[Users] Standard view split pane drag handle

[John Crisp]

On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 13:04:49 +0100
Ralf Mardorf via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:

> On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 07:33:56 -0400, Little Girl wrote:
> >Paul wrote:    
> >>John Crisp wrote:       
> >    
> >>> Any ideas if this can be modified, is an accident or by design?
> >>>    
> 
> I suspect it's a misunderstanding. Between the message list and the
> preview pane, there is a search bar widget. My guess is that the OP
> thinks the search bar widget belongs to the border of the preview
> pane, hence the the OP does expect dragging should work above and not
> below the search bar widget. IMO it's a valid expectation, since
> dragging doesn't allow to resize the search bar widget, it does
> resize the size of the message list and the preview pane, while the
> search bar widget stays at its size. It would be plausible, if
> dragging would have to be done on top of the search bar widget,
> dragging at the bottom of this widget is indeed quite unusual.

Well, I do understand what it is doing. But it is not intuitive, and I
believe it probably wrong from a GUI design perspective.

But you are correct. You expect the closest 'edge' to be the one that
moves.

I hope this illustrates the point more accurately:

https://www.picpasteplus.com/v.php?i=ac472edeff

Rgds
John