How to change scrolling in Ubuntu

[Colin Law]

On 31 July 2015 at 22:14, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/08/2015, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 31 July 2015 at 21:31, Bret Busby <bret.busby at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> In Ubuntu, in some applications, the standrad scrolling method, is
>>> applicable, along the side or the bottom of the scroolable area, is a
>>> bar thing, that can be drawn, with the pointing device, to the
>>> position that the user wants, and, in that, the drawing is
>>> continuously variable.
>>>
>>> Howebver, in Ubuntu, the system scrolling method, involves not a
>>> visble scrolling thing to be drawn with the pointing device, to where
>>> the user wants, but is a discrete thing, that, when the user positions
>>> the cursor over an appropriate edge of the "scrollable" area, a thing
>>> with two arrow heads, is displayed, for the user to click on one of
>>> the arrow heads, so the "scrollable" area will be moved, in discrete
>>> distances of a screen at a time, and, it is not continuously variable,
>>> but, being discrete, usually travels too far.
>>
>> You can drag the "thing with two arrow heads" in exactly the same way
>> you drag the conventional scroll bar, in addition you can page by
>> clicking the arrows.
>>
>> Colin
>
> Thank you - I had not realised (and it had not occured to me) that the
> thing with two heads, could be dragged.

Strangely I had not realised one could click the arrows :)
We live and learn.

Colin

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