Always Visible Scrollbar in Firefox

Posted On: 2008-09-04  

Add the following to the userContent.css file located in your profile path. (Profile path by OS listed below)

:root {
   overflow-y: scroll !important;
}

html {
   overflow-y: auto !important;
}

Then restart your browser!


Profile path by OS.

([Profile Name] is a random string of 8 letters, a dot (.) and then some more letters)
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Windows 95 (without Desktop Update)
   C:\Windows\Mozilla\Firefox\[Profile Name]\chrome

Windows 95 (with Desktop Update)/98/Me
   C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\[Profile Name]\chrome
   C:\Windows\Profiles\[Windows User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\[Profile Name]\chrome

Windows NT 4.x
   C:\Winnt\Profiles\[Windows User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\[Profile Name]\chrome

Windows 2000 and XP
   C:\Documents and Settings\[Windows User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\[Profile Name]\chrome

Windows Vista
   C:\Users\[Windows User Name]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\[Profile Name]\chrome

Unix
   ~/.mozilla/firefox/[Profile Name]/chrome

Mac OS X
   ~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/[Profile Name]/chrome
   ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/[Profile Name]/chrome