1746998 - Firefox does not follow "always show scrollbars" setting in Windows 11

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1757954

(Core :: Widget: Win32, defect, P3)

Description

[Gregory Pappas [:gregp]]

Steps to reproduce:

Open Firefox Nightly on a machine running win11
Open a page that shows scrollbars
Open Windows settings > Accessibility > Visual Effects > Select "Always Show Scrollbars"

Actual results:

scrollbar did not expand

Expected results:

scrollbar should have expanded

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'Core::Widget: Cocoa' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please revert this change in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Stephen A Pohl [:spohl]]

Could you attach a screenshot of what you're expecting to see? From what I can tell, File Explorer and/or Task Manager don't "expand" scrollbars either.

Comment 3

[Gregory Pappas [:gregp]]

(In reply to Stephen A Pohl [:spohl] from comment #2)

Could you attach a screenshot of what you're expecting to see? From what I can tell, File Explorer and/or Task Manager don't "expand" scrollbars either.

I believe that is a bug in Windows 11. In Windows 10, enabling that setting ensures all scrollbars stay in their hovered state forever. You can see what I mean here:
https://www.howtogeek.com/742727/how-to-always-show-scrollbars-in-windows-11/
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