Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-19 Thread Peter Kasting
On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Michael Gilbert wrote: > The 8x scrollbar width seems to me like the biggest problem. Users > can easily go beyond that without intending it, especially on high DPI > monitors. Scrollbars are normally scaled up so they have the same apparent physical width on h

Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-19 Thread Michael Gilbert
> For reference, in > https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=567968#c8 I've > given some of the arguments for this behavior as it stands. Please read > my comments there before considering patching this downstream. > > If you continue to believe this is a "bad implementation choice" I

Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-13 Thread Peter Kasting
For reference, in https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=567968#c8 I've given some of the arguments for this behavior as it stands. Please read my comments there before considering patching this downstream. If you continue to believe this is a "bad implementation choice" I'd be happy

Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-12 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 10:06 PM, David Fries wrote: > I'm sorry, yes I should have been more specific, I measured it now at > 138 pixels, which is a tenth of a window for me at home or a twentieth > at work. 138 pixels seems like an incredibly arbitrary choice. For HD monitors those pixels will

Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-12 Thread David Fries
On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 08:56:12PM -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote: > control: tag -1 confirmed, -moreinfo > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 8:40 PM, David Fries wrote: > > Which version of chromium are you running that isn't showing the > > problem? If there is some other way for the scroll bars to work

Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-12 Thread Michael Gilbert
control: tag -1 confirmed, -moreinfo On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 8:40 PM, David Fries wrote: > Which version of chromium are you running that isn't showing the > problem? If there is some other way for the scroll bars to work > properly that would be the only alternative to patching it seems. Or > d

Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael Gilbert wrote: > control: tag -1 moreinfo >... > That said, I don't see the problem with my setup (xfce for what it's > worth), so maybe there is something about the environment that can > avoid the issue. If so, I would prefer users configure that, rather > than applying a patch. I see t

Bug#807531: scrollbars are snapping back moving mouse away from scroll bar

2015-12-12 Thread Michael Gilbert
control: tag -1 moreinfo control: severity -1 minor control: forwarded -1 http://crbug.com/567968 > Upstream chromium broke the scroll bar behavior, move a few pixels > away from the scroll bar and it jumps back someplace else This does seem like it would be unexpected, and their comments even sa