Scroll enabled message pane

[ghost]

For use with touchscreens, but also with the mouse, it would be nice to be able to scroll inside the message pane without having to use the arrow keys

[exquo]

Urwid supports reporting mouse_events, so it should be possible to implement this. Clicking on an element already puts focus on it.

Don't know how the touchscreen events are reported to / handled by urwid.

N.B. A typical user of an app such as scli probably does not want to touch the mouse unless it's absolutely necessary :)

[ghost]

okay so urwid is the UI framework?

my goal is to have a smartphone replacement that runs linux and therefore touch support is ideal (currently using a steamdeck of which i cut away the controller parts - it's basically a mini tablet with the power and usability of a computer)

[exquo]

okay so urwid is the UI framework?

Yes

my goal is to have a smartphone replacement that runs linux and therefore touch support is ideal (currently using a steamdeck of which i cut away the controller parts - it's basically a mini tablet with the power and usability of a computer)

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Scli is primarily aimed at the keyboard-driven usage. But if it works with touch-based devices - great!

Just for the record: it is also possible to run signal-desktop, or one of third-party apps, that are better adapted for the mobile form-factor: see #135 (reply in thread).

[ghost]

the mouse enabled contact pane also works with touch, which is really great, as can make choosing a chat faster

i want to use TUI/CLI apps whenever possible as they use less ressources and therefore also less power
Also i'm a minimalist ^^

(idea is to have everything running on a raspberry pi with a 4" screen, battery and lte module, therefore it needs to be resource efficient)