Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-20 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 18:12 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/19/20 2:09 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 11:31 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > > On 5/19/20 2:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > > > > You aren't doin' it right. Hold down Shift and *click* (not scroll) in

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-19 Thread berend
On Tue, 19 May, 2020 at 18:12, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/19/20 2:09 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 11:31 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/19/20 2:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: You aren't doin' it right. Hold down Shift and *click* (not scroll) in the scroll bar anywher

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/19/20 2:09 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 11:31 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/19/20 2:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: You aren't doin' it right. Hold down Shift and *click* (not scroll) in the scroll bar anywhere above or below the slider. It jumps instantly to th

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 11:31 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/19/20 2:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > You aren't doin' it right. Hold down Shift and *click* (not scroll) in > > the scroll bar anywhere above or below the slider. It jumps instantly > > to that relative position. > > > It's

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-19 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/19/20 2:06 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: You aren't doin' it right. Hold down Shift and *click* (not scroll) in the scroll bar anywhere above or below the slider. It jumps instantly to that relative position. It's the opposite for me. Clicking without shift jumps to the position, with s

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Tue, 2020-05-19 at 16:04 +0930, Tim via users wrote: > On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 21:59 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > > that doesn't do what the OP was looking for which was apparently to > > jump to the beginning or end. I don't remember it ever working like > > that though. > > Me, neither. You are

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-19 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 20:22 -0500, Mike Flannigan wrote: > Hold down Shift while scrolling. Yes! This is exactly what I want, thanks. poc ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedorapro

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-18 Thread Tim via users
On Mon, 2020-05-18 at 21:59 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > that doesn't do what the OP was looking for which was apparently to > jump to the beginning or end. I don't remember it ever working like > that though. Me, neither. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue May 12 16:57

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-18 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/18/20 6:22 PM, Mike Flannigan wrote: Hold down Shift while scrolling. What are you suggesting that does? For me, shift with the scroll wheel blocks scrolling. Shift-clicking on the scrollbar makes it scroll by a page instead of jumping to that position. But that doesn't do what the O

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-18 Thread Mike Flannigan
Hold down Shift while scrolling. On 5/16/20 5:58 AM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: if you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it would jump instantly to the top or bottom of the page. Thi

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread John M. Harris Jr
On Saturday, May 16, 2020 3:42:42 AM MST Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: if > you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it would > jump instantly to the top or bottom of the page. This seems to have > gone, and c

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/16/2020 11:27 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: As I'm right-handed, this is pretty awkward. Never mind. I'm right handed and do it all the time. Of course, I've always used both hands when convenient, so it's not a problem for me. ___ users mai

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 11:17 -0600, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 05/16/2020 10:04 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > That works, but it means looking away from the screen to find them, and > > moving your hand away from the mouse. > > Then use both hands. One for the mouse, one for the keypad. HTH, HAND.

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/16/2020 10:04 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: That works, but it means looking away from the screen to find them, and moving your hand away from the mouse. Then use both hands. One for the mouse, one for the keypad. HTH, HAND. ___ users mailing

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 11:00 -0500, Roger Heflin wrote: > I am glad they fixed that "bug". The absolute setting it did have was > > generally useless on larger web pages, and on smaller web pages as Tim > > says, it was impossible to figure out where you wanted to be. I am > > not entirely sure

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 11:58 +0100, ja wrote: > On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 11:42 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: if > > you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it would > > jump instantly to the top or botto

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 18:48 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 2020-05-16 18:42, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: if > > you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it would > > jump instantly to the top or bottom of t

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Roger Heflin
I am glad they fixed that "bug". The absolute setting it did have was generally useless on larger web pages, and on smaller web pages as Tim says, it was impossible to figure out where you wanted to be. I am not entirely sure who thought it was a good idea, or how they tested it given it was unus

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 11:42 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: > if you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it > would jump instantly to the top or bottom of the page. This seems to > have gone, and clickin

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread ja
On Sat, 2020-05-16 at 11:42 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: if > you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it would > jump instantly to the top or bottom of the page. This seems to have > gone, and clickin

Re: Slightly OT: has Firefox scrolling behaviour changed?

2020-05-16 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-05-16 18:42, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Until recently, Firefox had a feature I really liked and used a lot: if > you clicked anywhere in a scroll bar other than on the slider, it would > jump instantly to the top or bottom of the page. This seems to have > gone, and clicking just scrolls