a collector pane that I just use to show some program output to
the user and thus it is disabled.  Unfortunately, as a result of that,
you can't scroll the pane anymore.  How can I have both, a /disabled/
collector pane, but also the ability to scroll up if some its contents
have disappeared?

Thanks,
Edi.



  (capi:define-interface application-interface ()
    ()
    (:panes
     (log-pane
      capi:collector-pane
      :enabled nil
      :accessor application-log-pane))
    ;; etc.

Re: Scrolling disabled collector panes

Hello Edi,

| I have a collector pane that I just use to show some program output to
| the user and thus it is disabled.  Unfortunately, as a result of that,
| you can't scroll the pane anymore.  How can I have both, a /disabled/
| collector pane, but also the ability to scroll up if some its contents
| have disappeared?

To retain the scrollable property, I would suggest setting the pane buffer
read-only instead of disabling the pane:

 (setf (editor:buffer-writable (capi:editor-pane-buffer log-pane)) nil)
--
Sincerely,
Dmitriy Ivanov
lisp.ystok.ru
Updated at: 2020-12-10 08:44 UTC