I need to change the color of a scrollbar button when the mouse moves over it which is at top and bottom (left and right) of scrollbar. How can I change it in WebKit? When I use hover, it is not working. Please help me.
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You may or may not be able to change the hover styles on scrollbar buttons as this is browser-dependent. Namely, no known browser has hover styles for scrollbar buttons.
EDIT: thirtydot points out that scrollbar button hover styles are on their way to WebKit's implementation; see his comment for a demo.

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@thirtydot: I'm aware, but I don't think it supports hover styles that the OP is asking for. Sweet demo you have there though! – BoltClock Feb 23 '11 at 00:06
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[See here](http://trac.webkit.org/export/41842/trunk/LayoutTests/scrollbars/overflow-scrollbar-combinations.html) for an example of the "hover styles". – thirtydot Feb 23 '11 at 00:12
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2Oh dear. The end of the web as we know it is near. Tiny, impossible-to-use, custom scrollbars that serve absolutely no functional or semantic purpose are coming to a page near you. Everyone should just **pretend they never saw that demo**. – Cody Gray - on strike Feb 23 '11 at 04:30
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1@Cody Gray: We'll be alright until someone makes a "WebKit scrollbar generator". When that happens, *then* we're doomed :) – thirtydot Feb 23 '11 at 09:39
You specifically said "how can i change it in webkit", so:
An older answer of mine: Apple-like scrollbars using CSS
Apple's version: http://help.apple.com/mobileme/index.html#mm5b08c671
Live Demo (tested in Chrome dev, Safari 5)
Some useful blog posts:
Note that it's rather time consuming to:
- Get it right.
- Make it look good.
It does looks very slick on Apple's help site, so it may be worth the effort.
So, is possible to change color on a scrollbar, but u have to consider that most browser don't like these css..
body {scrollbar-3dlight-color:#ffd700;
scrollbar-arrow-color:#ff0;
scrollbar-base-color:#ff6347;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color:#ffa500;
scrollbar-face-color:#008080;
scrollbar-highlight-color:#ff69b4;
scrollbar-shadow-color:#f0f}
Otherwise you can use Jquery for personalize you scrollbar. Look at this link: http://www.kelvinluck.com/assets/jquery/jScrollPane/jScrollPane.html

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