Windows 11-style overlay scrollbars are coming to Chrome soon

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Key notes

  • Chrome users that felt that the browser could be more in tune with Windows 11 can rejoice. 
  • It appears that Google will soon be testing Windows 11-style overlay scrollbars for its browser.
  • The initiative has been announced last summer, but no updates have emerged until recently.
  • A new patch on Chromium Gerrit mentions that these new cosmetic functionalities are coming.
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As most of us know by now, the new Microsoft OS, Windows 11, has overlay scrollbars that change shape as we approach or use them.

You might like to be aware of the fact that the same dynamic feature is also being tested in Chromium browsers.

What this basically means is that the Chrome browser’s upcoming experimental builds for Windows 11 could soon have the Overlay Scrollbars feature.

Chrome will soon have Windows 11-style overlay scrollbars

The Redmond-based tech company has been continuously testing its own version of Chromium’s Overlay Scrollbars feature in the Chromium-based Edge web browser since August 2021.

Back then, one of the developers, working on Edge browser development, had commented that the team would try to bring these scrollbars to Chromium as well.

And since then there has been no update, until recently, when a new patch appeared on Chromium Gerrit. One of Microsoft’s engineers has confirmed that this feature will soon begin testing in Chrome.

To simplify the matter, the Google Chrome web browser for Windows 11 could have Overlay Scrollbars in the coming weeks.

Source: Reddit

This patch attempts to fix a bug that appears in YouTube’s full-screen mode when the Windows 11-style scrollbars are enabled.

It seems Microsoft engineers intend to fix this bug before they start testing the overlay scrollbars in Chrome, which will happen pretty soon, probably over the next few weeks.

Users are more than happy to hear this news and have responded mostly positive to this new initiative. One of the future Chrome builds will surely introduce the feature for users to test.

All that’s left to do is wait for Microsoft and Google to perfect these cosmetic functionalities, thus making the browser and the operating system more in tune with each other.

What other features do you think Chrome could use in order to provide a better experience? Share your opinion with us in the comments section below.

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Alexandru Poloboc

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With an overpowering desire to always get to the bottom of things and uncover the truth, Alex spent most of his time working as a news reporter, anchor, as well as TV and radio entertainment show host. A certified gadget freak, he always feels the need to surround himself with next-generation electronics. When he is not working, he splits his free time between making music, gaming, playing football, basketball and taking his dogs on adventures.