Add "hide when not in use" option about custom-scrollbar HOT 9 CLOSED

@Ristovski That's a very cool find. I never knew that setting existed.

There are a number of reasons why I'm hesitant when recommending about:config modifications:

• They depend heavily on what version of Firefox and what operating system is being used
• They are often modified, added or removed with little or no documentation from the Firefox developers
• A lot of the users that use this extension are not comfortable making about:config modifications

That said, I think I'm going to add a tips page to the Firefox version of the add-on with some of the about:config and advanced modifications that can improve the scrollbars.

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Looking forward to it soon

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I love your extension! 💝 Totally necessary on Windows since in this OS the scrollbars are giant.

It would be fantastic if the scrollbar hid when not in use.

However I think this feature is in reality two sub-features:

1. Making the scrollbar floating, to be on top of content so that it does not take viewport space. The background of the scrolling area could be partially or totally transparent. This would be awesome above all when the option Scrollbar width: Thin is selected.
2. Hiding the scrollbar when not in use and make it active as soon as the user scrolls with keys/mouse or moves the cursor to the scrollbar area.

It seems 1. is relatively easy to implement? I am not that bothered about an autohide feature as long as something like 1. is implemented.

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Glad to hear that you like the add-on!

Ideally, I'd love to add both of the things that you have described, Antonio. Unfortunately, the scrollbar CSS is too limited to be able to implement at the moment. On the plus side, the scrollbar CSS is still not a finalized standard, so it's possible (and hopefully very likely) that new features will be available to use in the future.

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Umm, I had no idea of this CSS Scrollbars standard. Yeah, pretty limited and not very well supported at the moment!

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Great add-on, makes FF scrollbars look good.

It would be great if there could be an overlay/floating scrollbar that webpage is unaware off so it doesn't affect the application layout even if the content grows and forces scrollbar.

An amazing option would be hidden or even half transparent scrollbar when not in use, basically what mobile browsers use.

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PSA: Firefox has native overlay scrollbars[0][1] that fade away "when not in use", and are proper floating - meaning they do not affect the page layout.

Try this in a fresh prefix, or remove any existing scrollbar modifications that might interfere, such as this addon, then:

1. Navigate to about:config
2. Search for ui.useOverlayScrollbars
3. It won't exist by default, so select "Number" as the type, and hit the plus to create the entry
4. Set it to 1, then restart Firefox

[0] - https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/widget/nsXPLookAndFeel.cpp#L119
[1] - https://github.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/master/widget/ScrollbarDrawingGTK.cpp#L66-L77

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The setting is not being displayed in the popup dialogs on the settings page.

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When the user has scrollbar buttons enabled in Chrome, the buttons are not hiding with the rest of the scrollbar.

In the toolbar popup, this field is not being automatically erased from the settings preview. Therefore, if you select a regular scrollbar and then select "Do not customize", the old value for this field remains visible.

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