On 04/05/2016 07:38 PM, Anthony Carrico wrote: >> ~/.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.
FYI, apparently Thunderbird is gtk2, while Firefox is gtk3. The settings file for gtk2 is ~/.gtkrc-2.0. Unfortunately, gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false doesn't seem to work, but: gtk-icon-theme-name = "Breeze" gtk-theme-name = "Breeze" will give Thunderbird a whole new (apparently KDE-like) theme that does have working scrollbars. BTW, apparently this bug goes back (at least) to 2013: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=704277 Just 6 comments: > John Stowers 2013-09-10 08:18:06 UTC > > What do you think of the new scrollbar behaviour in 3.10? > > Comment 5 Glenn Holmer 2013-11-05 02:52:44 UTC > > It's counter-intuitive and user-hostile. It should be reverted. > > Comment 6 Andrew Smith 2013-12-25 21:56:09 UTC > > I've opened bug 721047 to ask that the behaviour is reverted back to normal. > And bug 721047 is marked "Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX" I guess I've spent my hour on this one, and I'm quitting with what I've got. The strange thing is that I haven't seen anyone defend the implemented behavior. It isn't mentioned in the design document: https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/Scrolling No apparent way to edit that wiki to reference the relevant bug reports. Oh well. -- Anthony Carrico
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