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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. stevage · · focus · HN ↗
      IMHO it should be long hold. Click to jump by a page towards the click location. Hold down to jump all the way there.
      1. mrob · · focus · HN ↗
        "Long press" is the same as "slow press". When I click I want something to happen immediately, not 500ms later.
        1. stevage · · focus · HN ↗
          Yep, something happens immediately. Something different happens later.
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