JavaScript scrollbar recommendations

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TimFoolery picture TimFoolery · Feb 11, 2011 · Viewed 13.4k times · Source

I'm really disappointed that I can't customize Firefox's scrollbar, but now I am looking for alternatives. Listed below are the best that I've found, but I figured I should ask for opinions and perhaps links to even better ones!

http://manos.malihu.gr/jquery-custom-content-scroller (looks great, supports content changes)

http://baijs.nl/tinyscrollbar/ (looks decent, supports content changes, 100 lines of code, etc.)

http://johnford.is/examples/script.aculo.us/index.html (image examples look good, mouse wheel support available)

Are these the best, or does anyone have a recommendation?

Answer

Tim Down picture Tim Down · Feb 11, 2011

My recommendation: stick with the scrollbars provided by the browser. They may not look exactly how you want, but they will work better than any JavaScript replacement, will be consistent with scrollbars in other applications in the user's OS, and will work when JavaScript is turned off. You also avoid effort now (easier development) and later (no maintenance).

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