Re: Scrolling in Xcode editor
Re: Scrolling in Xcode editor
- Subject: Re: Scrolling in Xcode editor
- From: Laurence Harris <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:07:32 -0400
On Oct 26, 2006, at 7:24 PM, John Deane wrote:
Hi,
Do any of you know if there is a way to change the way Xcode
scrolls through text files as I find its default behaviour
extremely distracting and counter intuitive.
I'm sure there's no way to change this, although I agree it looks
odd. Perhaps you could change to using the page down key and reading
whole pages at once. That's actually easier IMO than the half-page
jumping thing because the latter forces you to locate the current
location of the cursor after every jump.
Larry
The problem is as follows:
Say, for example, you are somewhere near the middle of a large file
and the cursor is about half way down the window. You wish to
scroll up (or down) to locate a some code. As you press the cursor
key the cursor moves as you would expect and your gaze follows the
cursor as it moves towards the top (or bottom) of the window,
effectively using the cursor as a visual reference point to help
you find the text you are looking for.
However, when the cursor reaches the top (or bottom) line of the
window the next key press causes the contents of the window to
scroll, not by a single line to reveal the next line of the file,
but by half the number lines in the window, moving the cursor back
to the middle line of the window again. Almost instantly your eyes
have to move their focus a significant distance (up to I guess 45
lines of code or approx 7 inches on a 30inch display). As you can
hopefully appreciate if you try strolling through a large file like
this your eyes have to dart back and forth really quickly in order
to follow the cursor. This will cause eye strain.
I can not believe that I am the only one to find this behaviour
bizarre.
I have looked in Xcode preferences and the manual but can't find
any reference to this 'feature'.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
John
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