<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wish: Scrollbar snapback removed (or an option&#x2F;flag) like native on *nix]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Chromium and thereby Opera impose on Linux, Windows-like compatibility with scrollbar "snap back" when moving the mouse away from the slider it will jump the page slider+content back to the drag origin.</p>
<p dir="auto">Back when introduced in Chrome about may 2014, I tried getting used to this for at least one month without success, maybe part of the failure to adapt was my high DPI mouse - seemingly at random every single time I read a long page, the content would jump to the beginning of the page/slider origin forcing me to lose focus and push the cursor to the right before getting the content back.</p>
<p dir="auto">I don't know how Windows users live with this - I think they may simply have given up using the mouse cursor for scrolling long pages.</p>
<p dir="auto">So I go between Firefox (which slider behave like all the other native apps which is lovely) and Chromium+snapback_removal_patch when I feel Firefox is just too slow at loading sites..</p>
<p dir="auto">I compile Chromium with a patch I found here: <a href="https://productforums.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=footer#!searchin/chrome/Scrollbars/chrome/npQd3zbx9YM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">google product forums.</a></p>
<p dir="auto">..Compiling Chromium every now and then is something I certainly could do without + seeing all the other fixes in Opera like how well it looks on my 4k monitor at work compared to Chromium - I thought - why not propose the patch to Opera team and hope in the future I can just go that way. <img src="https://forums.opera.com/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/emoji-one/1f642.png?v=f58hvca1lju" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-emoji-one emoji--slightly_smiling_face" title=":)" alt="🙂" /></p>
<p dir="auto">Though not by default, QT can do snapback if configured to use the Windows style, so for those who desire this - maybe let Opera follow this same configuration or use an option/env/flag?</p>
<p dir="auto">You win the hearts of many Linux users by reverting or making configurable, this criticized "feature" which was decided upon seemingly solely by one Chromium dev.</p>
<p dir="auto">Further background on the subject can be read in the same forum where I found the patch for Chromium.<br />
Even more background near the end of this post: <a href="http://wildlava.tumblr.com/post/93132151021/google-chrome-now-imposes-windows-scrollbar" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">http://wildlava.tumblr.com/post/93132151021/google-chrome-now-imposes-windows-scrollbar</a> .</p>
<p dir="auto">/Allan</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.opera.com/topic/10630/wish-scrollbar-snapback-removed-or-an-option-flag-like-native-on-nix</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 22:13:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forums.opera.com/topic/10630.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2015 21:05:51 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wish: Scrollbar snapback removed (or an option&#x2F;flag) like native on *nix on Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:36:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Thank you very much!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.opera.com/post/80026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.opera.com/post/80026</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gustavwiz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:36:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wish: Scrollbar snapback removed (or an option&#x2F;flag) like native on *nix on Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:33:18 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a href="http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-developer-update-32-0-1926-0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2015/07/opera-developer-update-32-0-1926-0/</a></p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.opera.com/post/79932</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.opera.com/post/79932</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[avl]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2015 13:33:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wish: Scrollbar snapback removed (or an option&#x2F;flag) like native on *nix on Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:41:27 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">+1 This is a very annoying issue and I would love a fix for that!</p>
]]></description><link>https://forums.opera.com/post/79183</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forums.opera.com/post/79183</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[gustavwiz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2015 19:41:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Wish: Scrollbar snapback removed (or an option&#x2F;flag) like native on *nix on Wed, 01 Jul 2015 14:54:17 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">What a nice suggestion :). Watch the developer changelogs on <a href="http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow ugc">http://blogs.opera.com/desktop/</a> for DNA-40639.</p>
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