awful scrolling performance of htmlwindow

I'm using a wx.html.HtmlWindow on linux to display about 75 lines of
data. I have a few headers, a few two-row tables, nothing at all
complex. When I vertically scroll with the mouse wheel the performance
is absolutely awful. Is this a known problem with a known workaround?

The best way to describe it is that the window "judders". Dragging
the scrollbar gives acceptable, smooth scrolling. Using arrow keys and
page up / page down also is acceptable. It appears to be the mouse
wheel that is the cause of the problem, almost as if the events come
too fast and the widget can't keep up. Or it's trying to be "smart"
and each click of the wheel causes it to scroll and then back up a
little, and subsequent clicks come too fast causing it to bounce
around.

Bryan Oakley wrote:

I'm using a wx.html.HtmlWindow on linux to display about 75 lines of
data. I have a few headers, a few two-row tables, nothing at all
complex. When I vertically scroll with the mouse wheel the performance
is absolutely awful. Is this a known problem with a known workaround?

The best way to describe it is that the window "judders". Dragging
the scrollbar gives acceptable, smooth scrolling. Using arrow keys and
page up / page down also is acceptable. It appears to be the mouse
wheel that is the cause of the problem, almost as if the events come
too fast and the widget can't keep up. Or it's trying to be "smart"
and each click of the wheel causes it to scroll and then back up a
little, and subsequent clicks come too fast causing it to bounce
around.

Platform and version?

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Robin Dunn
Software Craftsman

RHEL, version 2.8.0.1 with python 2.5.2

Unfortunately, upgrading isn't an option right now.

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On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Robin Dunn<robin@alldunn.com> wrote:

Bryan Oakley wrote:

I'm using a wx.html.HtmlWindow on linux to display about 75 lines of
data. I have a few headers, a few two-row tables, nothing at all
complex. When I vertically scroll with the mouse wheel the performance
is absolutely awful. Is this a known problem with a known workaround?

The best way to describe it is that the window "judders". Dragging
the scrollbar gives acceptable, smooth scrolling. Using arrow keys and
page up / page down also is acceptable. It appears to be the mouse
wheel that is the cause of the problem, almost as if the events come
too fast and the widget can't keep up. Or it's trying to be "smart"
and each click of the wheel causes it to scroll and then back up a
little, and subsequent clicks come too fast causing it to bounce
around.

Platform and version?