Bug#807792: libgtk-3-0: scrollbars disappear after a while

[Christoph Anton Mitterer]

Package: libgtk-3-0
Version: 3.18.6-1
Severity: important

Hey.

Apparently there's some feature-regression in gtk since a while,
namely that scrollbars seem to disappear when the conntent isn't
scrolled right then.

Not sure if this is considered a "new fancy feature" or if it's simply
a stupid bug, at least I wouldn't have found any whay to tell
GTK not to do this.

IMHO, that bug is important, since it makes scrollbars by itself
in one half useless, namely showing where one is right now in the
scrolled content.
Probably it's even mor than 50% useless, because most people likely
scroll via the mousewheel, touchpad gestures or simply the keyboard,
so there isn't a particular need of scrollbar for the sake of the
actual scrolling.

However, when I'm in a PDF, lenghy mail or document one typically
may want to know where one is (e.g. how much is left to read),
which is now basically no longer possible unless one keeps moving.


Cheers,
Chris.