I noticed something new and can't seem to fix it. I've added a scroll bar (form control, NOT Active X). For some strange reason the little arrows that are usually part of a scroll bar are not visible. Is this new or is there a way to get them to show? I've tried widening and resizing the scroll bar but nothing works. The scroll itself works fine, but visually it's missing the arrows (if that makes sense?) Thanks.

StefExcelerates The arrows become visible if you hold down the mouse pointer near one of the ends of the scroll bar. A rather counter-intuitive "innovation" if you ask me.

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HansVogelaar
MVP
Jul 26, 2022
StefExcelerates

The arrows become visible if you hold down the mouse pointer near one of the ends of the scroll bar.

A rather counter-intuitive "innovation" if you ask me.
- StefExcelerates
  Copper Contributor
  Jul 26, 2022
  I noticed that afterward, but I guess Microsoft has gone "backwards" with progress on this one. You are correct, that is not intuitive for a regular user (who I'm building this for). I suppose I can mess around with layering a graphic on top that imitates the missing arrows... I'll play with it. Thanks.
- Valcir_Beraldo
  Copper Contributor
  Dec 27, 2022
  It looks more like a bug!
  - HansVogelaar
    MVP
    Dec 27, 2022
    Valcir_Beraldo
    
    The Germans have a nice word for this: Verschlimmbesserung: an improvement that makes things worse.
- armando_franco
  Copper Contributor
  Apr 05, 2024
  HansVogelaar that's the issue we have when designers who are not users. It's like hiding the power button. People have to call IT to understand these changes.
  
  It totally doesn't make sense. It's like the change they made to the Freeze panes button. Before it was self-explanatory. Now it only looks nice and means nothing.

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