ILDA / Add a scroll bar to view document image on macOS

Objective

• To provide instruction on adding a scroll bar to view uploaded content on your macOS when you:
  • Are unable to scroll through a document image uploaded to macOS from the ILDA
  • Want to add a scroll bar to any page or content that requires scrolling
  • Need to work around known macOS scrolling issues when reviewing ILDA document images

Environment

• Indigenous Languages Digital Archive (ILDA) web-based archive
• macOS

Cause

• Scrolling through an uploaded document image on macOS is sometimes problematic due to a function of the operating system that does not interact well with the intended scrolling feature of the ILDA

Resolution 

• Use macOS System Preferences to add a scroll bar to any page or content that requires scrolling

1. Click the (Apple) menu icon at the top-left of your screen
2. Select System Preferences from the drop-down
3. Click the General option
4. Under Show scroll bars, click the radio button to select Always
5. Close the window

Notes

• Learn about the ILDA
• For more information, contact the Myaamia Center at Miami University by phone at 513-529-5648 during business hours
  • Provide ilaatawaakani database feedback by email at MyaamiaCenter@MiamiOH.edu
  • Or follow this link to contact the Northwest Indian Language Institute