Broken NewMultiLineEntry scrolling on Android

[maciej-piatek]

Checklist

• I have searched the issue tracker for open issues that relate to the same problem, before opening a new one.
• This issue only relates to a single bug. I will open new issues for any other problems.

Describe the bug

On my phone (Xiaomi Redmi 12) the scroll on NewMultiLineEntry is unusable. It works fine on PC with mouse scroll but on mobile it does not behave like scroll would.
When I try to scroll down by swiping up, it doesn't move.
It is possible to scroll down by highlighting the text in the entry and then carefully swiping down, but thats not how it should work.

How to reproduce

Build the code from example code.

Screenshots

No response

Example code

package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"crypto/aes"
	"crypto/cipher"
	"encoding/base64"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"
	"path/filepath"
	"strconv"
	"strings"

	"fyne.io/fyne/v2"
	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/app"
	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/container"
	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/dialog"
	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/driver/desktop"
	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/storage"
	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/theme"
	"fyne.io/fyne/v2/widget"
)


func main() {
	//Initializers//
	a := app.New()
	w := a.NewWindow("snippet")

	entry1 := widget.NewMultiLineEntry()
	entry1.Wrapping = fyne.TextWrapWord

	entry1.SetPlaceHolder(" ")


	//-----------------------------------//

	//Size and run//
	scroll1 := container.NewScroll(entry1)
	w.SetContent(scroll1)

	w.ShowAndRun()
	//-----------------------------------//

}

Fyne version

2.6.1

Go compiler version

1.22.0

Operating system and version

Compiled and built on Windows 10 Pro / Tested on Android 14 (HyperOS 1.0.10.0.UMXEUXM)

Additional Information

I have already reported this on fyne discord server and was told to do it here too.

[andydotxyz]

Putting the multiline entry inside a Scroll container seems wrong - the entry handles scrolling itself.

I don't know if that resolves the issue but it looks possible.

It's also helpful to keep the code to reproduce minimal rather than all the app functionality included.

[maciej-piatek]

Putting the multiline entry inside a Scroll container seems wrong - the entry handles scrolling itself.

I don't know if that resolves the issue but it looks possible.

It's also helpful to keep the code to reproduce minimal rather than all the app functionality included.

Thanks for the reply. I will edit the code snippet here to the bare minimum needed.
Also MLE is in the scroll container because thats the only way to scale it to any screen res (as far as I know)

[andydotxyz]

Also MLE is in the scroll container because thats the only way to scale it to any screen res (as far as I know)

I can't make sense of this sentence.
Adding scrolling around something that scrolls is not going to add positive outcomes.

[maciej-piatek]

Also MLE is in the scroll container because thats the only way to scale it to any screen res (as far as I know)

I can't make sense of this sentence. Adding scrolling around something that scrolls is not going to add positive outcomes.

I know this is probably not the way to do this but I made it that way since no other methods I tried worked. Putting MLE in a scroll allows it to fit the size of the window on pc, but thats besides the point.

Removing MLE from scroll did not fix the scrolling issue on android. Sure I can highlight the text and then scroll, but regular scrolling does not work still.

[andydotxyz]

Also MLE is in the scroll container because thats the only way to scale it to any screen res (as far as I know)

I can't make sense of this sentence. Adding scrolling around something that scrolls is not going to add positive outcomes.

I know this is probably not the way to do this but I made it that way since no other methods I tried worked. Putting MLE in a scroll allows it to fit the size of the window on pc, but thats besides the point.

This makes no sense. All widgets fill the space available - scroll is not special in that way.

We are not on the same page and I worry this gets in the way of understanding the problem.

A NewWindow(widget.NewMultiLineEntry()) will show that an entry fills the space by default.