Hi there! Is the scrolling in Compose for desktop ...

# compose-desktop

[Marc Reichelt]

Hi there!
Is the scrolling in Compose for desktop supposed to be working?
I’m not doing anything special from what I see, just:

LazyColumn(verticalArrangement = Arrangement.spacedBy(8.dp), modifier = modifier) {
    items(users) { user ->
        UserItem(user = user, modifier = Modifier.fillMaxWidth())
    }
}

It’s scrolling vertically alright on Android, but not when running via JVM on Desktop. Any hints at what I’m missing? I’m using Compose Multiplatform 1.10.1 and JDK Temurin 21.

[seb]

Scrolling works fine. Make sure you're using the scroll wheel and not drag-to-scroll (ask me how I know)

[Marc Reichelt]

OMG, of course 🙈 🤯
It works! I was so expecting for it to be scrolling with drag-to-scroll… 🤷‍♂️

[Marc Reichelt]

Thank you! ❤️

[seb]

Hey. Been there done that lol

[seb]

that's how I knew right away ahahah

[Mark Murphy]

FWIW, I use Compose Unstyled's `ScrollArea()` to add scrollbars, which work on desktop

[seb]

FWIW Compose 1.11 adds Modifier.scrollIndicator so there kind of is a native, cross-platform solution now. But there is no implementation yet 😄 Just the API

[seb]

Also if you're only doing desktop I'm going to go ahead and suggest you take a look at Jewel to get an IntelliJ-like theme, which works a lot better than Material on desktop

[seb]

See jewel-ui.dev and #C05T8U2C31T

[seb]

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