Re: Width of scrollbars

[Roger Leigh <rleigh whinlatter ukfsn org>]

romildo uber com br writes:

> On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 08:00:18PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
>> romildo uber com br writes:
>> 
>> > On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 07:18:08PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
>> >> romildo uber com br writes:
>> >> 
>> >> > In the process of configuring my desktop, I want
>> >> > to change the width of scrollbars of GTK+ applications.
>> >> > How can I do that systematically? Can it be done
>> >> > by editing the GTK+ configuration files?
>> >> 
>> >> Yes, using style properties.  Try your .gtkrc (example):
>> >> 
>> >>   GtkRange::slider_width = 20
>> >>   GtkRange::stepper_size = 20
>> >>   GtkScrollbar::min_slider_length = 20
>> >
>> > These properties affect the slider and the steppers.
>> > But their container width is not changed. How would
>> > I alter it also?
>> 
>> Which container are you referring to?
>
> I am not sure it is a container, but I am referring
> to the space reserved for drawing the slider and the
> steppers in the scrollbar.
>
> I was watching the results of changing these properties
> with GVim and gnome-terminal, looking at their vertical
> scrollbars. Somehow the width of their scrollbar
> "containers" does not change with these properties.
> Try them and you will see what I mean.i Any clues here?

Close all instances of GNOME-Terminal and restart it.  It runs a
"factory" so the changes won't take effect until you restart the whole
lot.  It works for me.


HTH,
Roger

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Roger Leigh

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