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Wishlist: ScrollBarMargin control reacting to mouse-clicks

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Description

hi @jonathanslenders

would be nice if one could click on the arrows of the ScrollBarMargin control as used in TextArea to scroll, and even better if one could drag the handle around to scroll.

my naive guess is that it could be sufficient to just add a handler argument to the spots that emit the text fragments like here:

                    ('class:scrollbar.arrow', self.up_arrow_symbol, scroll_up_handler),

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Start by tracing the ScrollBarMargin control as used by TextArea, especially the code that emits text fragments such as the scrollbar arrow tuple shown in the issue. Determine how mouse events are handled there; the work is done when arrow clicks scroll and the scrollbar handle can be dragged to scroll.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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