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

[Michael Biebl]

Am 13.12.2015 um 03:43 schrieb 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.
> 

The overlay scrollbars are a feature

> 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.

Well, I don't agree on the severity, but whatever.

> 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.

If you don't like the overlay feature, you can use
GTK_OVERLAY_SCROLLING=0 evince

There might even be a .ini setting, but I'm too lazy to look that.
Shouldn't be hard to find.

Michael

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