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bottom scrollbar is missing, how do I get it back?

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I have a Toshiba Laptop with a 15 inch widescreen. The bottom horizontal scroll bar has disappeared. It reappears when I drag the screen about half an inch smaller horizontally, and disappears again when I make the screen full size. What can I do to get the scroll bar to be visible again?

I have a Toshiba Laptop with a 15 inch widescreen. The bottom horizontal scroll bar has disappeared. It reappears when I drag the screen about half an inch smaller horizontally, and disappears again when I make the screen full size. What can I do to get the scroll bar to be visible again?

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It is possible that the screen is too high and that the scroll bar and the find bar and add-on bar fall off at the bottom.

  • Use Restore or Maximize in the right-click context menu of the Taskbar icon to set focus to the Firefox application if you do not see the Firefox window.
  • Open the system menu via Alt+Space and see if you can resize that window.

If that works then close Firefox (File > Exit/Quit) to save that setting.

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Chosen Solution

It is possible that the screen is too high and that the scroll bar and the find bar and add-on bar fall off at the bottom.

  • Use Restore or Maximize in the right-click context menu of the Taskbar icon to set focus to the Firefox application if you do not see the Firefox window.
  • Open the system menu via Alt+Space and see if you can resize that window.

If that works then close Firefox (File > Exit/Quit) to save that setting.

See also:

If the above didn't help then see:

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Thank you, I adjusted the screen resolution lower and have the scroll bar back. I also found that when I zoom the text and the scroll bar is needed to view the page, it automatically shows up as well on most of the sites but not all.

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Some websites use CSS code (overflow-x: hidden or overflow-y:hidden) to hide the scroll bar(s), but that is usually the vertical scroll bar.