fast scroll in feed list

[ilf]

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App version

2.8.1

Where did you get the app from

Other

Feature or improvement you want

Fast scroll would be a useful feature:

When fast scrolling is enabled, the user can quickly scroll through lists by dragging the fast scroll thumb.

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AbsListView.html#attr_android:fastScrollEnabled
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AbsListView.html#setFastScrollEnabled(boolean)

Why should this be added?

In feed lists with lots of entries, scrolling normally can take a long time.

This can also be useful in article view, for long articles.

Screenshots / Drawings / Technical details

com.android.contacts uses it like this:

$ grep -Ri fastscroll
src/com/android/contacts/list/ContactEntryListFragment.java:            mListView.setFastScrollEnabled(hasScrollbar);
src/com/android/contacts/list/ContactEntryListFragment.java:                mListView.setFastScrollEnabled(!flag);
src/com/android/contacts/list/ContactEntryListFragment.java:        mListView.setFastScrollEnabled(!isSearchMode());
res/layout/contact_list_content.xml:                android:fastScrollEnabled="true"
res/layout/join_contact_picker_list_content.xml:            android:fastScrollEnabled="true"
res/layout/contact_picker_content.xml:        android:fastScrollEnabled="true"/>

[spacecowboy]

Yes it would be a useful feature.

FYI, the reference you are providing are all for the old View system. Feeder is built with Jetpack Compose, and as far as I know there is nothing equivalent available builti-in.

[spacecowboy]

I just remembered that this is already implemented.

When you scroll you can see a scrollbar to the side. Just grab it and start dragging.

[ilf]

Ah, yes. This works in article view. Nice!

But does it work in feed lists? I can't see a scrollbar and can't get it to work there.

[spacecowboy]

ok, can reopen for list specifically