Thanks mbelos, didn't know about that environment variable! And I was actually going to ask (before I read your comment) wheter an environment variable to disable overlay scrollbars exists.
Interestingly enough, /usr/bin/eclipse is a start script that already contains a workaround for a different bug that requires setting an environment variable. ("# work around for e#290395 / LP: #458703"). I simply added: # work around for LP #769277 export UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 # end work around below the GDK_NATIVE_WINDOWS=true export. Fixed the problem for me. Someone might want to file a bug against Eclipse in Ubuntu to get something like this included. Still, I hope that there will be an Eclipse version w/ overlay scrollbars. Is that going to happen? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/769277 Title: Eclipse shows overlay scrollbar but when i hover there is no scroll handles -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs