If you use middle mouse button, that should be able to drag/move it. Aka X11 style.All my terminals under Xorg seem to have a usable scrollbar if set or possible, save thexterm
for which the scrollbar is visible but the mouse cannot move it upwards to actually use it. Anyone else with this minor problem?
xterm
also does not have a scrollbar. This may help:With xfce, xterm also does not have a scrollbar. …
-sb
not result in the scrollbar? xterm -sb
With a two-button mouse you could try to simulate the middle-button. It may depend on your (mouse)driver and the options it offers.If you use middle mouse button, that should be able to drag/move it. Aka X11 style.
Otherwise I think you can left click and right click on it to move it up / down. But to drag it, you need to use middle mouse.
This way I can drag my xterm scrollbar, with both left & right buttons pressed and scrolling with another finger vertically over my touch pad (I do not have a middle button).Middle button emulation
Since most synaptics touchpad models don't have a button that corresponds to the middle button on a mouse, the driver can emulate middle mouse button events. If you press both the left and right mouse buttons at almost the same time (no more than EmulateMidButtonTime milliseconds apart) the driver generates a middle mouse button event.