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    Daspremont Terence
    last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 10:54 AM

    Hello everyone,

    I’m about to change software, because the scroll bar is very difficult to see.

    I have tried many solutions, change the color in the registry, change the theme, change the windows theme etc… I have read that you have to use the high contrast of windows 10… but then it just becomes horrible.

    There is no solution? to have a different color or a stronger contrast?

    Thanks in advance

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      Ekopalypse
      last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 11:02 AM

      If you mean these

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      then I’m afraid to be the one with the bad news. Afaik you can not change the color easily.

      The only option is to change it system-wide.

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        Daspremont Terence
        last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 7:10 PM

        @Ekopalypse said in Scollbar contrast / color:

        then I’m afraid to be the one with the bad news. Afaik you can not change the color easily.
        The only option is to change it system-wide.

        Yes, that’s the one, except that at home they are not like that!
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          Ekopalypse @Daspremont Terence
          last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 7:13 PM

          @Daspremont-Terence

          I still use Windows 7, while your Windows 10 prefers the flat style.

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            PeterJones @Daspremont Terence
            last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 7:33 PM

            @Daspremont-Terence said in Scollbar contrast / color:

            Yes, that’s the one

            Please note that’s the same scrollbar color that Win10 uses throughout. Here’s a screenshot of my chrome browser in Win10 which has the same scrollbar color/design:

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            It’s Windows-determined, and cannot be changed by configuring Notepad++. Sorry.

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              Alan Kilborn @Daspremont Terence
              last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 7:41 PM

              Hmmm, my N++ scrollbars actually look “more contrasting” than, for example my Microsoft Office program scrollbars (on Win10).

              N++:

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              Microsoft Outlook:

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                Daspremont Terence @PeterJones
                last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 7:49 PM

                @PeterJones
                Yes you are right, but I was thinking that maybe a solution could be found.
                Some software use their own scrollbar, it would be nice if notepad++ could think about it :=)

                After that, the display of the “plans” is not bad to counter this problem.

                Oh yes, my screen uses HDR, which increases the brightness a lot since my theme is black. That’s probably why it’s even harder to see the scrollbar.

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                  Ekopalypse
                  last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 7:52 PM

                  @Daspremont-Terence said in Scollbar contrast / color:

                  Some software use their own scrollbar, it would be nice if notepad++ could think about it :=)

                  The scrollbars are part of Scintilla, the underlying control that does the coloring, so it’s unlikely that Npp is tampering with this.

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                    Alan Kilborn @Daspremont Terence
                    last edited by Alan Kilborn Mar 17, 2021, 7:58 PM Mar 17, 2021, 7:56 PM

                    @Daspremont-Terence said in Scollbar contrast / color:

                    Oh yes, my screen uses HDR, which increases the brightness a lot since my theme is black. That’s probably why it’s even harder to see the scrollbar.

                    There’s some talk of Win10 Dark Mode coming to Notepad++, so that, if it happens, might interest you (and possibly provide increased contrast in the scrollbar area).

                    Actually, why haven’t you pasted a screenshot of what you’re complaining about, on the computer that has the “problem”?

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                      PeterJones @Alan Kilborn
                      last edited by PeterJones Mar 17, 2021, 8:06 PM Mar 17, 2021, 8:05 PM

                      @Alan-Kilborn said in Scollbar contrast / color:

                      pasted a screenshot of what you’re complaining about,

                      I thought the reply to me (editor’s note: first reply, to eko, not to me) basically had that. The horizontal scrollbar doesn’t have huge contrast (compared even to the selected vertical scrollbar), and depending on your eyes, and your monitor contrast, etc, it might be harder to see in real life than it may appear in gif form to you or me.

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                        Alan Kilborn @PeterJones
                        last edited by Alan Kilborn Mar 17, 2021, 8:08 PM Mar 17, 2021, 8:08 PM

                        @PeterJones

                        The line above that screenshot said:

                        except that at home they are not like that!

                        So I presume he was showing the “home” one.
                        And indeed that screenshot DID have a nice contrast on the bars.
                        So one presumes his complaint is against a “work” N++, which I don’t believe he’s shown a “dark themed” screenshot of.

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                          Michael Vincent @Daspremont Terence
                          last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 8:24 PM

                          @Daspremont-Terence said in Scollbar contrast / color:

                          because the scroll bar is very difficult to see.

                          This has been discussed before.

                          Cheers.

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                            Daspremont Terence
                            last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 10:48 PM

                            @PeterJones said in Scollbar contrast / color:

                            I thought the reply to me (editor’s note: first reply, to eko, not to me) basically had that. The horizontal scrollbar doesn’t have huge contrast (compared even to the selected vertical scrollbar), and depending on your eyes, and your monitor contrast, etc, it might be harder to see in real life than it may appear in gif form to you or me.

                            If I take a screen you will see it with your screen, the only way I find it is with my phone but it’s not quite the same.
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                              PeterJones @Daspremont Terence
                              last edited by Mar 17, 2021, 10:55 PM

                              @Daspremont-Terence ,

                              yep, that’s not great contrast on your monitor for that. Did you look at the thread that @Michael-Vincent linked to? It had some workarounds that might help you.

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                                Daspremont Terence
                                last edited by Mar 18, 2021, 8:45 AM

                                Hello, thanks for your help, I tried to follow Michael-Vincent’s post but I didn’t understand anything^^

                                I opted for WindowBlinds which is not free but I am very satisfied.
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