Page annoyingly has no scrollbar.
I made it expand on hover now.
9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
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Re: 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
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Sorry, I'll try to make it more accessible. It expands in the app as you hover over it. Probably needs a similar thing for the website. Or I just need to give up and revert it to the standard one. :)
> Or I just need to give up and revert it to the standard one. :) Yes please.
I made it expand on hover now.
Re: 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
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One nitpick: I dislike the tiny custom scroller. IMO customizing scrollers is almost always a disservice to users.
I was just going to say this too. Site is wonderful except the scrollbar which was very very tiny and barely visible.
I made it expand on hover now.
Re: 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
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Oh yes, sorry. This is a form-over-function detail that I added to the website to mimic the app. I did not, however, invest the time to make it expandable. I thought that people anyway don't use the scroll bar that much, and for quick navigation there is the table of contents on the left. I'll see if I can make it more accessible!
> I thought that people anyway don't use the scroll bar that much It's hard to do when every popular platform seems intent on making it unusable.
I made it expand on hover now.
Re: 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
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#377Re: 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
#378Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh yes, sorry. This is a form-over-function detail that I added to the website to mimic the app. I did not, however, invest the time to make it expandable. I thought that people anyway don't use the scroll bar that much, and for quick navigation there is the table of contents on the left. I'll see if I can make it more accessible!
You can't (unless there's a trick I don't know) change the width of the scrollbar when hovering over it. However... you can keep the width constant and have the apparent-width of the scroll thumb be determined by transparent borders. This would give the appearance of your current 2px scrollbar, but it'd be usable, and would visually expand out to show its grabbable area on hover: html::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 8px;…
Added!
Seems to work.
Thank you!
Re: 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
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I was just going to say this too. Site is wonderful except the scrollbar which was very very tiny and barely visible.
I made it expand on hover now.
I think it's still annoying. When reading, I often look at where the scrollbar is to get an idea of how much reading is left. Right now, the scrollbar is so thin that I have to waste time looking for it. On a 34" monitor, it's very annoying.
Re: 9 years of Apple text editor solo dev
#380Earlier quoted context omitted.
I made it expand on hover now.
I think it's still annoying. When reading, I often look at where the scrollbar is to get an idea of how much reading is left. Right now, the scrollbar is so thin that I have to waste time looking for it. On a 34" monitor, it's very annoying.
Fair enough!
I've expanded it by default on bigger screens now. :)