After more than two years of puzzlement Jurjen Bos found the reason for

jackjansen · jackjansen · commit ad1654e03aca · 2004-07-15T22:08:33.000Z
the double-scroll problem: when you pass a tracker function to TrackControl
you shouldn't call your hit function again afterwards. Fixes #711989.
diff --git a/Mac/Tools/IDE/Wcontrols.py b/Mac/Tools/IDE/Wcontrols.py
@@ -380,8 +380,6 @@ def hitter(ctl, part, self=self):
 			if part:
 				self._hit(part)
 		part = self._control.TrackControl(point, hitter)
-		if part:
-			self._hit(part)
 	
 	def _hit(self, part):
 		value = None
