From 5a060b8dc81c6268eb0272a4a0711f2c1ddad9e1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Wladimir J. van der Laan" <laanwj@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 18:17:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] RPC console: scroll to the end when user enters a command

- Ensures that the command and reply is visible
---
 src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp | 9 +++++++++
 src/qt/rpcconsole.h   | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
index 33b09952..51051f72 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <QTextEdit>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
 #include <QUrl>
+#include <QScrollBar>
 
 #include <boost/tokenizer.hpp>
 
@@ -262,6 +263,8 @@ void RPCConsole::on_lineEdit_returnPressed()
             history.removeFirst();
         // Set pointer to end of history
         historyPtr = history.size();
+        // Scroll console view to end
+        scrollToEnd();
     }
 }
 
@@ -315,3 +318,9 @@ void RPCConsole::on_openDebugLogfileButton_clicked()
 {
     GUIUtil::openDebugLogfile();
 }
+
+void RPCConsole::scrollToEnd()
+{
+    QScrollBar *scrollbar = ui->messagesWidget->verticalScrollBar();
+    scrollbar->setValue(scrollbar->maximum());
+}
diff --git a/src/qt/rpcconsole.h b/src/qt/rpcconsole.h
index 9c4fab49..0a7b10f4 100644
--- a/src/qt/rpcconsole.h
+++ b/src/qt/rpcconsole.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ public slots:
     void setNumBlocks(int count);
     /** Go forward or back in history */
     void browseHistory(int offset);
-
+    /** Scroll console view to end */
+    void scrollToEnd();
 signals:
     // For RPC command executor
     void stopExecutor();