Bob Goodwin wrote: > peter kostov wrote: > >> On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 07:50 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >> >>> Can anyone tell me how to increase the size of the scroll bars in >>> Thunderbird? >>> >>> I have a vision problem and it would be a great help if I could make >>> them about two times larger. >>> >>> Bob Goodwin Zuni, Virginia >>> >>> >> >> I dont know how to do that only for Thunderbird, but I suggest you to >> try this (on FC3): >> Go to the Preferences Menu - > Theme - > Then click on 'Theme Details' >> and select for example 'High Contrast Large Print' in the Controls tab. >> Another option is to lower a bit the screen resolution. >> >> > Yes, I run FC4 with XFCE and I have tried those things. I bought a 21" > monitor and have changed to larger fonts which helps. I know that in the > past I have been able to control the scroll bar size by changing a > configuration > file in Netscape and that's what I'm looking for. I would prefer not > changing > resolution. > > Thank you for the suggestions. > > Bob Goodwin Bob is right.. I tried using the various themes including large print themes and all the windows seem to be affected except T-bird. (The same for Firefox) In the Large Print Theme the scroll bars are about double but the scroll bars in T~Bird remain the same. Bob, Would a color change help? I also have poor vision. I've helped myself with this issue with using a theme which changes the color of the scroll bars to something that stands out to me. I prefer Crux but there are allot more. Even though the scroll bar is a little small I can still see it purely by the standout color. As for the rest of the windows the scroll bar is a bit bigger. While T~bird's for some reason remains skinny. Dunno why,, You may also want to check the Mozilla Themes site https://addons.mozilla.org/themes/?application=thunderbird I haven't checked in a while but there could be something there that might suit your needs. If not the T~Bird forums might be a good place to start perhaps someone there knows how to modify a theme to provide larger scroll bars. Hope this helps..
