I do not think it is specific to chrome, the bug reproduces with other applications such as Document Viewer.
When I use the scroll wheel in gedit, if I have switched from another application it often jumps somewhere distant in the document instead of scrolling as it should. As a workaround, I use the arrow keys to move the cursor, which jumps the viewport position back to the cursor area so I can scroll normally from there. This is an annoying and persistent problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gedit in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1046988 Title: scroll wheel in gedit is affected by scrolling in other windows Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When I am scrolling in a document, then switch to another application (say chrome) and scroll with the scroll wheel there, then switch back to gedit, the next click of the scroll wheel will scroll many more lines instead of the usual amount. It seems to be proportional to the amount I scrolled in the other application. For example, In a document with line 202 as the last line in view, a normal one tick of the scroll wheel down brings me to line 207 (5 lines). If instead, I start on line 202 as before, but switch to chrome where I scroll down one tick of the wheel, then switch back to gedit and scroll down one tick, I am now at line 212 on the bottom (10 lines). So it seems that the gedit is affected by scrolling in other apps. The problem is particularly noticeable if I scroll a lot in another window, where when I return to gedit, it often scrolls down (or up) many pages, often to the top or bottom of the document, completely disorienting me as the line I was just looking at is nowhere is sight. It seems gedit is probably keeping track of the absolute scroll wheel position? So when I switch applications and come back, the number is way different and it scrolls many more ticks than it should? Thanks, Eric Seifert ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gedit 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic-pae 3.2.24 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Sep 6 11:34:50 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: gedit UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1046988/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
