Dear Anthony,
This is such a pain in the ass that I have a site to chronicle the
scrollbar issue. It is here:
http://docbox.flint.com:8081/geekland/#gsettings
Can I add your insight/link?
Regards,
Paul
On Tue, 5 Apr 2016, Anthony Carrico wrote:
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 19:38:03 -0400
From: Anthony Carrico <[email protected]>
Reply-To: Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: gtk scrollbars?
On 04/05/2016 05:56 PM, Anthony Carrico wrote:
I've noticed that scrollbars in some programs have recently become more
or less unusable for many tasks. Firefox/Thunderbird are most irksome.
Well...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GTK%2B#Legacy_scrolling_behavior
Has the solution, in theory:
Legacy scrolling behavior
Note: This setting is not obeyed by all GTK+ applications.
Tip: Legacy scrolling behaviour can be achieved reliably
simply by using right click instead of left click.
Prior to GTK+ 3.6, clicking on either side of the slider
in the scrollbar would move the scrollbar in the direction of
the click by approximately one page. Since GTK+ 3.6, the slider
will move directly to the position of the click. This behaviour
can be reverted in some applications by creating the file with
the content below:
~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
[Settings]
gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false
... in theory because while that setting does work for Firefox, it
apparently doesn't for Thunderbird, so it is tricky to scroll through
incoming messages. I'll keep this rant to a minimum: My laptop's
touchpad doesn't support the scroll gesture—GTK, you Broke My
Workflow!!! I'm trying to imagine the use case for the new behavior,
but I just can't see it. If the idea was that we all are supposed to
have touchscreens by now so we don't really need scrollbars... well, I
do and it doesn't work in GTK programs! It does work in Chromium. Sorry
for the rant. I'm sure it is all a simple misunderstanding.
--
Anthony Carrico
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