If you are using release 18.04 the default desktop was switched from Unity to Gnome and that Gnome probably uses GTK3 as default rather than GTK2. I think those scroll bars first appeared there but they seem to be becoming as fashionable as useless 'antique' bathroom sinks.
David Carlson On Tue, Feb 5, 2019 at 1:47 PM Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: > I fear that the main thread of this issue has been lost due to the > irrelevant side issue raised about Windows. > > Below is the latest real message in this thread (in response to Colin Law): > > I was surprised to see 3.900 myself but that's what the About screen > tells me: > > Version: 3.900 > Build ID: git 3.1-100-geb67baba5+ (2018-06-03) > Finance::Quote: 1.47 > > I am running the standard gnome version of Ubuntu with the exception of > a change I made to get a wider scrollbar per: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/775201/how-do-i-get-a-bigger-static-scrollbar-aka-normal-scrollbar > > I think I the only change I made was changing > -GtkRange-slider-width: 16; > to > -GtkRange-slider-width: 25; > > > However, this problem has been with me since gnucash v 2.x.x and on a > previous version of Ubuntu where I hadn't messed with the scroll bar width. > > As for "X or Wayland" I don't know. I am using whatever Ubuntu 18.04 > ships with out of the box. > > > > > > On 2/5/19 11:29 AM, Steve Cohen wrote: > > I was surprised to see 3.900 myself but that's what the About screen > > tells me: > > > > Version: 3.900 > > Build ID: git 3.1-100-geb67baba5+ (2018-06-03) > > Finance::Quote: 1.47 > > > > I am running the standard gnome version of Ubuntu with the exception of > > a change I made to get a wider scrollbar per: > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/775201/how-do-i-get-a-bigger-static-scrollbar-aka-normal-scrollbar > > . I think I the only change I made was changing > > -GtkRange-slider-width: 16; > > to > > -GtkRange-slider-width: 25; > > > > > > However, this problem has been with me since gnucash v 2.x.x and on a > > previous version of Ubuntu where I hadn't messed with the scroll bar > width. > > > > As for "X or Wayland" I don't know. I am using whatever ubuntu ships > > with out of the box. > > > > > > On 2/5/19 11:07 AM, Colin Law wrote: > >> I am not seeing any problems on Ubuntu 18.10 running GC 3.4. Confused > >> by the fact you say you are running 3.900 as I think 3.4 is the latest. > >> > >> Are you running the standard (Gnome) version of Ubuntu? Are you using > >> X or Wayland? That should be selectable from logon screen. I am > >> running X. > >> > >> Colin > >> > >> On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 16:55, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com > >> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >> For two years something seemed not quite right about the use of > >> scroll > >> bars in Gnucash register windows, but I always just "lived with it" > >> in a > >> state of vague , not quite conscious annoyance. > >> > >> I have finally put my finger on the problem. > >> > >> When I click in the scroller and move my mouse, whenever the mouse > >> leaves the scroll bar area the display snaps back to where it was > >> before > >> the scroll operation. I initially tried to carefully keep the mouse > >> within the scroll bar area, and that does prevent the display from > >> snapping back - but my new ephiphany is this: If I do manage not to > >> stray from the bounds of the scroll bar before releasing the mouse > >> button, then the display stays where my scrolling action left it > BUT, > >> the moment I subsequently move the mouse out of the scroll bar area, > >> the > >> display snaps to its previous position. In particular this makes it > >> impossible to edit an entry that was out of the visible scrolling > >> area > >> but became visible after scrolling, as it is gone before I can click > >> it. > >> The only way to get to a row not visible is by using the arrow > >> keys or > >> PgUp, PgDown. Ironically, pressing those keys does move the > >> scroller. > >> > >> I am running GNUCash version 3.900, which I built from source on > >> 2018-06-03 on Ubuntu 18.04. > >> > >> This is highly irritating and non-standard behavior, I think. Other > >> apps do not handle scrolling this way, such as the Thunderbird Mail > >> inbox, Libre Office Calc, etc. I was not able to find a setting > that > >> would govern this behavior. 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