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A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts

179 points · 118 comments · tybulewicz

  1. mrob · · focus · HN ↗
    IMO, "scroll here" should be the default action for clicking on a scrollbar. There are already good keyboard shortcuts for page up and page down, but there cannot be a keyboard shortcut for "scroll here". It's wasting the capability of the mouse to duplicate keyboard functionality when you could be benefiting from unique mouse-only functionality.

    GTK gets this right, and Qt does not.

    1. NooneAtAll3 · · focus · HN ↗
      "scroll here" is achieved by hold'n'drag

      pgup behaviour allows for intermediate speed when line-by-line is too slow, while dragging is imprecise

      1. mrob · · focus · HN ↗
        >hold'n'drag

        That's two actions, while clicking is only one.

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