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xsane package

xsane scale bars rendered as overlay scrollbars

Bug #831512 reported by Scott Moser
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Bug Description

I'm sure this is not related to xsane itself, but wasn't sure if where it should be filed.

The xsane dialog gets scrollbars replaced with the newer style hidden scrollbar, which looks odd, and is not useful in this case.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: xsane 0.998-3ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.12-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Aug 22 13:31:38 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta amd64 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xsane
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2010-11-15 (279 days ago)

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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :
Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick)
summary: - xsane dialog has odd scrollbars
+ xsane scale bars rendered as overlay scrollbars
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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

Thanks for reporting this. There's a few pieces of information you can supply to help fix this issue:

1. Do you still encounter this bug in the latest version of Ubuntu, 12.04?
2. Does xsane work correctly when you disable overlay scrollbars? Invoke xsane from the command line with LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 xsane
to disable overlay scrollbars. Post a screenshot if it looks different.

Thanks again.

Changed in overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Scott Moser (smoser) wrote :

1.) yes, this exists on 12.04
2.) yes, using LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0 xsane makes xsane render with the old style scrollbars.

I suspect that this is desired behavior, but because the scrollbar widget itself is the primary purpose where it is used here, the overlay scrollbars are confusing at best. Ie, they're really more of a "slider selection utility" here. Thats different than the case where a scrollbar is used for scrolling content inside a pane.

Changed in overlay-scrollbar (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Gabe Gorelick (gabegorelick) wrote :

Right. If xsane is using scrollbars as scale bars, then it's not really overlay-scrollbar's fault. But why is xsane using scrollbars and not GtkScales, if it really is doing this?

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Peter F (peterf28) wrote :

On 16.10, the sliders in the xsane application are sometimes not working, they cannot be moved, or move only very short distance, or sliders in the histogram do not stay on the new position but return to old position after left mouse release . I'am new to xsane, so maybe I do something wrong, but i think this is a new bug .

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