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Re: xfce: changing scrollbar looks



On 9/16/19, Dan Ritter wrote:
> Lee wrote:
>> Is there a _debian_ doc somewhere that shows how to change the xfce
>> scrollbar looks?
>>
>> What I want is the "traditional" scrollbar look - ie. the damn thing
>> doesn't play hide & seek with me, it looks like a bar instead of a
>> wire, is wide enough that I can easily click on it when I'm using the
>> laptop mousepad, has enough contrast between the bar & background so
>> that I can easily find it, has up/down arrows that scroll the contents
>> of the window up/down one line at a time, etc.
>>
>> I've found lots of little snippets, for various systems, that show how
>> to change one thing but nothing that pulls it all together.  And I'm
>> *really* sick and tired of making a change & rebooting to see what
>> effect the change has.
>
> Install some of the XFCE4 themes and flip between them in the
> settings manager. They take effect immediately.
>
> Copy one you like to ~/.themes/ and edit it there; you'll be
> able to flip between those too, if you give them new names.

That's a nice trick - Thanks!

Lee


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