megami_no_remon

Join Date 11/2011

WB / Firefox scroll bar problem

A long time ago I got rid of firefox due to it not functioning properly and, long story short, after a complete hard drive wipe and reinstall of things, I finally decided to go back to using it again.

I downloaded the newest version of Firefox just tonight (no previous saved information to have any conflicts with. However, any time my window is maximized, I cannot use the scrollbar at all. It's visible on the page, but inactive - must use the mouse to scroll. I tried someone's workaround of disabling hardware acceleration and that made my min/max/close buttons disappear entirely. If I have the menu bar up on my screen, things appear to work normally but I'd really rather NOT have it up there. I attempted to exclude firefox from being skinned entirely in the WB program itself - complete exclusion box checked, and it made all the title bar buttons vanish entirely as well, in addition to NOT removing any other skinning effects.

Is there an update I'm missing to fix this? Scroll bar works normally if the window isn't maximized. Am I the only one experiencing this problem?

I'll copy and paste my WB info below if this helps.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 6.7

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.3 (build 310 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series

Wblind.dll        2011/10/17 11:18:20
Wblind64.dll        2011/10/17 11:18:48
Wbsrv.dll        2011/09/26 15:10:56
SevenConfig.exe        2011/10/13 17:33:52
Wbload.exe        2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll        2011/10/04 10:01:37
Tray.dll             2009/10/23 20:12:19
Wbload.dll             2010/06/17 18:40:25
Screen.exe        2010/06/07 15:59:43

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I have the latest FF version installed. I normally don't run at full screen but, I checked and all is fine??? Maybe someone else will come by and look at your specs...just be patient as it is a holiday and all...

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Are you seeing this with all skins or one in particular? A link to the skin you are using will help.

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roflmfaoo

Join Date 12/2009

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Also, Is it firefox or aurora ?

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The skin I'm currently using is BREED, which came with my Alienware computer when I first got it. And it *is* Firefox's web browser (donwloaded straight from mozilla's website last night), and only while the window is maximized. Testing several skins resulted in the same exact problem - at maximum size, the scroll bar is visible but doesn't work in any fashion.

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roflmfaoo

Join Date 12/2009

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I'm unable to find the Breed windowblind you speak of. Could you upload it and I will test to see if the problem is the same.

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I'm not sure if I have the authority to do so and I definitely don't know how to do it even if I do. It was just a custom theme that came with my alienware comp. However, its not simply this theme that has the problem. ANy theme I've applied, from basic pre-packaged themes that came with the download to custom ones I downloaded here have the exact same issue.

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Disturbedcomputer

Join Date 02/2007

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try F7 that toggles carrot browsing

OR Try

try opening up firefox, typing "about:config" into the address bar and pressing enter.
It will bring up the indepth configuration of Firefox. Check out these values:

mousewheel.withnokey.action = 0

mousewheel.withnokey.numlines = 1

mousewheel.withnokey.sysnumlines = true

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Disturbedcomputer

Join Date 02/2007

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if the Above don't work try this

Fix Firefox 3 Choppy Scrolling Via UserContent.css

It is said to stll work in the newer FireFox's

the link above is this info:

I just found a workaround that absolutely makes Firefox 3 Smooth Scrolling very very smooth and even better than Firefox 2!

- No need to install add-ons.
- No need to wait long for a fix from Mozilla.
- ALL YOU NEED is Notepad.

Fix Smooth Scrolling By Editing UserContent.css:

1. Go to your Firefox 3 profilechrome folder.

2. You should see a file "userContent-example.css".
Copy this file and rename it to "userContent.css".

3. Open "userContent.css" in Notepad.

4. Paste the following code at the end of the file:

/* Smooth Scrolling Workaround: Disable Fixed Background Images on Pages */
body {
background-attachment: scroll !important;
}

5. Save the file.

What to do if Mozilla Patches this Bug

After I made the changes, I restarted Firefox,
and tested scrolling on [link] and [link].
They are not scrolling choppy anymore!

But sooner or later, Mozilla will patch this Firefox bug,
and we want to restore the ability for Firefox
to scroll with fixed background images.

All you have to do is:

1. Open "userContent.css" in Notepad.

2. Remove the code we pasted in Step 4.

3. Save the file and close it.

But wait, there's more!

If you want a faster and smoother Firefox 3 browser:

1. Try Reinstalling Flash. Go to Mozilla Support page, and follow the instructions in the 4th Post by Bo.

2. Install the AdBlock Plus Add-On. Not only will you scroll faster, but your pages will load faster without the ads.

Free Free to Share This Info

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Firstly, thanks a lot for the effort and I gave both shots a whirl. Only one of my numbers was off for your first suggested method after the caret browsing trick failed (mousewheel.withnokey.numlines = 1 was set to 6), so I changed that to no effect.

After digging around thru the firefox file I couldn't find anything anywhere with the file name for the usercontent.css. Perhaps it was changed/renamed in the version I have? (9.0.1).

I guess I'll just have to live with a bar I don't really want until one side or the other does an update that makes my computer happy! Lol

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roflmfaoo

Join Date 12/2009

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The instructions say to rename usercontent-example.css to usercontent.css, You can find it at

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\d4dwt1ad.default\chrome

The profile directory will differ.

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Uvah

Join Date 05/2006

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Sure does differ. In mine there are no .css files only .sqlite and the chrome is chromeappsstore.sqlite. No content or user content.css.

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Disturbedcomputer

Join Date 02/2007

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if you don't have one you can make one so if you get here > C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\d4dwt1ad.default

NOTE that d4dwt1ad.default the bold will be different and you don't have a chrome Folder make it inside of your d4dwt1ad.default then open your newly made Chrome folder Right click in an Empty area (It's all empty you just made it) then Click on NEW then Notepad (Text Document) then Highlight it ALL that includes the .txt and then paste >>> usercontent.css you will get a warring click Yes

now open it up by Right clicking on it then clicking on EDIT now paste

Quoting DisturbedComputer,

reply 8

/* Smooth Scrolling Workaround: Disable Fixed Background Images on Pages */
body {
background-attachment: scroll !important;
}

save then

restart firefox

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Disturbedcomputer

Join Date 02/2007

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Quoting Uvah,

reply 11

Sure does differ. In mine there are no .css files only .sqlite and the chrome is chromeappsstore.sqlite. No content or user content.css.

well I should have put this here as of FF4

UserContent.css < > affects the appearance of web pages displayed within Firefox.

and

UserChrome.css < > relates to elements of the Firefox user interface

By default neither of these files exist

so you would now have to make them yourself

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I guess I'm just sorta computer stupid or something. ^^;; I don't have an AppData folder anywhere that I can find (and if its hidden, I cant find the option to UNhide it, I checked). My computer is pretty bare-bones, Ive hardly installed anything at all since I wiped the HD clean. Sorry if I'm being a complete idiot or a bother. ^^;;

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Also, my Firefox directory, in case I'm missing something stupidly obvious. ><

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roflmfaoo

Join Date 12/2009

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AppData is by default hidden by Windows, If you press Alt on any explorer window click Tools on the Menu > Folder Options > View tab and select "Show hidden files, folders, and drives". Apply and then you will see AppData folder.

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Lantec

Join Date 07/2003

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appdata is a hidden directory. You'll need to open Windows Explorer, click Tools, choose Folder Options, choose the View Tab and click next to "Show hidden files, folders and drives"

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