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A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts

179 points · 118 comments · tybulewicz

  1. charcircuit · · focus · HN ↗
    You can also left click on the scroll bar to scroll to a place.
    1. monkpit · · focus · HN ↗
      Yeah, I’m missing something here… didn’t he say that it goes down by a page if you click there? I always thought it just took you to that spot.
      1. McGlockenshire · · focus · HN ↗
        On Windows it's effectively a page down. The behavior you are describing is present on other platforms.
        1. IAmBroom · · focus · HN ↗
          On many Windows scrollbars it's pinpoint click once to reach any spot.
          1. TonyStr · · focus · HN ↗
            Not the case in Notepad, Edge, RegEdit, Windows Settings, MS Teams, Firefox on Windows, Bruno, Windows Search. Where exactly did you experience this? All aforementioned were tested in Windows 11
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