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I have an application that looks terrible if I don't make the scrollbar transparent. I thought this was going to be about not using those horrible javascript scrollbar libraries, which make the code a lot more complex (I tried them all).

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> I have an application that looks terrible if I don't make the scrollbar transparent.

You have an application that works terrible if you make the scrollbar transparent.

Transparent scrollbars are not intuitive.

There's a chat on the left side, right side shows media. If I allow scrollbars to render normally the whole site is split in 2, in the middle being a scrollbar, which looks bad especially if not overlay. I've considered not caring about it and just let the scrollbar, but it bothers me. It's my application anyway, the browser is not just a document reader anymore, it's an application framework (as well).

> If I allow scrollbars to render normally the whole site is split in 2, in the middle being a scrollbar, which looks bad especially if not overlay

Well that's your opinion. But I would rather see a scrollbar in the middle to show me that I can actually scroll something. Otherwise it's a hidden feature and hidden features are not features, they're bugs.

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