[SOLVED} Scrollbar width

[rudy]

I'm old. I need a wider scrollbar on all my browsers. Is there are theme that has a wider scrollbar or a SIMPLE way to increase the width of all scrollbars?

[rudy]

Please help - this can't be that difficult. The scrollbar is so narrow, it is very difficult to use.

[trytip]

which browser are you using? probably firefox?
try this in Terminal first: xed .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
at the bottom new entry, leave a blank space between the last line and the new entry, paste this and save"
if file doesn't exist create one:

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touch .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
xed .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

copy this into it save and logoff or reboot.

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scrollbar slider {
    min-width: 15px;
    min-height: 15px;
}

logOFF/ON just to be sure and test it. if it works and you want wider change 15 to something of your liking. this only affects gtk3 applications like gedit,firefox,gnome-terminal and only for vertical scrolls. if 15 is not to your liking you can go higher or lower

[Raycoupe]

which browser are you using? probably firefox?
try this in Terminal first: xed .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
at the bottom new entry, leave a blank space between the last line and the new entry, paste this and save"

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.scrollbar.vertical slider,
scrollbar.vertical slider {
min-width: 15px;
}

logOFF/ON just to be sure and test it. if it works and you want wider change 15 to something of your liking. this only affects gtk3 applications like gedit,firefox,gnome-terminal and only for vertical scrolls. if 15 is not to your liking you can go higher or lower

In my case, this gtk.css file did not exist. Creating the file it and pasting your input does work. Thanks!
Just closing Firefox and restarting it, was enough for it to take effect.

[Kwattro]

I wanted to say thanks to both of you. For asking this question and for the excellent reply. The narrow scroll bar has been a wart on what I think is one the best OSes out there. This has made a big difference for me. Thank you both!

[rudy]

Thanks for the response. I just recently returned to Linux, and I'm not great at terminal. I put in your first command and got this:
(xed:3032): Gdk-CRITICAL **: 09:00:44.735: gdk_window_get_window_type: assertion 'GDK_IS_WINDOW (window)' failed

that was repeated in terminal about 10 times.

[trytip]

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locate .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

do you get a response? or did the command do nothing.

if you didn't get a response you need to create it. open Terminal and type:

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touch .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
xed .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

now you should be able to paste the scrollbar dimensions

[rudy]

IT WORKED!!!!!!! Thank you so much. It not only worked in Firefox but also in Home. What a huge improvement.

[rudy]

Interestingly but it works in Computer/Home, Thunderbird and Mozilla, but not Chromium or Opera. Love it.

[GoKingsGo]

Thanks for the topic - this is something I've wanted to do for awhile. Unfortunately I get this message from Terminal:

chris@Boss ~ $ xed .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

(xed:24492): Gtk-WARNING **: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:3:9: 'min-width' is not a valid property name

I am using Firefox Quantum v64.0 (64 bit)

On a related topic, can the slider bar be changed to a contrasting color different from the edge of the window so that it stands out?

Thanks!

[trytip]

locate .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css do you have anything for this in Terminal? might be a theme issue which i don't work well with themes.

[mgarcia]

thanks that worked

which browser are you using? probably firefox?
try this in Terminal first: xed .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
at the bottom new entry, leave a blank space between the last line and the new entry, paste this and save"

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.scrollbar.vertical slider,
scrollbar.vertical slider {
min-width: 15px;
}

logOFF/ON just to be sure and test it. if it works and you want wider change 15 to something of your liking. this only affects gtk3 applications like gedit,firefox,gnome-terminal and only for vertical scrolls. if 15 is not to your liking you can go higher or lower

[Offcenter]

Thanks so much for this, guys.
Worked like a charm.
I too have hated that narrow scroll bar since the beginning.

[Arius]

Thanks for this helpful thread. I also needed wider scrollbars.

[tdockery97]

Thanks a million, worked for me too.

[busdriver12]

What a great tip! Many thanks trytip

[MrPotatohead]

This worked for me too. Excellent tip!

[Tyrannocaster]

This works for Firefox and many others, so thanks so much for posting it as a solution. However, it does not affect Thunar. Is there a way to do this for Thunar? I'm using Mint Xfce with Mint-Y-Dark-Grey theme.

[DougWa]

Huh, this worked for folks eight months ago but, like a couple of the other nics here, I get an error now (October 2021):

When I run:
sudo xed .config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css
and paste in:

.scrollbar.vertical slider,
scrollbar.vertical slider {
min-width: 24px;
}

Save and close.... OOPS, text in the terminal says:

** (xed:3646): WARNING **: 00:12:48.468: Set document metadata failed: Setting attribute metadata::xed-position not supported

I reboot and... NO CHANGE IN FIREFOX.

>>>>>>>EDIT<<<<<<<
A fix for Firefox here!:
viewtopic.php?t=335494

[stevedonato]

Does not work in Linux Mint 20.2 cinnamon, which in my opinion is the worse Mint relese ever.
Best was 18.3
Many bugs in Cinnamon 20.2, poor QA testing and 5 times slower booting and shutdown then 18.3.
Re-write of the Desktop GUI manager (presumably Nemo) for NO reason yelds; cannot position icons as close to each other and the edge as Mint 18.3.
Forces similar grid like spacing even when no Grid specfied. There was absolutly no reason to rewrite the desktop manager GUI code, in my opinion.
32GB Ram i7 cpu 1TB samsung SSD
(25+ years as asoftware developer)
shame on the mint developers