make salix scrollbar wider

[ejames82]

hello,

how do I make the scrollbar on the right wider? I have a wide screen and a wide bar would be a worthwhile use of real estate.
thanks.

[gapan]

First of all, there is no "salix scrollbar". The scrollbar is provided by the toolkit each application uses. These toolkits use themes. In order to change any aspect of how any widget looks, you'll have to either:

1. Find a suitable theme and use it
2. Edit an existing theme to your liking

In the case of GTK+2 applications, you would need to find a new GTK+2 theme and use it, or edit the theme you're already using. Same of Qt applications or GTK+3 applications etc...

This is not a clear answer, but yours is not a clear question. You're not even stating the desktop environment/window manager you using, or the applications this involves...

[laprjns]

Assuming you are using xfce as your desktop environment then try this
https://bbs.linuxdistrocommunity.com/di ... r-too-thin

[ejames82]

hello,

In the case of GTK+2 applications, you would need to find a new GTK+2 theme and use it, or edit the theme you're already using. Same of Qt applications or GTK+3 applications etc...
wow. there's alot I don't know. I did look at the themes already, under display>appearance>style. there is a little difference in the size of the bar, but not much.

You're not even stating the desktop environment/window manager you using, or the applications this involves...
sorry, xfce environment, and most of the time I would be using firefox or file manager native to salix 14.1.

Assuming you are using xfce as your desktop environment then try this
https://bbs.linuxdistrocommunity.com/di ... r-too-thin
I will check it out.

thanks gapan and laprjns

[ejames82]

I would like to add this info to the thread. I was able to get the wide bar. it works nice.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2288338

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leafpad ~/.gtkrc-2.0

add this at the end of the file and save:

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style "myscrollbar"
{
     GtkScrollbar::slider-width=40
}
class "GtkScrollbar" style "myscrollbar"

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leafpad ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk-widgets.css:

add this at the end of the file and save:

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.scrollbar {
        -GtkRange-slider-width: 40;
}

log out and back in.


use these commands at your own risk.
thanks for the replies.