[Users] Standard view split pane drag handle

[Dave Howorth]

On Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:43:40 +0100
John Crisp <jcrisp at safeandsoundit.co.uk> wrote:

> 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

That's the second time you posted a link to that website, and the
second time it has said to me: "Image does not exist". I have no idea
why that should be so but be aware that at least some of your readers
can't see the images you're posting.

> Rgds
> John
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