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A brief history of Windows scroll bar shortcuts

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Hacker News | Sep 23, 2026 | tybulewicz

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For the two decades of Windows, the scroll bar control had just a few basic operations. (For expository purposes, let’s assume that the scroll bar is vertical. ) There are five mouse targets: The arrows at the ends of the scroll bar scroll by a line. And the thumb itself lets you drag the scroll bar to a specific position. Windows 7 added a right-click menu to the scroll bar.

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