The bottom post of this bug report has a possible solution, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=803633 Not sure if it works as I am on my phone at lunch break On Apr 6, 2016 10:18 AM, "Paul Flint" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Dave-the-geek, > > As the Oracle of all things GUI, and the Alpha Geek of Barre, could you > consider giving we mere mortals insight on the Dreaded Scrollbar Issue > (DSI)? > > Thanks for your time and... > > Kindest Regards, > > Paul > > On Wed, 6 Apr 2016, Anthony Carrico wrote: > > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2016 09:48:07 -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 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 >> >> >> >> > Kindest Regards, > > > > ☮ Paul Flint > (802) 479-2360 Home > (802) 595-9365 Cell > > /************************************ > Based upon email reliability concerns, > please send an acknowledgement in response to this note. > > Paul Flint > 17 Averill Street > Barre, VT > 05641 >
