[TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

The behaviour described in the bug report is either by design, or would be far too complex/time-consuming to be changed

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[TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

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Scrollbars become white while resizing the window:
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I am on the Windows 10 21H2 x64. This happens on both bit versions of TC.
Added: this happens when ForceDarkModeOptions=2.
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Re: [TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

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That doesn't happen here under Windows 11.
Is the screen driver actual ?
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Re: [TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

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Is the screen driver actual ?
Yes. This also happens on Windows 7 (on another machine), and on Windows 8.1 on my notebook.
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Re: [TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

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Oh, wait a minute. Thanks for the reason for the important clarification: on Windows 10 it happens when ForceDarkModeOptions=2.
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Elwin_Ransom wrote: 2022-10-19, 11:43 UTC 2Horst.Epp
Oh, wait a minute. Thanks for the reason for the important clarification: on Windows 10 it happens when ForceDarkModeOptions=2.
According to the help this mode should only be set if you have problems on Windows 10.
Is there a reason you have set it ?
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Re: [TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

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Is there a reason you have set it ?
Yes
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Don't use ForceDarkModeOptions=2 with Windows 10. It turns off the native scrollbars and makes TC draw them. While this may be useful for a custom color, it essentially overdraws the light mode scrollbars, which is a hack which doesn't always work.
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Re: [TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

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Elwin_Ransom wrote: 2022-10-19, 12:39 UTC 2Horst.Epp
Is there a reason you have set it ?
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Also after you read: https://www.ghisler.ch/board/viewtopic.php?p=422676#p422676 ? - please try´without ForceDarkModeOptions or with ForceDarkModeOptions=1
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Re: [TC10.52rc4] [Dark Mode] White scrollbars

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2petermad
Of course, I tried it - it did not have the expected effect. I was using these options before I enabled ForceDarkModeOptions=2. I replied in the mentioned thread (sorry for the delay).

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this may be useful for a custom color
That's why I started using ForceDarkModeOptions=2.
which is a hack which doesn't always work
Thanks for the answer, everything is clear now. Anyway, it is not such a disturbing visual effect that it could disturb the work.
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