I am currently using the latest version of Scrivener 3 for windows.
Whenever I am using Scrivennings view, the scroll position is not maintained when I go in and out of composition mode. Moving into composition mode, it seems to always default to the same but somewhat random seeming section. I really can’t figure out how it is choosing to scroll there. Moving out of composition mode, it goes to the last position. For what it is worth, cursor position is maintained, just the scroll position is not. As you can imagine, this is frustrating when I am dealing with larger documents as I have to find where I was every time I go to composition mode.
What is the expected behaviour here? Is this a bug?
Is what you are seeing similar to what happens to the scroll location in an editor (non-composition mode) when , for example, the Inspector is opened and/or closed, resulting in a resizing of the editor window, which causes the text to reflow, and the scroll location to get lost? That’s kind of what it sounds like.
If this is the same behavior, I believe it is a known issue, though I haven’t been able to find the the thread where it was discussed, within the last year or so…
What I would do to partially fix it, is make the documents smaller. Long documents are what Scrivener is made to split up. Try something smaller, like 500 to 1000 words. Less scrolling to do.
@Mad_Girl_Disease It does seem somewhat similar (my margins are indeed smaller in composition mode, so some reflow is necessary) but there are differences: when I move to composition mode it always scrolls to the same spot no matter where I was last (either inside or outside of composition mode), whereas outside of composition mode, the change in scroll position when I pull up the info bar at least seems somewhat related to my current position.
I have actually also noticed that my cursor position is not maintained when I move out of composition mode: it goes back to the last position it was prior to entering composition mode.
@Jestar I appreciate the suggestion for smaller documents, but I am specifically talking about the issue when using Scrivenings mode (which I like to do for my final edit). I actually already cap my documents between 500-1000 words
Was going off what you reported in the OP and thought you were dealing with some imported Word documents or something similar. FWIW, I tried out what your were reporting and noted a bunch of different issues. The insertion point does not go with the switch to composition mode or out of it (as you reported). I tried going to single document mode before going to composition mode, no joy there either. Going back to Scrivenings mode rebuilds the Scrivenings and takes you back to the beginning. As noted, PgUp and PgDn don’t work. Looks like it is all about how Scrivenings works as noted in the other thread. Each document is stitched visually together, but are really all separate instances. Better to go back to individual documents picked in the binder.
Yes, I suppose so - though while I understand why things page up and down don’t work (because it’s actually not a single, unified editor), I would at least expect the shift to composition mode to know which editor is currently active. Or if that is not possible, at the very least go to the top of the scrivenning document and not some random point further down (which is what it currently does). Ah well, it is what it is.
Just thought I’d report the problem, maybe someday it will be addressed.
