You can also left click on the scroll bar to scroll to a place.

If you mean dragging, then that’s more than just a single click. And if you mean clicking in the gutter, then it also doesn’t work with a single click; you have to make use of the auto-repeat functionality, which takes O(n) time, where n is the distance between positions in number of pages. Shift+Click does it instantly in O(1).

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charcircuit 2 hours ago | parent [-]

>it also doesn’t work with a single click

If you hold it down long enough it does do it in a single click.

	▲	layer8 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Look again at what I wrote. Auto-repeat translates into successive click events.
	▲	autoexec 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		one page up/down at a time though. It gets there eventually, but it's ugly.

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monkpit 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah, I’m missing something here… didn’t he say that it goes down by a page if you click there? I always thought it just took you to that spot.

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McGlockenshire 3 hours ago | parent [-]

On Windows it's effectively a page down. The behavior you are describing is present on other platforms.

	▲	IAmBroom 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		On many Windows scrollbars it's pinpoint click once to reach any spot.

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cosmotic 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What do you mean? In my experience and according to the article, it scrolls pages at a time when you left click on the gutter.

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SupLockDef 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think the article is focusing on the shortcuts.