>>causes the thing to jump, apparently variously depending on where (on the bar) it is clicked and how big the bar is.
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>>Annoying, to say the least, as I usually do this to drag it and the code jumps. This causes re-eyeballing to re-caliberate the drag.
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>I haven't tried VFP8, but this bug is as old as the hills, going back as far as I can remember.

Well I *am* reporting it as observed in VFP8 (public) beta, and I'm sure we'd all like it fixed regardless.