diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/scrollbar/abstractScrollbar.ts b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/scrollbar/abstractScrollbar.ts
index 7de8f3fa766d256d42e5fae0a5b20873648f95bb..21ccdfa0eb7df1709fab8b902f776645ebe4b18b 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/scrollbar/abstractScrollbar.ts
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/scrollbar/abstractScrollbar.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ export abstract class AbstractScrollbar extends Widget {
 				this._sliderMouseDown(e, () => { /*nothing to do*/ });
 			}
 		});
+
+		this.onclick(this.slider.domNode, e => {
+			if (e.leftButton) {
+				e.stopPropagation();
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	// ----------------- Update state