In Mate I can use a gtkrc file, but that does not seem to succeed with gtk3.
Thanks.

The instruction given by JosephM will work to accomplish what you want for Nemo, and other programs.woodsman wrote:I am not sure we are discussing the same thing (but I could be confused --- nothing new there!). I want to widen all scrollbars in Cinammon, not GTK2 apps that run in Cinnamon. For example, the Nemo scrollbar is way too skinny for our users.
Hey, my only problem is locating the theme folder for a theme i'm using named "Void".....i cannot locate it in the folder structure I bolded....could it be because I'm running cinnamon 2.4, and the theme was designed for cinn 1.8? are there any alternate theme folder locations, where I should be looking?woodsman wrote:Thank you. Those changes do indeed succeed. Here is what I changed:
* Fix GTK3 scrollbar slider behavior
/etc/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
[Settings]
gtk-primary-button-warps-slider=0
* Fix GTK3 scrollbar slider width
/usr/share/themes/Mint-X/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css: default -GtkRange-slider-width: 19px
* Fix Cinnamon menu scrollbar width
/usr/share/themes/$THEME/cinnamon/cinnamon.css: StScrollView STScrollBar min-width: 19px
The primary challenge with this solution is the next Update Pack with Cinnamon 2.2 will erase/overwrite the changes. Another challenge is the changes affect only one theme and if the user downloads new themes the changes have no effect.
A GUI method would be well received to change these options such that the changes are saved in the user's profile. I am new to LMDE so what is the appropriate way to ask/recommend these GUI controls?
I emphasize the word recommend because the users I am installing this system are retired folks. The LMDE defaults are way too small and tiny for older eyes. I don't mind customizing but GUI controls wold save muuch time for everybody.
which explains why I haven't seen it thus far.....sneeeeaky........JosephM wrote:When you install themes from the Cinnamon Spices site they are placed in the .themes directory in your home folder.
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scrollbar {
-GtkScrollbar-has-backward-stepper: 1;
-GtkScrollbar-has-forward-stepper: 1;
}
scrollbar slider {min-width: 10px;}