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color palette scrollbar option does not work

Summary:

The color palette at the bottom of the window lacks a proper scrollbar option, because the scrollbar option does not seem to work properly.

When I set the options for Use scrollbar, I get the entire palette in 5.3 rows (see screenshot). It does have a scrollbar, but with the entire palette in view, I don't know why.

What I really want is the palette of old, with 1 row of color chips and a long scrollbar. (I don't remember the last version it was available, but it was a time when there were no other options available for the palette.)(Before 1.4, at least)

Steps to reproduce:

  • open Inkscape version below
  • using the button on the far right of the palette where you can choose a different palette, click Configure at the bottom of the menu.
  • Set the Rows to 1, which enables me to check Use Scrollbar (otherwise it is grayed out)

What happened?

Instead of 1 row of color chips with a scrollbar, I get 5.3 rows (essentially 6 rows). It does have a scrollbar, although it is not needed with the whole palette being displayed.

What should have happened?

I was expecting what the option names imply -- 1 row of color chips with a scrollbar.

Sample attachments:

palette_scrollbar

Sorry, I was unable to get a screenshot of the Configure options, to show you that I have Use scrollbar checked. (Whenever I open the screenshot program, the Configure box goes away.)

These are the settings:
Tile size = 21, Aspect = 0, Stretch to fill unchecked, Border = 1, Rows = 1, Use scrollbar checked, Enlarge pinned colors unchecked

Thanks for listening!

Version info

Inkscape 1.5-dev (a758234, 2025-09-01)

                      Compile  (Run)
    GLib version:     2.80.0
    GTK version:      4.14.5 (4.14.5)
    glibmm version:   2.78.1
    gtkmm version:    4.14.0
    libxml2 version:  2.9.14
    libxslt version:  1.1.39
    Cairo version:    1.18.0 (1.18.0)
    Pango version:    1.52.1 (1.52.1)
    HarfBuzz version: 8.3.0 (8.3.0)
    Poppler version:  24.02.0

    OS version:       Linux Mint 22