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This is the first time I've noticed that you can no longer grab the scrollbar in Chrome (on Mac, visible when you scroll).

If I can't drag the scroll bar to the bottom, what other ways are there to scroll all the way down fast?

(Other than using another browser of course.)



- On a touch screen including a laptop you can scroll with your finger.

- Space scrolls down several lines.

- Scroll wheel

- Up and down arrows scroll down a line at a time.

- Page up and page down scroll down almost an entire page leaving what was the bottom-most section previously now the topmost section so that readers aren't disoriented or lost. Some apps let you configure this overlap size.

- If you like vim you can add extensions to your browser and use j and k. - Home and End keys go to the very top and very end respectively.

- Windows you can hold down middle mouse and drag to scroll. This isn't common in linux where people rely on middle mouse paste but is possible to configure

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/101867/make-mouse-m...

On Mac this is apparently called "smart scroll"

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/64115/enable-mouse...

If you just want it on chrome there is an extension

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autoscroll/occjjkg...

In general however you do it grabbing the scrollbar in chrome is inefficient. You must grab a smallish UI element on the side of your screen. Your keyboard and mouse are always at hand.


> smallish UI

Scrollbars back in the day were large and thick.


Scrollbars are a better visual indication of the ability to scroll than a way to actuate said scrolling. This is why they are smaller. Even thicker scrollbars were still a small part of the screen.


Do macs still have end keys? Or page down at least?


I'm using Chrome 79.0.3945.79 (up to date) with MacOS 10.13.6 (not as up to date), and can grab the scroll bar.


Cmd + Down arrow works




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