Fast scrolling with the wheel induces "jump" backward

I see a variation of this when I scroll with the right side of my touchpad: When scrolling fast the scrollbar jitters or jerks back and forth but moves in the general direction.

I have 2.6.2-0ubuntu0~ppa12, no compiz, nvidia driver.

That is the same effect I experience, you just described it better. Do you find this happening in any other applications?

I'm confirming the bug report to since it is confirmed upstream.

This bug affects Xubuntu 8.10 (Xfce 4.4.2). I am using Abiword 2.6.4, i get the same problem.

Reporting the same problem under Intrepid Ibex 8.10, Abiword 2.6.4

Indeed, the bug is still present in Intrepid. And because Abiword 2.6 is now official in Intrepid, it's quite annoying. For some users, abiword is nearly unusable. For others, it's just annoying to very annoying.

If there's a fix, I really think it should hit intrepid-update (or at least backport)

OK this bug has been fixed in upstream AbiWord and should be available
in version 2.6.5

Thanks everyone for the bug reports.

Cheers

Martin

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Lionel Dricot <email address hidden> wrote:
> Indeed, the bug is still present in Intrepid. And because Abiword 2.6 is
> now official in Intrepid, it's quite annoying. For some users, abiword
> is nearly unusable. For others, it's just annoying to very annoying.
>
> If there's a fix, I really think it should hit intrepid-update (or at
> least backport)
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - Fast scroll wheel issue on Hardy
> + Fast scrolling with the wheel induces "jump" backward
>
> --
> Fast scrolling with the wheel induces "jump" backward
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215845
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of AbiWord
> Stable Builds, which is subscribed to AbiWord.
>
> Status in AbiWord: Confirmed
> Status in "abiword" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: abiword
>
> Reproduce:
> (Use a 2.6 series package on Hardy)
> Scroll up or down very quickly using a scroll wheel or something emulating it.
>
> Observe: The scroll bar moves/up down quickly but returns to the original position. This does not happen if you scroll at a slower (normal) speed.
>
> Suspicion: Since this does not happen on Fedora with a matching AbiWord build, and no package source patch touches anything like this in the code, I am suspecting something higher in the stack than AbiWord, but reporting it for completeness. Also I heard that Firefox on Hardy occassionally has the same problem, strengthening my suspicion. In any case, this bug has been filed upstream (but not confirmed as an upstream problem) http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11539
>

This bug has been fixed in upstream AbiWord and should be available in
AbiWord version 2.6.5

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 4:06 AM, nicolas cornette
<email address hidden> wrote:
> Reporting the same problem under Intrepid Ibex 8.10, Abiword 2.6.4
>
> --
> Fast scroll wheel issue on Hardy
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/215845
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of AbiWord
> Stable Builds, which is subscribed to AbiWord.
>
> Status in AbiWord: Confirmed
> Status in "abiword" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: abiword
>
> Reproduce:
> (Use a 2.6 series package on Hardy)
> Scroll up or down very quickly using a scroll wheel or something emulating it.
>
> Observe: The scroll bar moves/up down quickly but returns to the original position. This does not happen if you scroll at a slower (normal) speed.
>
> Suspicion: Since this does not happen on Fedora with a matching AbiWord build, and no package source patch touches anything like this in the code, I am suspecting something higher in the stack than AbiWord, but reporting it for completeness. Also I heard that Firefox on Hardy occassionally has the same problem, strengthening my suspicion. In any case, this bug has been filed upstream (but not confirmed as an upstream problem) http://bugzilla.abisource.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11539
>

http://uwog.net/news/?p=23

Abiword 2.6.6 seems to fix this issue. I hope it will be backported to Intrepid.

In order for it to be backported, it must first exist in the current development version (Jaunty, at the time of writing). That, in turn probably requires it to be in Debian.

You may wish to file a bug on the Debian bug tracker asking for abiword 2.6.6 to be packaged, noting that this bug is fixed in it.

This bug was fixed in the package abiword - 2.6.6-0ubuntu1

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abiword (2.6.6-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    (LP: #318444, #300538, #297137, #117064, #215845,
         #191194)
  * debian/patches:
    - drop 03_nosmoothscroll_default, not needed anymore.
    - drop 05_create_and_edit_styles_crash.dpatch and
      05_print_preview_crasher, integrated upstream.
    - update the other patches for the new release.
    - update 00list.
  * debian/rules, debian/abiword.links, misc/,
    debian/abiword.manpages: remove the stuff about abw2html.pl,
    as it does not exist anymore.
  * debian/rules: the documentation was not symlinked to the correct
    place. Will be forwarded to Debian (LP: #304046, #74623)
  * debian/patches:
    - add 01_fix_select_revision.dpatch from upstream svn. (LP: #319067)
    - 00list: updated.

 -- Jerome Guelfucci <email address hidden> Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:45:15 +0100