Widens and darkens the scrollbar and adds back the buttons. Uses css only.
Chrome Extension: Grey Scrollbar with Buttons
'Grey Scrollbar with buttons' is a user-friendly Chrome extension aimed at enhancing your browsing experience. It's uniquely designed to widen and darken your Chrome scrollbars, bringing back the simplicity of top and bottom buttons. All this functionality is purely based on browser CSS, ensuring a smooth and consistent performance.
Extension stats
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Size: 11.31K
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Firefox
Not available on Edge
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Extension summary
This extension widens and darkens the scrollbars in chrome, and adds back the top and bottom buttons to the scrollbar. It uses browser css only.
User reviews
Pros
- Simple and effective functionality
- Helps users track their progress in articles
- Visually pleasing scrollbar
- Restores functionality that was lost with changes in browsing
Cons
- Scrollbars are too skinny and difficult to grab
- Users express frustration over the size of the scrollbars
Most mentioned
- Skinny scrollbars
- Restoring visibility of scrollbars
- Simple and effective
- Useful extension despite its simplicity
User reviews
Scroll bars are so skinny I can barely grab it. It used to give us normal sized scroll bars, not sure what has changed.
HOW DO I MAKE THE FING THING BIGGER. I'M SICK OF THESE SKINNY A$$ SCROLLBARS THEY HURT MY FING WRISTS YES I'M MAD IT'S BULL$HIT!
Far and away one of the most useful extensions despite its simplicity. Thanks
Extension safety
Risk impact
Grey Scrollbar with buttons requires very minimum permissions.
Risk likelihood
Grey Scrollbar with buttons has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.
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