Problem with vertical scroll bar in LibreOffice Writer 3.5 for Mac OS X

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#1

There seems to be a problem with the vertical scroll bar when editing
documents in LibreOffice Writer 3.5 for Mac OS X.

When the document is long enough and the vertical scroll bar shows up, I
have to click the very top of the scroll bar handle in order to drag it; if
I click even slightly lower, Writer will directly page-down instead of
allowing me to drag the handle.

Even worse, if the document is so long that the scroll bar handle becomes
about only 0.5 cm long, the clickable zone of the scroll bar handle
completely disappears, such that regardless of which part of the scroll bar
handle I click, Writer will either directly page-up or page-down.

Is every Mac user experiencing the same problem?

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
I think posting a bug-report would be great
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport

I have not heard of other people having the same problem but it is probably happening to others too and they are just being quiet about it.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

I am using an Intel Mac and LO 3.5
I was not aware of the fault, but I have since tried loading a 12MB document
and yes, there is a problem with the vertical scroll bar.
I am not sure that this is a LO fault though.

Tink.

#4

I have no problem. The scroll bar handle does get smaller with multiple page files but is still quite usable on a 250 page document.

The handle is the same size for a specific document when opened in LibreOffice 3.5, OOo 3.3, Pages, Bean, or TextEdit.

What version of OS X are you using? (I have version 10.6.8) There is a change in scroll bars in Lion (Version 10.7).

#5

I'm using LibreOffice 3.5 on Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3.

Larry Gusaas wrote

#6

Are you scrollbars hidden by default until you need them? If so try enabling the to always show.
Go into System Preferences, then General and set "Show Scroll Bars" to "Always".

I'm not using Lion so don't know if this will help but it is worth a try.

#7

I've just tried setting the scroll bars to always show, yet the problem
remains.

In the meantime, the Bug Submission Assistant of the LibreOffice website
seems to be broken, not just for me, but for other people as well. I can
confirm that it's broken for multiple browsers in Windows and in Mac OS X.
So I have to wait for it to get fixed first in order to submit a bug report.

Larry Gusaas wrote

#8

What is the behaviour in other applications? Is the scrollbar different in LibreOffice?

I almost never use the scrollbar position indicator for scrolling. I use my trackpad (or mouse), sometimes the keyboard up and down keys.

#9

Larry Gusaas wrote

What is the behaviour in other applications? Is the scrollbar different in
LibreOffice?

The scroll bar works as expected in other applications: I would be able to
drag the handle by clicking anywhere in the handle.

#10

Thanks. It seems the problem is specific to Lion. There is no difference in the behaviour of the scrollbar in different applications on Snow Leopard.

Have you filed a bug report?

#11

Larry Gusaas wrote

Have you filed a bug report?

Yes, I've filed a bug report. It's here:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46271
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46271

#12

Yes I have the same problem in LO 3.5, that was also present in LO 3.4.5. I
am running OSX 10.7.3.
My documents range from 50-100 pages in length that also include numerous
drawings and schematics. I will monitor the bug report when possible.