Same here...
You know, this no_scroll_bar_control situation has been going on for so long, I cannot even remember when it started.
I *don't think* I've ever mentioned it in the threads, because I normally use the mouse_wheel to scroll vertically.
However, the mouse_wheel doesn't do jack horizontally, which makes hacking code a nightmare. Instead, I need to edit long lines of code using the home/end/spacebar buttons & arrow keys on the keyboard, which is a major PITA.
Sometimes, the only way I can hack a long line of code in gedit is to insert linefeeds into the code (so I can scroll it vertically, instead of horizontally), make the changes, then remove the linefeeds when I'm done. Sheesh!
Anyway, rant over.
I wish some dev(s) would take note of this situation and fix it...