How to change scrolling in Ubuntu

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Fri Jul 31 21:00:01 UTC 2015


On 31 July 2015 at 21:31, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> In Ubuntu, in some applications, the standrad scrolling method, is
> applicable, along the side or the bottom of the scroolable area, is a
> bar thing, that can be drawn, with the pointing device, to the
> position that the user wants, and, in that, the drawing is
> continuously variable.
>
> Howebver, in Ubuntu, the system scrolling method, involves not a
> visble scrolling thing to be drawn with the pointing device, to where
> the user wants, but is a discrete thing, that, when the user positions
> the cursor over an appropriate edge of the "scrollable" area, a thing
> with two arrow heads, is displayed, for the user to click on one of
> the arrow heads, so the "scrollable" area will be moved, in discrete
> distances of a screen at a time, and, it is not continuously variable,
> but, being discrete, usually travels too far.

You can drag the "thing with two arrow heads" in exactly the same way
you drag the conventional scroll bar, in addition you can page by
clicking the arrows.

Colin




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