Closed Bug 675291 Opened 13 years ago Closed 5 years ago

Add scrollbar 'thumb' support to scrollable areas

Categories

(Firefox for Android Graveyard :: General, defect)

ARM
Android
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: mfinkle, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: mobile, ux-efficiency)

In newer version of Android, especially honeycomb, and other newer OSes, like Ubuntu, you can use a finger-friendly scroll 'thumb' to quickly scroll/pan a list or content.

The general spec is:
* whenever the scroll indicator becomes visible, a separate 'thumb' is visible too
* The 'thumb' is finger-sized but no larger and does not grow to indicate the size of the scrollable area - the scroll indicator does that
* If the user taps/drags the 'thumb', the content is scrolled
* If the user does not tap the 'thumb', it fades away after a short period (we don't want it obscuring the content)
* The scrolling behavior of the 'thumb' is such that when the 'thumb' is at the top of the element rect, the content is scrolled to the top. When the 'thumb' is at the bottom of the element rect, the content is scrolled to the bottom.
* The 'thumb' does track the current scroll position of the content, so when it becomes visible, it should be positioned correctly.
Blocks: 674591
OS: Windows 7 → Android
Hardware: x86_64 → ARM
Version: Firefox 5 → Trunk
Closing all opened bug in a graveyard component
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 5 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
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