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How can I get my scrollbar back in Safari?

My scroll bars keep on disappearing in Safari browser windows and I always have to hit the down key instead of using my Wacom pen or Apple bluetooth mouse to scroll down. When I point my mouse or pen towards the righthand end of the screen the scrollbar never reappears. Is there a way of getting scrollbars to stay up all the time? Its kind of annoying.

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Posted on Sep 21, 2012 2:02 AM

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 2:10 AM

Have you visited System Preferences > General > Show Scroll Bars: Set this to "Always".

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Sep 21, 2012 2:10 AM in response to timbloke

Nov 17, 2017 12:35 PM in response to timbloke

I have the System Preference set to Always Show, and Safari still (November 2017) arbitrarily hides the vertical scrollbar. Sometimes multiple command-minus (till text is too small to see) brings it back, and it stays when I restore the font size to something readable. Other times it's a matter of resizing the browser window. This is incredibly annoying.

Feb 25, 2013 5:39 PM in response to SteveKir

Mar 30, 2013 6:07 PM in response to SteveKir

SteveKir wrote: Have you visited System Preferences > General > Show Scroll Bars: Set this to "Always".

Thanks Steve.

Just started working with OS X 10.8 aka Mountain Lion after upgrading from 10.6 (whatever its name was) and have spent most of the time working out how to turn off various animations and auto–corrections and get back scroll bars.

Apr 8, 2013 3:23 PM in response to SteveKir

Hi Steve, I have 10.8 and my scroll bar is missing but I do not have the option in my safari prefrences to add a scroll bar. Is there a way to get it back?

Apr 8, 2013 3:27 PM in response to kimdev

kimdev wrote: Hi Steve, I have 10.8 and my scroll bar is missing but I do not have the option in my safari prefrences to add a scroll bar. Is there a way to get it back? Thanks Kim

It's exactly where Steve said it is in System Preferences, not Safari Preferences.

Apr 9, 2013 3:16 PM in response to SteveKir

I am on Mac OS X and also in Safari browser windows the scroll bar sometimes isn't there, however in System Preferences there isn't a General option, and when I went on Appearance which seems is where the options of scroll bar behaviour are, there were no three options that I could choose Always from. Also when there is no scroll bar in the Safari window nothing happens when I press the arrow keys or space bar so I'm stuck being able to view only the top of the page. Do you know if there is a way around this please?

Apr 9, 2013 3:54 PM in response to anapourva

The very first I on in System Preferences should be General.

Apr 9, 2013 4:29 PM in response to anapourva

anapourva wrote: ... however in System Preferences there isn't a General option, and when I went on Appearance which seems is where the options of scroll bar behaviour are, there were no three options that I could choose Always from.

If You can't find it, click "Show All" in System preferences. It should be the very first item if you have System Preferences "View" option set to "Organize by categories."

If you are stoll having problems finding it, type "scroll" in the search box at the top right of the window, which should highlight every preference pane that involves scrolling, including "Gneral."

If you still can't find it, in the popup list under the search box, choose "Scroll Bar Behavior."

Apr 9, 2013 4:37 PM in response to R C-R

thank you for what you've said i've followed it all yet no success, maybe its just how it is set and I can't get that "always" option

Apr 9, 2013 4:40 PM in response to anapourva

What version of Mac OS are you running?

This is the General tab in System Preferences (not Safari) running 10.8.3:

You can see that I have "show scrollbars always" checked.

Apr 9, 2013 4:48 PM in response to petermac87

the 1st in my system preferences is Appearance under Personal, and it is Organised by Categories under View, as R C - R said hmm

Apr 9, 2013 4:52 PM in response to anapourva

anapourva wrote: the 1st in my system preferences is Appearance under Personal, and it is Organised by Categories under View, as R C - R said hmm

What version of OSX are you running?

Apr 9, 2013 4:57 PM in response to babowa

I'm on 10.6.4, thats probably why? ye I don't have that option of Show scroll bars so I can't choose Always. how do you take a capture of it so I can show?

Apr 9, 2013 5:03 PM in response to petermac87

version 10.6.4

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Q. I recently switched to a Mac laptop, and the Safari browser confuses me. Sometimes it has scroll bars on the side of the page, and sometimes it doesn’t. Why is this?

A. In an attempt to streamline the user interface, Apple’s Safari browser for the Mac has scroll bars that can disappear from view if you are not actively scrolling through a web page. The company has been tinkering with desktop scrolling behavior for several years , and Safari’s behavior on the Mac is similar to the way it behaves in Apple’s iOS mobile operating system.

Scroll bars that disappear until they are needed make more sense on a mobile device with limited screen space than they do on a bigger screen navigated by mouse or track pad. Fortunately, you can change the scroll bar behavior for your programs in the Mac’s system preferences.

Click the System Preferences icon in the Mac’s desktop dock , or go to the Apple Menu and choose System Preferences. When the System Preferences box opens, click the General icon in the top row.

In the General box , go to the “Show scroll bars” section and click the button next to Always. Additionally, you can change what happens when you click in a scroll bar too, either jumping to the next page or to the area of the page where you clicked. (Before you close the preferences box, you can make other interface adjustments like changing the highlight color and increasing the sidebar icon size, among other things.)

If you do not like Safari, you can download another Mac-friendly browser like Google Chrome , Mozilla Firefox , Opera or Vivaldi . In most newer browsers, you can even use a keyboard shortcut to roll through a page — tap the space bar to scroll down, or hold down the Shift key and tap the space bar to reverse direction.

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It is always necessary to  scroll on your Mac  when the content doesn't fit the size of the current window such as browsing the web pages on Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc., reading a PDF or document, editing a file, and so forth, to scroll up and down the page. However, some Mac users encounter the problem that the scroll bar is missing on Mac . 

The fact is that you may haven't chosen to always show the scroll bar on your Mac. Therefore, the system automatically hides and shows the scroll bar on the Mac screen based on your settings in System Preferences. This post tells how to make Mac always show the scroll bar . Keep reading to configure your Mac scroll bar.

Table of Contents:

• 1. How to show the scroll bar on Mac
• 2. How to adjust the scrolling speed on Mac

How to show the scroll bar on Mac

With the scroll bar shown on the side of the page, you can quickly scroll up and down the page by dragging the scroll bar up and down. When you can't see the scroll bar on your Mac screen when you surf in Safari, edit an excel sheet, etc., you may get annoyed. 

In this case, sliding the mouse or scrolling on the Trackpad may activate the hidden scroll bar to appear on the screen. Or, you can move the cursor to the side of the page and hover there, the scroll bar may also show up. If you prefer to make the scroll bar always show on Mac, here's how to change the settings of the scroll bar on Mac.

• Click on the Apple logo ( Apple Menu ) in the upper left corner. 
• Choose System Preferences on the pop-up menu.

• Find the Show scroll bar feature on the new window. 

Once you have set the scroll bar to be always shown on Mac, it will automatically appear when the content can't be fully displayed with the window's current size. Then you can always utilize the scroll bar to view the content on the screen. 

Besides, you can further set up the scroll bar on your Mac to meet your personal preferences. Under the Show scroll bar sector, there is a feature called Click in the scroll bar to , including two options: 

• Jump to the next page: It enables you to Click on the scroll bar to move the content page by page.
• Jump to the spot that's clicked: It moves to the spot where you're clicking.

You can also press and hold the Option key while clicking the scroll bar to momentarily switch the scrolling method.

How to adjust the scrolling speed on Mac

Whether you use the Trackpad or the mouse on your Mac, you can easily control the scrolling speed of your Trackpad or mouse by changing the settings in Accessibility. Let's dive into the details.

• Navigate to the Apple Menu, and choose System Preferences.

• Scroll down on the left sidebar to find the Pointer Control feature. 
• On the right column, choose the Trackpad options or the Mouse options to open the window.

• Click the OK button to confirm the changes.

It is easy to personalize the appearance of the scroll bar on your Mac. If you find the scroll bar is missing, you can change the system preferences of the scroll bar to always show it on the side of the pages. In addition, you can control the scrolling speed of the Trackpad or mouse to meet your needs.

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iOS 15: Navigating the New Tab Bar in Safari

People complained fiercely about the new tab bar layout in Safari on iOS 15 . There was so much criticism that Apple provided a setting to change the tab layout back to how it was before. Once you get used to it, though, navigating Safari’s new tab layout is very easy and efficient.

Less “Travel Time” to Type Your Searches

Since the tab bar, and search box, are at the bottom of the screen, you don’t have to reach as far to use them. For most people, once they become accustomed to the layout, it should make typing addresses and search phrases much easier.

Think about it this way. Your keyboard appears at the bottom of the screen. With the new bottom layout for your tabs, your fingers don’t have to move from top to bottom, or vice versa, when you’re opening new tabs and then tapping in what you want to search for.

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As you scroll through a web page, you’ll see the tab bar disappear. The bottom of the screen will offer a slimmer space, and you’ll see the page URL or title. To get the tab bar back, do one of two things.

You can tap at the bottom of the screen, in the thin bar with the web page title or address. The tab bar will reappear, along with the address/search box. Alternatively, scroll back up on your page. That will also bring the tab bar back.

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To switch between tabs, you can still do things the old way by tapping the tab icon and then choosing what you want. There is an easier way, though, if you only have a few open tabs. Just swipe left or right on the tab bar, and you’ll quickly move between your open web pages.

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Sometimes the new user interface design concepts make us sick. On the name of UI design companies remove the handy features used by people for many years. Scroll bars are shown vertically and horizontally if the visible content exceeds the width of the app’s display window. When you read long document or webpage, it helps to know the position where you are and estimate the remaining length of the content. For most of us, it works like looking at the remaining pages when you are reading a book. Long back Apple removed, the fixed scroll bars and shows them when you move the mouse or based on trackpad gestures. In this article let us discuss how to bring the scroll bars in Mac permanently back and few other customizing options for you to make it easy.

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Bring Missing Scroll Bars in Mac

If you are not seeing the scroll bar on Safari, Pages or any other app then simply move the mouse or cursor using trackpad. This will make the scroll bar visible. However, this is not convenient as it may disappear before you may catch to drag it to the required position. The solution is simple; you need to make it visible permanently.

Scroll Bar Options in macOS 12 or Earlier

Since the settings are different in macOS 13 (Ventura) or later, first we explain with older macOS versions (12 or earlier).

Click on “Apple menu” and go to “System Preferences…” section.

Click on “General” preferences option.

You will have three options under “Show scroll bars”.

Automatically based on mouse or trackpad

This is a tricky option to understand. It can be better understand with and without an external mouse connected to your Mac. First enable this and open any default app like Preview or Safari or Pages showing a lengthy document. You will NOT see any scrollbar unless you move the cursor up or down using trackpad movement.

Now plugin your mouse using a cable or USB and check the document. You will permanently see the scroll bars. You can move the bars either using mouse or using trackpad, arrow keys or spacebar.

So enabling automatic option will basically show the scroll bars when you have a mouse plugged. And toggle the scroll bar based on trackpad movement when you have no external mouse.

When scrolling

This option does the same function as previous option without external mouse. That means, you will see the scroll bars only when you move the cursor up or down using double finger swipe.

This is a good option, in our opinion, to bring the scroll bar permanently back regardless of you have external mouse or not. Choose this option to work smoothly with your documents.

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Scroll Bar Movement

Simply enabling scroll bar is not sufficient in most cases. Generally you may expect the content to move to the scroll bar position where you have clicked on the sidebar. Unfortunately, Mac will move page by page regardless of where you click the sidebar. You can simply drag and drop the scroll bar to the required position. However, you can also customize the scroll bar click in “General preferences” under “Click in the scroll bar to” section.

• Jump to the next page – this is a default option which will move to next page on the document regardless of where you click on the scroll bar.
• Jump to the spot that’s clicked – probably this is what you will expect to happen when you click on the middle of the scroll bar and you are at the middle immediately.

Using Arrows and Spacebar

Instead of scroll bars, you can also use arrow keys to navigate through the documents. This is especially useful for vertical scrolling.

• Use up or down arrow to move click by click which will move few lines up or down on the document.
• Press spacebar to quickly go to next page.

Scrolling Direction of Scroll Bars in Mac

Another factor when using vertical scroll bar using trackpad is the scrolling direction. For most of us, the scrolling needs to be on the opposite direction of the double finger swiping direction. This means when you swipe double fingers down the content will move up and vice versa. This is called unnatural scrolling.

However, natural scrolling is when you swipe the fingers down the content also will move down and vice versa. This means the content will track the direction of your finger movement.

• Go to “Apple Menu > System Preferences…” and click on “Trackpad” option.
• Click on “Scroll & Zoom” tab.
• Enable or disable “Scroll direction: Natural” option to setup the scrolling direction.

Scroll Bars Option in macOS 13 (Ventura or Later)

If you are using macOS Ventura, Sonoma or later versions then the interface may look bit different with similar set of options.

• Click the Apple logo and go to “System Settings…” menu.

• Go to “Appearance” section and then scroll down to the bottom on the settings page.
• Select your preference under “Show scroll bars” section.

Similarly, you can setup the scrolling direction from “Trackpad” settings page.

Scroll Bars in Mac Third Party Apps

All the scroll bar settings, except the direction, apply only to the default Apple apps like Pages, Safari , Finder, Preview, etc. This will NOT work for the third party apps like Google Chrome.

• Scroll bars are always visible on most of third party apps regardless of your settings in general preferences.
• You can move the scroll bar and the content to the clicked position though you have set “Jump to the next page” in preferences.

In our opinion, these are the ideal settings for apps in order to have easy navigation.

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I found that with OS 16.0.1 that that menu was in the Appearance menu and not the General. Thanks for the information. I think it is going to work. //… Joe

Thank you so much for this article. It’s very helpful! I’m new to MacBook and I’m impressed with the trackpad gestures that I missed out and it’s so important for navigation. You should’ve included a link to Apple’s article about its multi-touch gestures! ?

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How to Make Scroll Bars Always Visible in macOS

In macOS Ventura, Apple has made hiding scroll bars when not in use a default behavior of the operating system, but you can prevent this from happening if you know where to look. Keep reading to learn how it's done.

Apple has made this the default setting because it is in keeping with the minimalist UI design of macOS, but if you don't see a scroll bar, you may not even know that a window can be scrolled, making navigation more difficult in general.

Fortunately, you can change this behavior pretty easily in macOS and make it so that scroll bars always remain visible. The following steps show you how.

• Click the Apple (  ) symbol in the top-left corner of your Mac's menu bar, then click System Settings... .
• Using the sidebar, scroll down and select Appearance .
• Under the "Show scroll bars" option, click the radio button next to Always .

Your preference will be implemented instantly, and you should now see scroll bars wherever scrolling is available.

Note that if you're using macOS Monterey or earlier, the same setting can be found in the General panel of System Preferences .

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Scroll bar disappears in safari

on this page http://www.philipdusel.com/work.html

if you click on the text link that says “download original” or “full size” it of course goes to a page showing the full size image. However upon returning to the page, by hitting the browser’s back history button, you will see that the scroll bar for the thumbnails has disappeared.

I can only test in Safari and Firefox…so as far as i know this is solely a safari issue. ??

nevermind the problem is in firefox as well

i can not determine a consistent reason for this happening in firefox…seems sporatic

Hm, not sure what you mean by “the scroll bar for the thumbnails disappears”, but nothing disappears for me in FF or Safari when I do what you described.

i click the “download original” or “full size” text to the bottom right of the main image…

it goes to big image page…

i go back one page where i started everything is great…except now the scrollbar is gone…

this happens to me only in safari

i am using flexcroll.js for the scroll bar and gallerific.js for the gallery

you might have to try a couple of times to replicate this…it does not seem to be consistant

…i just tried again after posting and it didnt disappear, then i tried again and it did.

this is weird

im sorry for that i screwed up the height while you were looking at the page. i appreciate your suggestion… and i will definately consider it…but that doesnt stop me wondering why it disappears

you were able to replicate the disappearing scroll behaviour now that you have seen the page as i intended?

Hm, the page looks a bit messed up now. Things have moved around, and the view enlargement button is gone. But there is no scroll bar to the right at all.

so i did it again…you went to look at the page and i had changed it! im sorry for that. I thought you had seen the behavior i was talking about

I figured out something…not much but something…and perhaps its a css issue

so in safari after the scroll has disappeared (i hope you can recreate the behaviour i was talking about above) all that it takes to make the scrollbar reappear is a resizing of the browser window…poof the scrollbar is back…

my uneducated guess is something needs a specified dimension to prevent the disappearing. I tried fiddling with this but got no progress. but that is all i can think of for now.

Trust me this time when you view the page it will be as intended…i will not mess with it

I actually managed to keep the scrollbar from disappearing by changing the UL id from “thumbs noscript” to just “thumbs”

<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers –> <div id=“gallery” class=“content”> <div id=“controls” class=“controls”></div> <div class=“slideshow-container”> <div id=“loading” class=“loader”></div> <div id=“slideshow” class=“slideshow”></div> </div> <div id=“caption” class=“caption-container”></div> </div> <div id=“thumbs” class=“navigation”> <div id=‘mycustomscroll’ class=‘flexcroll’><ul class= "thumbs " > <li> <a class=“thumb” name=“2011-1” href=“ http://philipdusel.com/images/pm1.jpg ” title=‘Caine Frame nbsp;24"x34"’> <img src=“ http://philipdusel.com/images/ps1.jpg ” alt=“Title #0 ” /> </a> <div class=“caption”> <div class=“download”> <a href=“ http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/2538183196_8baf9a8015_b.jpg ”>Full Size</a> </div> <div class=“image-title”>Caine Frame <br> 24"x34"</div> <div class=“image-desc”>Acrylic and pumice on canvas</div> </div> </li>

im glad thats gone…

now ill work on getting rid of the flicker

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Enable Persistent Scroll Bars on the Mac [macOS Tutorial]

Here's how you can enable persistent scroll bars that don't automatically disappear on the Mac in apps like Safari, Notes and more.

See Scroll Bars All the Time on Your Mac and See Exactly Where You are on Any Page

In order to put more focus on the content and less on the UI, Apple simply fades the scroll bars away in macOS whenever you're done scrolling. They show up whenever you are scrolling so you know exactly where you are on the page, obviously.

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But, if you want to see the scroll bars all the time and want to instantly scroll by clicking on the scroll bars directly instead of using your mouse or trackpad, then you be pleased to learn that the option to make that happen is actually available to you. It's simply hidden inside System Preferences, and it takes a couple of clicks to enable it. Read more for details.

Step 1. Launch System Preferences . You can do so by clicking on the icon in the Dock, via Spotlight search or by simply clicking on the Apple logo in the Mac menu bar.

Step 2. Now click on General .

Step 3. Now find the option called 'Show scroll bars' and select 'Always.' That's all.

From now on, whenever you scroll on your Mac, whether it's Safari, Notes or just a PDF, the scroll bars will always be there on the right for you to play around with. If you don't want to use the mouse or trackpad to scroll, you can click and drag on the scroll bars to move around in any page.

If you love nothing more than a clean look, then you have the option to fully revert the changes you made. Simply select 'Automatically based on mouse or trackpad' from General in System Preferences .

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