# Better custom scrollbars for Linux

**URL:** <https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/better-custom-scrollbars-for-linux/34509>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Created:** [December 22, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/better-custom-scrollbars-for-linux/34509 "2018-12-22T15:31:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rugkx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rugkx/32/19322_2.png) [@rugkx](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rugkx)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/better-custom-scrollbars-for-linux/34509/1 "2018-12-22T15:31:47Z")

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Firefox 64 does support customizing the scrollbars and you can e.g. see them being used in the dev tools of Firefox itself:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/mozilla/original/3X/2/d/2dc3cfc38bdea54f382e89c4490af27e95768857.png)

However, as you see, on Linux they are mostly just rectangles on top of each other, which is not really a great design/user experience. The [MDN docs example also shows this](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS/scrollbar-color#Result):

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/mozilla/original/3X/0/a/0aa6edd171c1c5715149d75c014310c6e3887af2.png)

This is not really visually appealing. It would be great to have a little better support. In GNOME you e.g. have native styles for dark and light scrollbars, these could be used if [only dark or light is specified](https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/CSS/scrollbar-color#Values) by the developer.

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**Author:** ![andreip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/andreip/32/24181_2.png) [@andreip](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/andreip)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/better-custom-scrollbars-for-linux/34509/2 "2018-12-22T15:39:44Z")

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I built this [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-scroll-for-tweetdeck/](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-scroll-for-tweetdeck/)

Maybe you are interested

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**Author:** ![rugkx](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/rugkx/32/19322_2.png) [@rugkx](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/rugkx)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/better-custom-scrollbars-for-linux/34509/3 "2018-12-22T15:41:37Z")

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Yeah, good idea, but I use [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/) and they’ve already have a dark custom-styled scrollbar. Also, it just creates the problem on Linux, but yeah… it is a nice idea anyway. (Think, however, Tweetdeck may also fix that, soon.)

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**Author:** ![andreip](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/discourse.mozilla.org/andreip/32/24181_2.png) [@andreip](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/andreip)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/better-custom-scrollbars-for-linux/34509/4 "2018-12-22T15:46:58Z")

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I also use Mastodon 😃

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**Author:** ![kaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58f4c7/32.png) [@kaka](https://discourse.mozilla.org/u/kaka)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/better-custom-scrollbars-for-linux/34509/5 "2019-10-29T09:24:46Z")

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is the default gtk3 overlay scrollbar available to use?