Add back the scroll past end setting

vkbo · Nov 13, 2023 · 68af4ae · 68af4ae
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diff --git a/novelwriter/config.py b/novelwriter/config.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
 
         self.autoScroll      = False  # Typewriter-like scrolling
         self.autoScrollPos   = 30     # Start point for typewriter-like scrolling
+        self.scrollPastEnd   = True   # Scroll past end of document, and centre cursor
 
         self.wordCountTimer  = 5.0    # Interval for word count update in seconds
         self.incNotesWCount  = True   # The status bar word count includes notes
@@ -577,6 +578,7 @@ def loadConfig(self) -> bool:
         self.doReplaceDots   = conf.rdBool(sec, "repdots", self.doReplaceDots)
         self.autoScroll      = conf.rdBool(sec, "autoscroll", self.autoScroll)
         self.autoScrollPos   = conf.rdInt(sec, "autoscrollpos", self.autoScrollPos)
+        self.scrollPastEnd   = conf.rdBool(sec, "scrollpastend", self.scrollPastEnd)
         self.fmtSQuoteOpen   = conf.rdStr(sec, "fmtsquoteopen", self.fmtSQuoteOpen)
         self.fmtSQuoteClose  = conf.rdStr(sec, "fmtsquoteclose", self.fmtSQuoteClose)
         self.fmtDQuoteOpen   = conf.rdStr(sec, "fmtdquoteopen", self.fmtDQuoteOpen)
@@ -701,6 +703,7 @@ def saveConfig(self) -> bool:
             "repdots":         str(self.doReplaceDots),
             "autoscroll":      str(self.autoScroll),
             "autoscrollpos":   str(self.autoScrollPos),
+            "scrollpastend":   str(self.scrollPastEnd),
             "fmtsquoteopen":   str(self.fmtSQuoteOpen),
             "fmtsquoteclose":  str(self.fmtSQuoteClose),
             "fmtdquoteopen":   str(self.fmtDQuoteOpen),

diff --git a/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py b/novelwriter/dialogs/preferences.py
@@ -726,6 +726,15 @@ def __init__(self, prefsGui):
         # ================
         self.mainForm.addGroupLabel(self.tr("Scroll Behaviour"))
 
+        # Scroll Past End
+        self.scrollPastEnd = NSwitch()
+        self.scrollPastEnd.setChecked(CONFIG.scrollPastEnd)
+        self.mainForm.addRow(
+            self.tr("Scroll past end of the document"),
+            self.scrollPastEnd,
+            self.tr("Also centres the cursor when scrolling.")
+        )
+
         # Typewriter Scrolling
         self.autoScroll = NSwitch()
         self.autoScroll.setChecked(CONFIG.autoScroll)
@@ -766,6 +775,7 @@ def saveValues(self):
         # Scroll Behaviour
         CONFIG.autoScroll    = self.autoScroll.isChecked()
         CONFIG.autoScrollPos = self.autoScrollPos.value()
+        CONFIG.scrollPastEnd = self.scrollPastEnd.isChecked()
 
         return
 

diff --git a/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py b/novelwriter/gui/doceditor.py
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ def __init__(self, mainGui: GuiMain) -> None:
         self.setMinimumWidth(CONFIG.pxInt(300))
         self.setAutoFillBackground(True)
         self.setFrameStyle(QFrame.NoFrame)
-        self.setCenterOnScroll(True)
 
         # Custom Shortcuts
         self.keyContext = QShortcut(self)
@@ -342,7 +341,8 @@ def initEditor(self) -> None:
 
         self._qDocument.setDefaultTextOption(options)
 
-        # Scroll bars
+        # Scrolling
+        self.setCenterOnScroll(CONFIG.scrollPastEnd)
         if CONFIG.hideVScroll:
             self.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt.ScrollBarAlwaysOff)
         else: