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From a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install I tried multiple desktops, and settled on KDE. One problem I have with it is how scrollbars are displayed in Thunderbird:

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In Gimp, Dolphin, Firefox there are completely normal scrollbars. I checked on unity and this didn't happen there.

How do I change this?

Jorge Castro
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if4124l
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  • Thunderbird is a GTK application. It looks like you have the oxygen-GTK theme selected for GTK, so it's using the KDE-style scrollbars. Not sure why it doesn't affect the other apps. – Mechanical snail Dec 19 '12 at 00:51
  • Have you tried disabling the overlay scrollbar as mentioned here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/34214/how-do-i-disable-overlay-scrollbars – somoso Jan 07 '13 at 20:25
  • @somoso, AFAICT, the overlay scrollbar doesn't work for Thunderbird. Disabling it will not help resolve OP's issue. –  Jan 13 '13 at 15:53
  • It looks like you're using QtCurve. Try switching GTK+ theme – Janus Troelsen Jan 18 '13 at 12:37
  • Go to System Settings -> Application Appearance -> Gtk Configuration -> GTK Themes. What options are selected? Post a screenshot of that dialog. – Ken Kinder Jan 18 '13 at 21:21
  • @if4124l but also in Unity, Thunderbird has problems in 12.04: the scrollbar background doesn't follow the colors defined in gtkrc file and is always dark grey. While I didn't find such problem in 12.10. – AliNajafies Jan 19 '13 at 10:12
  • This problem goes away in 14.04. I recommend you upgrade. Make sure gtk2 and 3 are installed and running. – walttheboss May 23 '16 at 07:47

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sudo apt-get autoremove overlay-scrollbar*
Seth
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Cesasol Vg
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It's possible that the other apps look different because while using GTK they may be using a different version, GTK2 vs GTK3. You should search for oxygen-GTK and verify that you have a GTK3 and GTK2 version installed to cover both of the major gnome toolkits.

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