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<p>But could the scrollbar at least be more independent from the native theming?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Again, GTK theming can achieve that, in conjunction with the <a href="http://www.geany.org/manual/#defining-own-widget-styles-using-gtkrc-2-0">widget names we set explicitly</a> just for that reason.  You could do e.g. something like that (alter as pleases you):</p>
<div class="highlight highlight-source-ruby"><pre>style <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>geany-scintilla-scrollbars<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span>
{
  <span class="pl-c"><span class="pl-c">#</span> select any non-pixmap engine if your theme is using pixmap like e.g. Adwaita does</span>
  engine <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>clearlooks<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span> {
    style <span class="pl-k">=</span> <span class="pl-c1">GLOSSY</span>
  }
  <span class="pl-c"><span class="pl-c">#</span> and choose the colors you like (possibly also alter "fg", depending on the engine) </span>
  bg[<span class="pl-c1">NORMAL</span>] <span class="pl-k">=</span> <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>#333<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span>
  bg[<span class="pl-c1">PRELIGHT</span>] <span class="pl-k">=</span> <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>#444<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span>
  bg[<span class="pl-c1">ACTIVE</span>] <span class="pl-k">=</span> <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>#666<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span>
}
widget <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>*Geany*Scintilla*Scrollbar<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span> style <span class="pl-s"><span class="pl-pds">"</span>geany-scintilla-scrollbars<span class="pl-pds">"</span></span></pre></div>

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