the scrollbar is one column, not two

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/config.zig b/src/config.zig
index 0db1d344..0dc12f98 100644
--- a/src/config.zig
+++ b/src/config.zig
@@ -392,7 +392,12 @@ pub const PREFIX_W: u16 = 5;
 /// above/below the cursor (clamped at file boundaries and short panes), and
 /// the same count of COLUMNS horizontally
 pub const scroll_off = 3;
-/// the pane's left chrome: scrollbar + the layout box in the tag row
+/// the pane's left chrome: scrollbar + the layout box in the tag row. The
+/// scrollbar PAINTS only the first of these columns; the second is the pane's
+/// own background, so the bar reads as one column with a column of page
+/// between it and the text. Layout is untouched by that — the gutter is still
+/// GUTTER columns and a click anywhere in them still scrolls; only the ink
+/// narrowed. A half-block glyph in the second column was tried and rejected.
 pub const GUTTER: u16 = 2;
 /// a pane never shrinks past this (the h-handle can still take it to its tag
 /// row alone, which is BOX_H and a structural fact, not this)