Feature request: optionally disable Overview Scrollbar (keeping the standard scrollbar)

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Would be nice to have this feature.

Adding an option to the configuration window, overview scrollbar is disabled 
and standard scrollbar is displayed, keeping enabled the other features.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by robertob...@gmail.com on 10 Mar 2010 at 11:42

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It would actually be nice to have a button or key combination to show or hide 
the
overview really quickly.

Original comment by flyhighp...@gmail.com on 19 Mar 2010 at 3:53

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I guess I can do this, but which other features should remain enabled? The 
scrollbar is 
the whole point of the add-in, the only thing left if you disable it is 
double-click 
highlighting.

Original comment by mihnea.balta@gmail.com on 30 Mar 2010 at 12:10

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That's the point. Just like in Notepad++.

Taking other Notepad++ interesting features, could be interesting to highlight 
words 
with some specific style which remains marked after moving the cursor.

Thanks

Original comment by robertob...@gmail.com on 30 Mar 2010 at 12:32

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There are some other VS add-ins which don't play nicely with metalscroll ( such 
as
http://www.devart.com/codecompare/ ) due to the change in scrollbar width.  It 
would
be nice to be able to quickly toggle the scrollbar as a workaround.  Currently, 
I'm
forced to choose between metalscroll and the others, since enabling/disabling 
add-ins
and restarting VS would be too disruptive.

Original comment by ale...@gmail.com on 12 May 2010 at 2:47

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mihnea.balta: Some colleagues of mine do find the double-click highlighting 
more appealing than the scroll bar. They actually asked me how to disable 
rockscroll's overview (due to limited monitor width), which is what led me 
here. Quick toggling is a good idea too: I'm also a fan of Google Chrome's 
bookmark tool-bar toggling design. :)

Original comment by carop...@gmail.com on 1 Jul 2010 at 8:52

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I second this: for instance, my work requires the use of ReSharper, which has 
an annoying toolbar that won't go away.  Fortunately, they expose methods that 
you can use via Macro to toggle ReSharper on and off at will without having to 
close the current page.

If MetalScroll exposed similar methods, macros could be written which both 
toggle Resharper off and toggle MetalScroll on (and vice versa), allowing for 
those of us who prefer MetalScroll to use it the majority of the time and then 
use Resharper's features only as needed (without the annoyance of manually 
turning off/closing open files and reopening them).  It would be an excellent 
workaround to the fact that Resharper and Metalscroll's toolbars don't play 
nicely together.

Original comment by alex.lor...@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2010 at 1:10

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For reference, if it helps anyone... this is the macro I currently use as a 
workaround.  The problem is that you have to close any files and re-open them 
in order to see MetalScroll upon activating it.

Imports System
Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Imports EnvDTE90
Imports System.Diagnostics

Public Module MetalScrollMacros

    Sub EnableMetalScroll()
        Dim metalScrollAddin As AddIn = GetMetalScrollAddin()

        On Error Resume Next
        DTE.ExecuteCommand("ReSharper_Suspend")

        If Not (metalScrollAddin Is Nothing) Then
            metalScrollAddin.Connected = True
        End If
    End Sub

    Sub DisableMetalScroll()
        Dim metalScrollAddin As AddIn = GetMetalScrollAddin()

        If Not (metalScrollAddin Is Nothing) Then
            metalScrollAddin.Connected = False
        End If

        On Error Resume Next
        DTE.ExecuteCommand("ReSharper_Resume")
    End Sub

    Private Function GetMetalScrollAddin() As AddIn
        Dim metalScrollAddin As AddIn = Nothing

        For Each addinCurrent As AddIn In DTE.AddIns
            If (addinCurrent.Name = "MetalScroll") Then
                metalScrollAddin = addinCurrent
                Exit For
            End If
        Next

        Return metalScrollAddin
    End Function

End Module

Bind EnableMetalScroll() and DisableMetalScroll() to keys as desired.  It's not 
great, but it's a start.  The ideal situation would be for MetalScroll itself 
to expose methods that allowed for its scrollbar rendering to be disabled and 
enabled, so that you wouldn't have to close and reopen files (among other 
things).  Hopefully this workaround helps for now though.

Original comment by alex.lor...@gmail.com on 24 Aug 2010 at 2:44

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I've added the command MetalScroll.Connect.Toggle in build 1.0.9.

Original comment by mihnea.balta@gmail.com on 14 Sep 2010 at 4:38

• Changed state: Fixed

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Ah, awesome!  You rock!

Original comment by alex.lor...@gmail.com on 19 Sep 2010 at 10:56