[Konsole-devel] [Bug 144219] New: the scrollstate of the konsole history is not maintained even if the cursor is visible

[Shriramana Sharma]

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           Summary: the scrollstate of the konsole history is not maintained
                    even if the cursor is visible
           Product: konsole
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: samjnaa gmail com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.6)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

In a session, some history has disappeared off the top of the Konsole window. I need to see it to type my next command. So what I do is I increase the height of the Konsole window and I scroll back so that I can see both the current prompt line as well as my desired history. Then I start typing my command - hey presto the history goes back above the upper edge of the Konsole window. 

Anyone can reproduce this by starting Konsole in a (vertically) short window.

This should be fixed, since I am scrolling back to see the history and that purpose is lost.

If the scrollstate of the Konsole history would not show the cursor, then there might be sense in Konsole automatically scrolling back down, since it may be necessary to see what one is typing. But even then it is not mandatory, as one may be a good typist and type correctly even without visual feedback. Leave it to the user whether he wants to see his current typing line or not. He has scrolled back to see the history and the app should not hinder what he wants to do.

So it stands that the scrollstate of the Konsole history once altered by the user should not be reset by the application.

P.S: Maybe the "short description" needs to be more lucid but somehow I didn't get the words.

P.P.S: The order of resizing the window and scrolling back is immaterial. This bug is seen either way.