[AccessD] Form Scrollbars puzzle

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Tue Mar 29 13:23:11 CDT 2022


I've long since forgotten the origin of the apparently ageless slogan:
"It's not a bug, it's a feature!" Maybe in my retirement years I'll start
an unprofitable blog describing my woes -- I'll skip the romantic woes and
concentrate on the woes of software development... for now. After that, no
promises.

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 1:18 PM John Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote:

> I think they copied MacOS. At least they included a switch to turn that
> off and still retain the rest of the modern UI (if you look hard enough).
>
> John Bartow
> WinHaven IT Consulting & Services
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD <accessd-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com>
> On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 11:49 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <
> accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Form Scrollbars puzzle
>
> I see that in the windows associate form that lists all of the extensions
> and their default apps. You can't just grab the slider - got to hover so it
> appears.  Yes - solution in search of a problem. :(
>
> r
>
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 9:43 AM John Bartow <jbartow at winhaven.net> wrote:
>
> > I wish they still had that intelligence built in to the new GUI
> > "fads". I hate having to hover over the edge to get the scroll bars to
> > show up. Its tedious on many computer screens and very tedious on
> > those types when working remotely.
> >
> > Hiding them if unneeded was a great idea. Hiding them all the time
> > just doesn't make sense to me.
> >
> > John B
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD
> > <accessd-bounces+jbartow=winhaven.net at databaseadvisors.com>
> > On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2022 8:00 AM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving <
> > accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Form Scrollbars puzzle
> >
> > Because everything fits on the form?
> > (They only appear when the content is greater than the form size)
> >
> > --
> > Stuart
> >
> > On 29 Mar 2022 at 8:39, Arthur Fuller wrote:
> >
> > > I have a form with Scrollbars set to "Both" but cannot see either of
> > > them. I can't figure out why this is the case. Suggestions?
> > >
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Arthur


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