# Scrolling preformatted text unusable in some browsers

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrolling-preformatted-text-unusable-in-some-browsers/105085>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [December 26, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrolling-preformatted-text-unusable-in-some-browsers/105085 "2018-12-26T20:09:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2019, 2:14am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scrolling-preformatted-text-unusable-in-some-browsers/105085/6 "2019-01-07T02:14:50Z")

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This is due to how Mac implements the scroll bar.

Does not happen in Chrome on Windows for example:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/b/bb43246788259762dafe3882ebd37bb8d07eb023.png)

@awesomerobot should we ship some [custom scrollbar CSS](https://davidwalsh.name/custom-scrollbars) so code blocks are more consistent?

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