accessibilityscrollingwindows 10
I'd like to prevent scroll bars from disappearing, especially in the settings windows. Google says there should be an option under Ease of Access but it seems like things have moved around. (I'm on Windows 10 Pro, version 1703, build 15063.1387, and "Current Branch for Business".) This is what my Ease of Access panel looks like:
As far as I can tell, it's supposed to be just under the "Show Windows background" option.
Where can I find the "Automatically hide scroll bars in Windows" option?
(I know this is an older question but wanted to share anyway since it was unanswered.)
This can be done with Firefox. I'll update this answer soon as I test settings in other browsers:
about:config and hit enter:
middle to filter the search options:
middlemouse.scrollbarPosition -- note that it defaults to false:
Toggle, or double-click it:
true and User set:
In Windows 7, it was easily possible to customise appearance of every individual screen item (including colours of scrollbars) as explained here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/guides/change_colours/computer/win/win7/index.shtml
In Windows 10, the advanced customization options were removed from the Personalization settings page for some reason.
However, it is still possible to adjust the scrollbar colour in Windows 10, but you have to do the change via Registry:
Open the Registry Editor.
Find the following registry keys:
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Colors
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\Colors
There you have to change the Scrollbar value to any colour you like.
The defaults are: "200 200 200" and "212 208 200", respectively.
You can substitute them with any colour combination "RRR GGG BBB", where RRR/GGG/BBB are all within range 0-255 and represent the red/green/blue colour components, respectively.
Exit the Registry Editor. You will need to log-off and log-in again for the change to take effect.
Best Answer
Sometimes search in Windows actually works!!! :D
I typed 'Scroll' into the Settings search box and was offered three choices, one of which was 'Automatically hide scroll bars in Windows'
which took me to a scrolled down position in Ease of Access:
When I first checked Ease of Access, I didn't see it, because I needed to scroll down & there was no scroll bar to clue me in! It seems the mouse scroll wheel doesn't work in Settings windows the way it does in "normal" windows --- you have to click & drag the scroll bar to scroll down!
EDIT The associated registry entry is:
Keith