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How can I widen the scrolllbars on firefox?

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jay.kangel
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I use a laptop without a touch screen. It is hard to position the cursor correctly. When moving the cursor it is hard to keep it from moving off the scrollbar button.

Thank you in advance for your help.

I use a laptop without a touch screen. It is hard to position the cursor correctly. When moving the cursor it is hard to keep it from moving off the scrollbar button. Thank you in advance for your help.

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cor-el
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You normally set the width of the scroll bar in the operating system settings via a gtk.css file.

James
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Note that Firefox on Linux has been using GTK3 for a good while now so if you have a GTK2 theme in use on OS then Firefox will look unthemed and have a rather narrow scrollbar.

jay.kangel
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All of the recommended themes have narrow scrollbars. I c