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Can't scroll dialogs with mouse or mouse wheel, only with keyboard
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Description
Hi there!
When I create a radiolist_dialog that exceeds the screen size, I can scroll its contents using the Up, Down, Page Up, and Page Down keys. However, I am unable to scroll using the mouse wheel or by clicking the dialog's scroll bar.
During a quick debugging session, I noticed that rolling the mouse wheel generates the expected mouse events, but these events appear to be ignored.
Is this an intended behavior? Is it a (known) bug? Or is there a workaround (perhaps with a custom dialog)?
I tested this on Windows 11 (Python 3.11.1) and Ubuntu 22.04.5 (Python 3.10.12).
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Start with a radiolist_dialog that exceeds the screen size and reproduce the issue with the mouse wheel and scrollbar, then compare those events with keyboard scrolling. Trace where the generated mouse events are handled or ignored. Done means the dialog contents scroll with the mouse wheel and scrollbar on the reported platforms.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
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