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[Approved] Plasma 6 Proposal: Use "Clicking in scrollbar track: Scrolls to the clicked location" by default

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Reasons to do this:

  • This makes scrolling large distances faster, which can also be better for people with repetitive strain injuries.
  • QQC2 does this by default, so it requires no effort to support. We have to put in extra effort to support the other way.

Reasons not to do this:

  • It's different.
  • It does not work with Tcl/Tk (toolkit used by git gui).

Other things to know:

  • The ability to switch comes from QStyle::SH_ScrollBar_LeftClickAbsolutePosition (proposed) and QStyle::SH_ScrollBar_MiddleClickAbsolutePosition (current).
  • It works with Firefox, Chromium/Electron, GTK and wxWidget apps.