[xubuntu-users] Scroll bars jump ahead too far

[Petter Adsen]

On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 14:46:43 -0700
Lee Gold <leegold at operamail.com> wrote:

> Using 16.04
> 
> Might have asked this before. In the old days when you clicked the
> empty area of the scroll bar it would jump either 1 page ahead or
> back from the current position you were at. The new action seems to
> be to jump a proportional amount depending on were you click in the
> empty scroll bar space.
> 
> IMO I can not stand the new action, it screws me up. I want the old
> action. I tried creating /home/giga1/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini and
> adding the lines: 
> 
> [Settings]
> gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false
> 
> and rebooted, but that did not stop it. Is there a way to have old
> way?

That should have worked, but not all software obeys it. Instead, try
right-clicking rather than left-clicking.

Petter

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