scrollbars

Tuesday, June 25, 2002 by reveil | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

hi!
why doesn't scrollbars change when Im in internet? They appear the same as before.
But when Im on other application (notepad) it changes...
did I miss something?
Chris
Reply #1 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:16 AM
Nope. You're not missing something. The scrollbars in Ineternet Explorer are not really standard scrollbars like they are in notepad or other apps. They are custom window items that IE displays to mimic scrollbars. Unfortunately WindowBlinds has no way of accessing them and therefore cannot skin them.

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kith
Reply #2 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:29 AM
They can on XP.
werewolf
Reply #3 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:36 AM
They change w/ Win2K here. Everytime I change a skin, I open IE to the blank home page and more often than not, the scroll bars are different. Not a lot different, but they have been changed.

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reveil
Reply #4 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 10:39 AM
oh i see.....
and for that, i have to use desktopx?
im a completely newbie
MikeB314
Reply #5 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:20 AM
Basically, IE scrollbars can only be skinned by WindowBlinds on Windows 2000 and XP. DesktopX cannot help you there.

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Chris
Reply #6 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 11:38 AM
Werewolf and Mike,

IE Scrollbars change with WB on Win2K? I haven't seen this. Or do you mean they change based on a per webpage basis under the control fo the webpage (usually just different colors)?

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migellito
Reply #7 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:14 PM
yeah, i hadn't ever seen that either. it's been awhile since i used 2k.. maybe it's an ie6 thing?
Chris
Reply #8 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 12:23 PM
Not on W2k. I'm running IE6. Oh well. I'd really like to upgrade my computers to WinXP Pro, but I can't justify the cost right now.

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werewolf
Reply #9 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:41 PM
I'm using Win2K and IE6. I do see a change in scroll bars. They don't look like the explorer scroll bars, but there is a difference.

Chris... It's not because of a .css or anything. My initial home page is the "Blank Page", so I check the bars by just opening IE to that.

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Chris
Reply #10 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 1:44 PM
Hmm. Weird. I'm not seeing it. I feel left out of the elite Skinned-IE-Scrollbar Club :/

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MikeB314
Reply #11 Tuesday, June 25, 2002 2:48 PM
My mistake. They are only skinned by WB on Windows XP.

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