- edit /etc/default/grub, set grub_timeout to 0. Run update-grub so the change sticks.
This removes the ticking 5s timer at bootup. I never use the other boot entries anyway, and if the system fails to boot, I troubleshoot from a live system.
- Create ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini and add:
[Settings]
gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false
This makes it so when you click on a scrollbar below or above the slider, it moves down or up by one page, not to where you clicked.
- edit /etc/environment (it’s empty), add a line with: MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1
This forces firefox to use Wayland, which makes scrolling much smoother and text look better.
There’s a bunch more, but these are the first I always do so I don’t get mad. What are yours?
Isn’t option 2 the default on Windows? I never understood the rationale behind this behavior. When I click on anywhere on the scrollbar I expect it to jump where I clicked on it. Unfortunately when I’m forced to use Windows it makes the clicking on the scrollbar useless to me, and it forces me to drag the scrollbar where I want it to go - I much prefer Gnome’s default behavior. I’m curious, if you are willing to say, how is this feature useful to you?
It’s just what I’m used to, I guess.
That way I don’t have to hit an exact spot on the bar. I can just move the mouse to the right and click anywhere, and it’ll scroll down one page to keep reading.
I never need to jump to a point in a document and can accurately guess what point on the scrollbar that corresponds to. So the default behavior is useless to me.
What desktop are you using where this file exists? I don’t have a settings.ini in either the gtk-3.0 nor gtk-2.0 folders.
I created it. But I just noticed, it doesn’t do what it used to do anymore.
Apparently, with Debians move to GTK4 this fix is outdated.
OK but Debian has numerous desktop interfaces available. Are you saying this works with every desktop that uses GTK3, or does it just work with the specific one that you chose to install?
It’s worked with Gnome and Xfce in the past.
I can imagine it being useful as a page down key but without having to press the page down key on your keyboard? I prefer the gnome implementation as well but above all else I prefer people having the choice.
What I never understood about the “windows” implementation is if the page cut a line in half and you go down one page the line is still cut in half on the top of the page meaning you have to scroll around anyway.