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Scrollbars and up/down buttons

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Mikkel
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I've just upgraded from Thunderbird 52 on Windows to 91.6.1 on Linux. Everything works great - except the scrollbars.

The default scrollbars were quite narrow - I got that fixed by changing some of the scrollbar settings. But the most important functionality is still missing.

The first bit is the up/down arrows/buttons. I enabled the setting "widget.non-native-theme.gtk.scrollbar.allow-buttons", but that's not enough to make the buttons appear it seems.

The second bit is what happens when you click above or below the slider. On Windows/TB52 you would move one "page" up or down. On Linux/TB91 you move to the part of the list you click on. This would be fine, for a folder of 20-30 messages. But in folders with thousands of messages I really miss the functionality of old Thunderbird.

Is it possible to enable practical scrollbars in modern Thunderbird?

I've attached before and after images...

I've just upgraded from Thunderbird 52 on Windows to 91.6.1 on Linux. Everything works great - except the scrollbars. The default scrollbars were quite narrow - I got that fixed by changing some of the scrollbar settings. But the most important functionality is still missing. The first bit is the up/down arrows/buttons. I enabled the setting "widget.non-native-theme.gtk.scrollbar.allow-buttons", but that's not enough to make the buttons appear it seems. The second bit is what happens when you click above or below the slider. On Windows/TB52 you would move one "page" up or down. On Linux/TB91 you move to the part of the list you click on. This would be fine, for a folder of 20-30 messages. But in folders with thousands of messages I really miss the functionality of old Thunderbird. Is it possible to enable practical scrollbars in modern Thunderbird? I've attached before and after images...
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