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N1GHTS
August 15th, 2011, 09:22 PM
After downgrading to 11.04, I noticed that all Gnome scrollbars have been replaced with a silly pill-like thing that performs the same function as a scrollbar. Unfortunately, this pill is causing me to perform too much extra work while scripting large files.

Instead of hitting the scroll area outside of the drag bar to page-up, I have to hunt for a thin tiny line, hover the mouse in just the right position to allow the pill to appear, and then move the cursor up just a few pixels to hit the page up button. By moving the mouse down to find the pill, I have already lost the general section of the page I need to view. Thus, its fantastically counter-productive.

So with that said, I need scrollbars back. Anyone know how to do that?

MARP1961
August 16th, 2011, 03:07 PM
Yes, I agree, they seem silly. Disable them thus: http://www.tuxgarage.com/2011/04/disable-overlay-scrollbars-in-ubuntu.html
Then reboot computer.

N1GHTS
August 16th, 2011, 03:52 PM
I haven't tested this yet, but I'm sure it will work. Thank you for your help!

fjgaude
August 16th, 2011, 10:00 PM
It works even in oneiric, 11.10, as wellin natty, 11.04. You do have to log-out and back in for the effect to show.