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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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Abusing Extension Methods, Null Continuation, and Null Coalescence OperatorsWhy don't you just disable the scrollbar auto-hide? Or am I missing something?
It goes without saying
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Why don't you just disable the scrollbar auto-hide? Or am I missing something?
It goes without saying
Paddington Bear wrote:
Why don't you just disable the scrollbar auto-hide? Or am I missing something?
Googling exactly that, it doesn't seem possible. The most recent post I found talks about making it taller and a different color, but being able to always show it is one of those features people want but nobody has implemented. Apparently. My google-fu could be off.
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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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Abusing Extension Methods, Null Continuation, and Null Coalescence OperatorsSet "text wrap" on? XML, XAML attributes on separate lines (option). Format document. Mouse wheel for vertical scrolling. Almost never have to scroll horizontal or touch scroll bars.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it. ― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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Abusing Extension Methods, Null Continuation, and Null Coalescence OperatorsThis is the standard behaviour also for any vertical Windows (as in Windows OS) scrollbar. And is terribly annoying - who the elephant wants auto hiding scrollbars ???
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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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Paddington Bear wrote:
Why don't you just disable the scrollbar auto-hide? Or am I missing something?
Googling exactly that, it doesn't seem possible. The most recent post I found talks about making it taller and a different color, but being able to always show it is one of those features people want but nobody has implemented. Apparently. My google-fu could be off.
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Abusing Extension Methods, Null Continuation, and Null Coalescence Operatorsvscode settings - Make horizontal scrollbar more visible in Visual Studio code - Stack Overflow[^] vscode settings - How to make scrollbars wider in Visual Studio Code? - Stack Overflow[^] You'll need to manually open
%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json, since the settings editor doesn't know about these properties.{
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"editor.scrollbar.horizontal": "visible",
"editor.scrollbar.horizontalScrollbarSize": 20
}That at least makes it taller and always visible.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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This is the standard behaviour also for any vertical Windows (as in Windows OS) scrollbar. And is terribly annoying - who the elephant wants auto hiding scrollbars ???
Rage wrote:
This is the standard behaviour also for any vertical Windows (as in Windows OS) scrollbar. And is terribly annoying - who the elephant wants auto hiding scrollbars ???
The same people who thought turning Windows into a tablet OS was a good idea. They still haven't turned the clock back far enough.
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vscode settings - Make horizontal scrollbar more visible in Visual Studio code - Stack Overflow[^] vscode settings - How to make scrollbars wider in Visual Studio Code? - Stack Overflow[^] You'll need to manually open
%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json, since the settings editor doesn't know about these properties.{
...
"editor.scrollbar.horizontal": "visible",
"editor.scrollbar.horizontalScrollbarSize": 20
}That at least makes it taller and always visible.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Cool. A crappy workaround (now I have a scrollbar 20 pixels high, yes I could make it shorter) for stupid UX design. But not wanting to shoot the messenger, thank you! :-D
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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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Abusing Extension Methods, Null Continuation, and Null Coalescence OperatorsIt's as frustrating as spending 20 minutes trying to find your glasses when they're on top of your head. Dammit now I forgot what I was going to do.
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It's as frustrating as spending 20 minutes trying to find your glasses when they're on top of your head. Dammit now I forgot what I was going to do.
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Mike Hankey wrote:
It's as frustrating as spending 20 minutes trying to find your glasses when they're on top of your head. Dammit now I forgot what I was going to do.
WE have the advanced technology required to ameliorate that problem. It's called "a piece of string".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mike Hankey wrote:
It's as frustrating as spending 20 minutes trying to find your glasses when they're on top of your head. Dammit now I forgot what I was going to do.
WE have the advanced technology required to ameliorate that problem. It's called "a piece of string".
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
I'll have to research the string thing. :)
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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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Abusing Extension Methods, Null Continuation, and Null Coalescence OperatorsI was so going to rant about this a few months ago when I started using VSC (Visual Studio Code). You explain the problem exactly. It takes a moment for it to appear and in that moment you click the edge of the window!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad: It's so annoying!!!
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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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Paddington Bear wrote:
Why don't you just disable the scrollbar auto-hide? Or am I missing something?
Googling exactly that, it doesn't seem possible. The most recent post I found talks about making it taller and a different color, but being able to always show it is one of those features people want but nobody has implemented. Apparently. My google-fu could be off.
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Abusing Extension Methods, Null Continuation, and Null Coalescence OperatorsHow to keep scrollbars always visible on Windows 10 April 2018 Update[^] This is one of the first things I do on a new Win 10 machine/installation. I've not yet found a way to stop those auto reboots after updates...
It goes without saying
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They're trying to train you to break lines at a reasonable location so that you don't need horizontal scroll bars.
Or just resize your window across three monitors: when your editor is 5000 pixels wide, you won't need a scroll bar. ;P
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Apparently some recent update made the horizontal scrollbar "auto-hide". So first you have to mouse-hover near it. But then the "resize window" up/down arrow shows up. It appears there is about a 2 pixel high region near the top of the horizontal scrollbar that is actually useable. I remember when these hidden scrollbars showed up in Ubuntu. Pretty much the reason I ditched Ubuntu. Such a time waster. Move mouse, hover, wait, click, oops, moved mouse when clicked, repeat.
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But .. why do you need to see the scroll bar? Simply hold Shift and use the scroll wheel to scroll horizontally
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vscode settings - Make horizontal scrollbar more visible in Visual Studio code - Stack Overflow[^] vscode settings - How to make scrollbars wider in Visual Studio Code? - Stack Overflow[^] You'll need to manually open
%APPDATA%\Code\User\settings.json, since the settings editor doesn't know about these properties.{
...
"editor.scrollbar.horizontal": "visible",
"editor.scrollbar.horizontalScrollbarSize": 20
}That at least makes it taller and always visible.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
Yay, editing obscure json config files to get it to do (almost) exactly what you want - Windows is slowly, but surely, turning into Linux!
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Or just resize your window across three monitors: when your editor is 5000 pixels wide, you won't need a scroll bar. ;P
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Yay, editing obscure json config files to get it to do (almost) exactly what you want - Windows is slowly, but surely, turning into Linux!
