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[dash] hard to scroll because scrollbar is tiny in non fullscreen mode (aka implement overlay scrollbars)

Bug #795797 reported by Pedro Bessa on 2011-06-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #608124: Dash - Implement *overlay scrollbars* in Dash. Existing scrollbars are too thin to grab on to.. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	unity-2d	Confirmed	Medium	Unassigned
	unity-2d (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: unity-2d

I click the ubuntu button. The ubuntu button menu appears. I click more applications. The full application list appears. I see a horizontally small scrollbar, so I expect it to be the new overlay scrollbar, but it is the old scrollbar, so I have to target the mouse pointer, so it's hard to scroll.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: unity-2d 3.8.4.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 10 22:04:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=pt_BR:en
LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: unity-2d
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-01 (9 days ago)

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Pedro Bessa (pedbessa) wrote on 2011-06-11:

Dependencies.txt Edit (6.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

summary:	- in the ubuntu button menu, the scrollbar is the old and horizontally - small + in the ubuntu button menu lists, the scrollbar is the old and + horizontally small
summary:	- in the ubuntu button menu lists, the scrollbar is the old and + in the ubuntu button menu app lists, the scrollbar is the old and horizontally small
summary:	- in the ubuntu button menu app lists, the scrollbar is the old and - horizontally small + old scrollbar and horizontally small in ubuntu button
summary:	- old scrollbar and horizontally small in ubuntu button + old scrollbar and horizontally small in ubuntu button's lists

Pedro Bessa (pedbessa) on 2011-06-11

summary:

- old scrollbar and horizontally small in ubuntu button's lists
+ when the ubuntu button shows a big list, it's hard to scroll

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Florian Boucault (fboucault) wrote on 2011-06-13: Re: when the ubuntu button shows a big list, it's hard to scroll

Thanks for the bug report Pedro.
I believe you can simply drag the entire grid of applications to scroll through. Would that be enough for you?

Changed in unity-2d:
status:	New → Incomplete
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete
summary:	- when the ubuntu button shows a big list, it's hard to scroll + [dash] hard to scroll because scrollbar is tiny in non fullscreen mode

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Pedro Bessa (pedbessa) wrote on 2011-06-13: Re: [dash] hard to scroll because scrollbar is tiny in non fullscreen mode

It's good enough, but an overlay scrollbar would be excellent.

Florian Boucault (fboucault) on 2011-06-13

summary:	[dash] hard to scroll because scrollbar is tiny in non fullscreen mode + (aka implement overlay scrollbars)
Changed in unity-2d:
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed
importance:	Undecided → Medium
Changed in unity-2d (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Confirmed

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Pedro Bessa (pedbessa) wrote on 2012-01-20:

I can't simply drag the entire grid of applications to scroll through. I want an overlay scrollbar in dash.

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Pedro Bessa (pedbessa) wrote on 2012-02-07:

I want my bug report to have more attention, because a duplicate of it in Ubuntu Brainstorm received many votes.
- http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29104/

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Pedro Bessa (pedbessa) wrote on 2012-03-23:

I want my bug report to have more attention, because a duplicate of it appeared in unity-design mailing list.

I said I can't simply drag the entrie grid of applications and I want an overlay scrollbar in dash in comment #4, but I wasn't heard, so please hear me.