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Summary

Hi, I recently tried this project and while I love some of its features one thing that struck me as odd was the lack of scrollbars. So I added some for users like me that sometimes prefer to drag the scrollbar thumb. This doesn't remove any other mechanism use for scrolling in the codebase (except if you count the subtle fades in a couple of surfaces to indicate more content).

The scrollbars are added to multiple scrollable surfaces, including:

  • List, grid and Miller-column directory views
  • Sidebar, Trash and Settings
  • File picker views
  • Menus and dialogs
  • Text previews
  • Vertical and horizontal PDF scrolling

The scrollbar supports proportional thumb sizing, a minimum usable handle size, track paging, wheel input and pointer dragging.

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Design

The scrollbar is a lightweight QtQuick overlay rather than a Qt Quick Controls component. It occupies existing trailing padding, so appearing or disappearing does not resize rows, alter grid column counts or change Miller-column widths.

Its geometry is calculated from the existing Flickable state:

  • content length
  • viewport length
  • content origin
  • current content position

Dragging writes directly to contentX or contentY. Directory views therefore retain their integer model, delegate recycling and viewport-sized backend window. The scrollbar does not enumerate rows or introduce per-file work.

PDF previews use a small two-axis wrapper that prevents the vertical and horizontal bars from overlapping in the trailing corner.

Interaction details

  • Hidden when content fits
  • Visible whenever content overflows
  • Proportional handle with Theme.hitMin as its minimum size
  • Track clicks move one viewport
  • Handle dragging covers the complete scroll range
  • Pointer capture is retained for the full drag, including when leaving the original scrollbar bounds
  • Wheel behavior continues through the existing fast-scroll path
  • Compact horizontal URI and picker-chip pans retain their existing edge-fade treatment

Testing

Added:

  • Unit coverage for scrollbar range, handle size, offset and inverse-position calculations
  • A native UI case covering:
    • hidden state for a one-row directory
    • visibility and minimum handle size for 100,000 rows
    • track paging
    • keyboard-focus preservation
    • real pointer dragging
    • list, grid and Miller-column availability

Given that I missed this omarchy-drive I couldn't try the automatic tests, nonetheless I manually checked that everything was working as intended in every surface.

Headless results:

  • Rust tests pass
  • JavaScript and remaining headless suites pass

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added interactive scrollbars across lists, grids, columns, settings, previews, dialogs, sidebars, and other scrollable views.
    • Added vertical and horizontal scrollbar support, including dragging, paging, keyboard focus, and Ctrl+wheel scrolling.
    • Scrollbars appear only when content exceeds the available viewing area.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Replaced scroll-indicator fade overlays in applicable menus and dialogs with interactive scrollbars.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for scrollbar sizing, positioning, clamping, visibility, dragging, paging, and keyboard behavior.

Keep scrollbar geometry derived from Flickable state so large-folder views preserve the integer model and viewport-sized held window.

Support proportional handles, track paging, pointer dragging, and two-axis PDF scrolling across all overflowing surfaces.
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Walkthrough

Adds reusable viewport scrollbars with geometry helpers, drag and paging controls, accessibility actions, and Ctrl+wheel handling. Integrates them across scrollable views, exposes scrollbar state through IPC, replaces scroll gradients, and adds unit and UI coverage.

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Viewport scrollbar behavior

Layer / File(s) Summary
Scrollbar geometry and interaction engine
ui/js/Scroll.js, ui/ViewportScrollBar.qml, ui/ViewportScrollBars.qml
Adds range, handle sizing, position conversion, drag handling, paging, accessibility actions, and combined horizontal and vertical overlays.
Listing and column integration
ui/List.qml, ui/ColumnPane.qml, ui/ColumnsArea.qml, ui/GridArea.qml, ui/CardScroll.qml, ui/PickerList.qml, ui/PickerPlaces.qml, ui/Ipc.qml
Attaches scrollbars to listing views and exposes scrollbar instances and state through view properties and IPC.
Scrollable surface integration
ui/PdfViewer.qml, ui/PreviewColumn.qml, ui/PreviewText.qml, ui/SettingsPane.qml, ui/SettingsRail.qml, ui/Sidebar.qml, ui/StatusBar.qml, ui/TrashView.qml, ui/OpenWithDialog.qml, ui/ContextMenu.qml
Adds scrollbars to document, preview, settings, sidebar, status, trash, and application surfaces. Removes replaced gradient overlays.
Scrollbar behavior validation
tests/js/scroll.js, tests/ui.sh
Tests geometry, visibility, minimum handle sizing, paging, dragging, focus retention, clamping, and list, grid, and columns coverage.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~30 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant User
  participant ViewportScrollBar
  participant Scroll.js
  participant Flickable
  User->>ViewportScrollBar: drag or click scrollbar
  ViewportScrollBar->>Scroll.js: calculate content position
  Scroll.js-->>ViewportScrollBar: return bounded position
  ViewportScrollBar->>Flickable: update contentX or contentY
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