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Scroll Bar not showing arrows
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.
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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This is completely idiotic. Using an older version of Excel gets rid of the problem. And the arrows don't show even when you mouse over them. You have to click to see the arrow. Pretty stupid if you ask me.
It is stupid, yes. But the probability that Microsoft will listen is minimal.
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.
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.
- It looks more like a bug!
The Germans have a nice word for this: Verschlimmbesserung: an improvement that makes things worse.
- 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.
