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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. userbinator · · focus · HN ↗
      Oh hell no. If you think "scroll here" is a sane default, you haven't experienced the pain of jumping possibly thousands of lines in a long document with an accidental click, and no easy way to go back to where you were.
      1. winrid · · focus · HN ↗
        Make it an option so those with a skill issue don't make everyone else use a less powerful tool :)
        1. TeMPOraL · · focus · HN ↗
          Not every mouse has a scroll wheel, even today :).
          1. someguyiguess · · focus · HN ↗
            Sure. Not every computer has a keyboard either.
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