Minimap: click and drag

[sdegutis]

Feature request: click a spot on the minimap that's not currently visible in the editor, then drag the minimap up or down.

Expected behavior: the minimap selection rectangle thingy should move with your cursor.

Actual behavior: the thing does not move, unless you let go and re-click and hold, at which point it finally starts dragging.

Previous issues:

• Minimap should start dragging when on mouse down outside of viewport area #21708, closed because if the minimap is taller than your viewport, the minimap widget thingy doesn't move to where your mouse is; however this feature could still be possible when the minimap fully fits in the viewport without clipping
• Minimap: click and drag #59582, closed as a duplicate of Minimap enhancements #24395 but that mentions three features which don't include this
• Minimap - Scroll immediately when mouse button held down #22540, closed as a duplicate of Minimap should start dragging when on mouse down outside of viewport area #21708 but see above

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Thanks for submitting this issue. Please also check if it is already covered by an existing one, like:

• Minimap enhancements (#24395)
• Combine New Minimap with Git Sidebar (#22563)
• Minimap out of sync with scrollbar (#36622)
• Minimap: add scale (font size) option (#21773)

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[alexdima]

To verify, set minimap.mode to cover or set to contain.

[connor4312]

cover works, but contain only works if the minimap is longer taller than the vertical height. This feels unintuitive to me--I would expect that, in the correct rending mode, scrolling would always behave the same regardless of the size of my file.

[alexdima]

FYI after #91405, the new setting is minimap.size and the values proportional, fit and fill.