LibreOffice tiny scrollbar

Hello

I want to change the size of my scroll bar in Libre office because it is way to small (almost invisible)

see this Screen shot:

by the way I am using an 4k Monitor
What can I do to change this thing in Garuda Linux?
it seems to be a quite common Problem
but there is no real Solution that works on my Machine

Thanks for the Help in advance

THIS is my Libre Office version:

Version: 24.2.4.2 (X86_64) / LibreOffice Community
Build ID: 420(Build:2)
CPU threads: 16; OS: Linux 6.9; UI render: default; VCL: kf6 (cairo+wayland)
Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US
24.2.4-2
Calc: threaded

This is my Garuda INXI

system:
Kernel: 6.9.7-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: hpet avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=316fbee6-4f37-402a-ab2b-cc4bd7da6812 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.1.1 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.3.0
wm: kwin_wayland with: krunner vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X470 AORUS GAMING 5 WIFI v: N/A
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X470 AORUS GAMING 5 WIFI-CF v: x.x
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> BIOS: American
Megatrends LLC. v: F60h date: 02/04/2021
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Illuminated Living-Room Keyboard
K830 serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 2
level: v3 note: check built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 768 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x64 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3792 high: 4242 min/max: 2200/3700 boost: enabled
scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3745 2: 3700
3: 3700 4: 3700 5: 3814 6: 4192 7: 3700 8: 4242 9: 3947 10: 3700 11: 3700
12: 3836 13: 4001 14: 2873 15: 4129 16: 3700 bogomips: 118399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP102 [GeForce GTX 1080 Ti] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
v: 555.58 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 545.xx+ status: current
(as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none off: DP-1 empty: DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2,
HDMI-A-3 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b06 class-ID: 0300
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.0
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: nvidia display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 2194x1234 size: N/A modes: N/A
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 1 drv: swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
wayland: drv: swrast x11: drv: swrast inactive: gbm,device-0
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 24.1.2-arch1.1 note: incomplete (EGL
sourced) renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits)
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP102 HDMI Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10ef class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.3
chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.9.7-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 5 Wireless-AC 9x6x [Thunder Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:2
chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.1
lmp-v: 10 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.37 TiB used: 1.86 TiB (29.2%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3B7QCXE7 temp: 42.9 C
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000VN008-2DR166
size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5980 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SC60 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 686.24 GiB size: 686.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 65.88 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /home raw-size: 686.24 GiB size: 686.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 65.88 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-3: /var/log raw-size: 686.24 GiB size: 686.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 65.88 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/tmp raw-size: 686.24 GiB size: 686.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 65.88 GiB (9.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.28 GiB used: 26.8 MiB (0.1%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 16
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 52.1 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.29 GiB used: 10.93 GiB (34.9%)
Processes: 468 Power: uptime: 2h 39m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1910 pm: pacman pkgs: 1874 libs: 509 tools: paru pm: flatpak
pkgs: 36 Compilers: clang: 17.0.6 gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date:     2024-04-29
Last full system update: 2024-07-03 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Failed units:

You can change your libre themes in the the libre settings. Maybe you can try that.

No not realy

the thems inside the Libreoffice menu change every ting except the scroll bar

And if you reboot, what happens?

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Nothing changes in Libre Office.

maybe I should notice that the scroll bar always has bin this tiny.
I mean since I use Garuda (2Years, at least one re installation in this time).
So i guess it is a configuration Problem.

I mean I can not be the Only Person running Garuda on a 4k Screen having this Problem,
maby someone can tell me how he fixed this.

If I’m not mistaken, that also depends on the global theme. There is no setting in LibreOffice to change that.

You are not the only one and it is not a Garuda issue either, there are several threads on the wild_wild_web about your problem, have you already looked for it? Workarounds are also mentioned there, for example changing certain GTK configs.
Does that work? No idea, the threads are just as old as the problem with the small scrollbars in LibreOffice.

Open a feature request at libreoffice :slight_smile:

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