- From: Ilya Streltsyn via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2018 14:07:06 +0000
- To: public-css-archive@w3.org
I'm afraid that stating that "pseudo-elements for selecting specific parts of a scrollbar are unnecesssary for the documented use-cases" basing on actual `-webkit-scrollbar-*` pseudo-elements usage only can be kind of "survival bias". Developers who need more control over scrollbars than is easily achievable with cross-browser CSS have to resort to JS-based solutions. Quick look on some of the popular (3k+ stars) "custom scrollbar JS plugins" ([example 1](https://github.com/utatti/perfect-scrollbar), [example 2](https://github.com/malihu/malihu-custom-scrollbar-plugin)) shows that these use special styling of the scrollbar parts heavily, including graphical backgrounds and separate hover states for them.
Also. [the Tweetdeck example cited in the Wiki](https://www.w3.org/wiki/Css-scrollbars#TweetDeck) uses the color change _of the scrollbar thumb_ on hover (e.g. `.column-scroller::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background-color: #8899a6 }`) and rounds its corners (`.scroll-styled-v::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { border-radius: 5px; }`). Both aspects aren't yet addressed by the current color-based proposal, but can be very important for the UI/UX consistency, especially on Windows.
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