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Hey does anybody else have a bit of trouble seeing the bottom horizontal scroll bar on this site? I sure do. It's this tiny narrow thing, dark gray on black, & my aging eyes can't see it. Guessing there's some accessibility settings somewhere? @CoSoTips

@Impious_Jade @CoSoTips Yes!!! Sometimes it's very thin, and sometimes it disappears altogether. I can sometimes use my arrow keys to move across columns, but it seems inconsistent. (And I read the user's guide and found no mention of that sort of navigation.)

@Notokay @CoSoTips Hah OK so it's not just me! Yeah sometimes it vanishes on me, too. I find myself having to minimize or adjust the zoom on my browser window, & then I might find it but everything is smaaaaallll & I can't see it.

Aging sucks...

@Impious_Jade @CoSoTips Definitely not just you! Even adjusting the zoom on my browser doesn't fix it. It's really frustrating, TBH. Especially when the thread I want to respond to is fully to the right and the reply box is fully to the left.

@Impious_Jade @Notokay @CoSoTips
Does it show up easier in light mode? You can choose Light or Dark mode in your profile.

@heyrhiannon @Impious_Jade @CoSoTips Good question. I haven't tried light mode yet. But I don't think it's a vision thing as much as a quirk of the browser? I use Chrome.

@Notokay @Impious_Jade @CoSoTips
It could be a browser issue. Brave works well if you disable shields in the address bar.

@heyrhiannon @Impious_Jade @CoSoTips Thanks. I've never used Brave, but it actually looks really good. Do you like it?

@heyrhiannon Hmm not sure, I have it set to Dark Mode now because oddly that's easier on my eyes - I'll try that.

@Impious_Jade
I prefer dark mode as well, but the scroll bars are harder to see with it.

@Notokay @Impious_Jade @CoSoTips

One thing you might want to consider is to use Shift/Mousewheel to scroll left and right.

Or two-finger swipe on a touchpad.

I never use the bottom scroll bar at all.

@ceorl @Impious_Jade @CoSoTips Thank you for that helpful tip!!! Shift/Mousewheel seems to work. Amazing. (I'm a disaster on touchpads.)

@ceorl @Notokay @CoSoTips TIL you can use 2 fingers on a trackpad to scroll. 40 years of using computers & I never knew. Thank you!

@Notokay @Impious_Jade @CoSoTips
If you type a question mark anywhere on the screen (that's not in a compose or other box) a list of keyboard shortcuts displays. That might help you navigate easier.

@heyrhiannon @Impious_Jade @CoSoTips Thanks. I tried that. It helped me find my profile, but didn't help the column scrolling. But @ceorl gave me a great tip. So grateful for all the helpful Cosonauts!

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