Ubuntu
overlay-scrollbar package

Overlay Scrollbar should be revealed at any place on the edge of the screen

Bug #758576 reported by Angeloribas on 2011-04-12

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	overlay-scrollbar	Fix Released	Wishlist	Unassigned
	overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: overlay-scrollbar

Overlay scrollbar should be revealed wherever the mouse is positioned in the edge of the screen. Currently, it's only revealed if you place the mouse at the coloured bar which marks the scrolling position (vertical or horizontal position within the document, folder or software).

It would be much more intuitive and practical to have access to the overlay scrollbar simply placing the mouse pointer at any point in the edge of the screen instead of having to search for it.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: overlay-scrollbar 0.1.6-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Apr 12 09:53:53 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110325)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: overlay-scrollbar
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Tags:

Related branches

lp:ubuntu/precise/overlay-scrollbar

lp:~ken-vandine/overlay-scrollbar/package (Merged)

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Angeloribas (angeloribas) wrote on 2011-04-12:

Dependencies.txt Edit (2.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Angeloribas (angeloribas) wrote on 2011-04-12:

I mean, as it has arrows that can be used instead of dragging, if you place the mouse pointer, say, at the bottom right corner of the screen, you should be able to use the arrows without having to look for the coloured mark to find where the scroll bar is.

Andrea Cimitan (cimi) on 2011-04-12

tags:

added: design
removed: apport-bug i386 natty running-unity

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Christian Giordano (nuthinking) wrote on 2011-04-12:

This is unfortunately one of the few features which we had to let go (an interactive area always accessible for the full length). What you are proposing is incompatible with different characteristics of our solution. It would be basically require an entirely new design and before getting to that we definitely need more data. Thanks for pointing this out though!

Andrea Cimitan (cimi) on 2011-04-12

Changed in ayatana-scrollbar:
status:	New → Opinion
Changed in overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Opinion
Changed in ayatana-scrollbar:
importance:	Undecided → Wishlist

Andrea Cimitan (cimi) on 2011-10-05

Changed in ayatana-scrollbar:
status:	Opinion → In Progress
Changed in overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu):
status:	Opinion → In Progress

Andrea Cimitan (cimi) on 2011-10-20

Changed in ayatana-scrollbar:
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
Changed in overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed
status:	Fix Committed → In Progress

Andrea Cimitan (cimi) on 2011-12-07

Changed in ayatana-scrollbar:
status:	Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu):
status:	In Progress → Fix Committed

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2011-12-07:

This bug was fixed in the package overlay-scrollbar - 0.2.13-0ubuntu1

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overlay-scrollbar (0.2.13-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - Proximity area enlarged to the whole page. (LP: #758576)
    - New thumb positioning according to mouse pointer and bar position.
    - The thumb is more freely movable while touching an edge.
    - Press Control while dragging to enter fine-scroll mode.
    - Press Control while doing page up/down to do step up/down instead.
    - Jumping is now triggered via Middle Click or via Shift + Button1.
    - Can no longer jump to a specific position in a
      document/window (LP: #752338)
    - Overlay ScrollBar not easily findable in a large document (LP: #763247)
    - Overlay scrollbars rendered in the wrong place when inside another,
      external, scrolled window (LP: #868739)
-- Ken VanDine <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:32:50 -0500