Scroll bars in Lion

How do I adjust the scroll bars in Lion? I want the scroll bars to be visible always, and wide (like they were in previous operating systems).
In Lion, when I open a file, the scroll bar is invisible. To get the scroll bar to appear, I have to stab blindly for the thing, until I get lucky and hit it. Then, when the scroll bar does appear, it is excruciatingly narrow, and I have to really focus all of my mental powers in order to hit the darn thing.

Thanks!
I found the setting for "Show Scroll Bars." However, I can't find the setting for the scroll-bar width. How do I adjust scroll-bar width?

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can I get scroll bars in lion?

Ninja-neko wrote:
can I get scroll bars in lion?
System Preferences > General > Show Scroll Bars
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Scroll bars in Lion - Not what I was expecting

On upgrading to Lion, which was relatively painless, I was surprised at the lack of control that I now have with the scroll bars. Previous versions have always had some way to increment/decrement position using arrow heads, but Lion doesn't give me any option to do this. I find it deeply frustrating. I can't believe I am th eonly one who is experiencing this so either you all do things differently to me or I haven't figured out the best way to use it (or change it).
I am right in thinking there is no option to change this behaviour?
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Hi Tom,
I thought that was the case.
The rest of Lion works fine and I can do everything else so it is only these blasted scroll bars that give me grief.
I do have Snow Leopard backed up on a NAS, and I have the original Snow Leopard disc. All data is double backed so no problem to rebuild if needs be. I'm just amazed that the scroll bars have been so badly designed in a system that gets everything else right.
Thanks
TT

I hate the narrow scroll bars in Lion. How to adjust?

I recently upgraded to Lion, which all seems realtively nice and well designed to me. In years of Apple developments, I have learned to appreciate the changes and gradually have come to appreciate most of the stuff they come up with. One thing really annoys me seriously, though, and that is the very narrow scroll bars! When I could easily find the scroll bar in 10.5, an 6. I now have to waste my energy on pointing the mouse at the very narrow scroll bar. Who the **** had the great idea to narrow it? There is NO WAY I can live with this.
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Kimster66

kimster66 wrote:
The point is that I dont have a trackpad on my iMac, and thus have to use an ordinary mouse.
Well, if I were in this situation, I would purchase a Magic Trackpad
But you miss the point: I am annoyed with the GUI designers for falling in love with their own design and not letting users choose what is best for their own workflow. This is a 'forced' change and a basic violation of all design philosophy. What would you say if the gearchange in your car had been reversed after a visit to the garage? Exactly! To force users to change their workflow is actually very arrogant.
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Just curious if anyone knows if there is a way to get up and down arrows back at the bottom of the scroll bars in Lion? I'm using a trackball mouse so it's a little annoying having to click and drag on that tiny little scroll bar...
Thanks for any insight you can share!
Charlie

You can click on the space above or beyond the scroll bar. That faster than clicking on the arrows.
In the common preferences menue there are some options.
But Apple is proud of it's multitouch thing, the mouse now is from yesterday... ;-)
Best regards
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I hate the new scroll bar in Lion. I barely notice it and it's thinner than the old one. I really hate the migration to "more like iOS". it doesn't meld well with the existing look.
On top of that it's a bit more work to click and drag on it since it's so much thinner.

If you want to report this issue to Apple's engineering, send a bug report or an enhancement request via its Bug Reporter system. To do this, register as an Apple Developer—it's free and available for all Mac users and gets you a look at some development software. Since you already have an Apple username/ID, use that. Once a member, go to Apple BugReporter and file your bug report or enhancement request. You'll get a response and a follow-up number; thus, starting a dialog with engineering. Numbers count, so file away.

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System Preferences > General > Show scroll bars:
Make sure that "Always" is selected.
Best.

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i just upgraded from snow leopard v10.6.8 to os x mountain lion and my scroll bar has disappeared on all my applications on the internet. does anyone know a patch to get the scroll bar to work.

Open General preferences in System Preferences. You can set the desired scrollbar behavior there.

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Yes, agreed a missing element.
Did you try using the up / down arrows on the key board.

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Scroll bars in Lion

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