hi
can you explain what is your issue with the horizontal scroll bar?
if there is a bug affecting the magic mouse, it might be worth to report it to https://bugs.scribus.net
The Magic Mouse acts like a normal optical mouse when moved, the surface acts like a trackpad - moving a finger up/down scrolls vertically, from side to side horizontally.
The issue I have is that attempting to scroll vertically (by a short distance) results in wild side-to-side movement. This is probably due to my slight deviation from straight up/down movement.
I don't want any horizontal scrolling, let alone the excessive response. In most applications I disable horizontal scroll - the monitor is so wide it serves no useful purpose, and I normally work on portrait mode. I need to expand text slightly (due to poor eyesight) and am quite happy to scroll vertically when needed.
The issue may be a mouse issue with Scribus, as I find the same thing happens in the file open menu etc.
for the help text: which help? the one showing up with F1?
i just tried and i could zoom it with scroll-mouse-wheel (as you can commonly zoom in most application... on mac it could be cmd-mouse-wheel... with a magic mouse you might be able to pinch or move three fingers... it's a kind of magic... but it must be possible).
Yes - from Help Menu or F1
The normal Apple Zoom is ⌘+/⌘- - which does not work in Scribus. There are no options for gestures, but I just tried ⌘ plus scroll which does, although ideally I would like to set a larger default font (which I do in most applications)