2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

M example/kitchen/main.go
M example/kitchen/ui/ui.go

@@ 30,9 30,10 @@ func init() {
 	flag.StringVar(&config.Theme, "theme", "light", "theme to use {light,dark}")
 	flag.StringVar(&profileOpt, "profile", "none", "create the provided kind of profile. Use one of [none, cpu, mem, block, goroutine, mutex, trace, gio]")
 	flag.BoolVar(&config.UsePlato, "plato", false, "use Plato Team Inc themed widgets")
+	flag.BoolVar(&config.ScrollToEnd, "scroll-end", true, "start chat interfaces looking at the most recent chat messages, rather than the oldest")
 	flag.IntVar(&config.Latency, "latency", 1000, "maximum latency (in millis) to simulate")
 	flag.IntVar(&config.LoadSize, "load-size", 30, "number of items to load at a time")
-	flag.IntVar(&config.BufferSize, "buffer-size", 30, "number of elements to hold in memory before compacting")
+	flag.IntVar(&config.BufferSize, "buffer-size", 100, "number of elements to hold in memory before compacting")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 }

@@ 50,6 50,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// bufferSize specifies how many elements to hold in memory before
 	// compacting the list.
 	BufferSize int
+	// ScrollToEnd controls whether the chat interfaces start looking at the beginning
+	// or end of the chat content.
+	ScrollToEnd bool
 }
 
 // th is the active theme object.


@@ 168,7 171,7 @@ func NewUI(invalidator func(), conf Config) *UI {
 		rt := NewExampleData(users, local, g, 100)
 		rt.SimulateLatency = conf.Latency
 		rt.MaxLoads = conf.LoadSize
-		rt.ScrollToEnd = false
+		rt.ScrollToEnd = conf.ScrollToEnd
 		lm := list.NewManager(conf.BufferSize,
 			list.Hooks{
 				// Define an allocator function that can instaniate the appropriate