Reviews for Custom Scrollbars
Custom Scrollbars by Wesley Branton
Review by Nimja
Rated 5 out of 5
by Nimja, 5 months agoReading other users' reviews, there's quite a lot of MOANING that Dev (Wesley) hasn't coded in enough options.
Note: I'm using LibreWolf but I'm sure it'll be identical in FF.
In about:config, type in 'scrollbar' to get you to the right area, then try the following:
'widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.style' - this affects the scrollbar style, it goes from 0-4. '3' is thicker and rounded, '4' is thickest and squared off.
'widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override' - affects the thickness in 3 and 4 above. Anywhere between 10-20 gives you nice thick bars.
I had a play around with all the 'scrollbar' settings and those seem to be the ones for a decent sized bar. How about having a play around yourselves in future, before giving Dev a hard time for creating a brill add-on xx
Note: I'm using LibreWolf but I'm sure it'll be identical in FF.
In about:config, type in 'scrollbar' to get you to the right area, then try the following:
'widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.style' - this affects the scrollbar style, it goes from 0-4. '3' is thicker and rounded, '4' is thickest and squared off.
'widget.non-native-theme.scrollbar.size.override' - affects the thickness in 3 and 4 above. Anywhere between 10-20 gives you nice thick bars.
I had a play around with all the 'scrollbar' settings and those seem to be the ones for a decent sized bar. How about having a play around yourselves in future, before giving Dev a hard time for creating a brill add-on xx
Developer response
posted 5 months agoIt continues to disappoint me that Firefox doesn't allow the add-on full control over the scrollbars. I've been trying to think of a good way to include steps for these settings in the add-on for some time now, since wider scrollbars are definitely a highly requested feature.
279 reviews
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- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 17437368, a month agoBewerte ich nach meiner Testphase. Versuche gerade, dieses Add-on zu installieren.
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- Rated 5 out of 5by Eddie™, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17667268, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Grande_Assiro, 4 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18258379, 5 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Krumann, 5 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by netcat, 5 months agoThe most important setting is missing for visually impaired persons: Thick and 'Very thick' scrollbars.
Only usability and accessibility count in working environments, especially for impaired users.
Currently Mozilla does NOT restrict addon access to Firefox settings, as this addon proves:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toggle-resist-fingerprinting
Thus "Custom Scrollbars" should be able to offer much more options.
BUT: You can configure thick scrollbars manually in Firefox, as this tutorial shows. It works perfectly. Just translate the tutorial to your language.
https://www.anleitung24.com/firefox-100-scrollbars-bildlaufleisten-konfigurieren-anleitung.htmlDeveloper response
posted 5 months agoThe problem has never been with Firefox restricting access to settings. The problem is that Firefox has implemented scrollbars using the W3C standard, which doesn't support a wide scrollbar. This means that the browser simply does not support any width other than default, thin, and none. You can see the specification here: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-scrollbars/#scrollbar-width
You can, as you pointed out, change the scrollbar width globally across Firefox using some modifications to about:config. The challenge with this is that the user needs to do it manually since the add-on cannot change any settings in about:config. Long ago, add-ons used to be able change settings there, but when Firefox converted everything to use webextension technology that ability was removed and will not come back: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/webextension-read-write-access-to-about-config/12268
The Toggle Resist Fingerprinting add-on that you referenced does have access to a very limited set of privacy-related settings, but only because Firefox has chosen to make those settings available to add-ons: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/privacy - Rated 4 out of 5by Briadd-on, 5 months agoWorks as intended, haven't had any issues with it. I've been using it since November 2022.
- Rated 4 out of 5by GothicWeasel, 6 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by A FF User, 6 months agoONLY GIVES YOU OPTION OF "THIN" AND "PLATFORM DEFAULT". SO STUPID! I WANT THICK BLOODY SCROLLBARS MATE!
Developer response
posted 6 months agoUnfortunately, this is a limitation of Firefox. It does not allow the extension to fully customize the width. I've requested this feature many times, but they refuse to add it. If they ever do, I would be happy to add it to the extension. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13608665, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by MIQ, 6 months agoFuncionou bem pra mim, apenas queria remover a Scrollbars para poluir menos minha tela.
Developer response
posted 6 months agoUnfortunately, this is a limitation of Firefox. It does not allow the extension to fully customize the width. I've requested this feature many times, but they refuse to add it. If they ever do, I would be happy to add it to the extension.- Rated 5 out of 5by Ammie, 6 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Andre Bell, 7 months agoHave missed the ability to set my own scrollbar colors. I have issues detecting contrast and certain colors. This makes seeing the scrollbar way easier. So far is working on every site I visit. Easy five stars.