Vertical scroll bars have been hijacked - firefox v89.0 (64 bit)

[Robert Heller]

Checkout the tweaks in

https://github.com/aris-t2/customcssforfx

You might find what you are looking for.

<scarcasim-mode>
Nobody is supposed to use scrollbars anymore.  Everyone should be using either 
a scrollwheel or a touch screen.
</scarcasim-mode>

At Wed, 16 Jun 2021 03:45:54 +0800 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello.
> 
> I am running the above version of firefox, on UbuntuMATE Linux v 21.04 .
> 
> I have recently noticed that the vertical scroll bars in firefox have
> been hijacked, and replaced with a designed to be unusable, useless,
> thin, thread-like system of things.
> 
> I get the same, thin, vertical scroll bar in also, Brave, Vivaldi, and
> Chromium web browsers.
> 
> I get the more traditional width vertical scroll bar, in Seamonkey,
> Konqueror, and Thunderbird v78.8.1 (64 bit), although, whilst the
> Konqueror vertical scroll bar is the desired width, it is not the
> expected colour.
> 
> In Seamonkey v2.53.7.1 Build identifier: 20210410163459 the vertical
> scroll bars are as they should be - usable, and, consistent with the
> system windows theme, but, in firefox, the vertical scroll bars are
> designed to be unusable, and, are not consistent with the system
> windows theme.
> 
> Does anyone know how to regain usable vertical scroll bars in firefox,
> or, do we need to uninstall it, and, install a sufficiently earlier,
> insecure, version of firefox, in order to regain usability?
> 
> Thank you in anticipation.
> 

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