# Hiding Scrollbar in Composition Mode - Scrivener for Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for Windows\ **Tags:** support, configuration\ **Created:** [January 19, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144 "2023-01-19T11:26:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/WritingMike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/1 "2023-01-19T11:26:20Z")
Hi, Is there a possibility to hide or disable the scroll bar in composition mode for Windows like on Mac? Thx, Michael ---
**Author:** ![AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/amberv/32/13021_2.png) [@AmberV](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AmberV)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/2 "2023-01-19T11:58:53Z")
It would be in the same place if there was something, under Appearance: Composition Mode. As you can there is currently only one option provided at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/3 "2023-01-19T12:59:48Z")
Hmm. Not sure how I did it – or if I actually had to do something to get that result -, but in composition mode the scrollbar fades away after 2 seconds for me. ---
**Author:** ![WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/WritingMike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/4 "2023-01-19T13:19:48Z")
OK I thought so too, there is no option available for that. ---
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/5 "2023-01-19T14:07:23Z")
Sorry mate. I looked everywhere I could think of – even in the windows settings. I have no recollection whatsoever as of how I did. (If even I did ; as I said earlier.) ---
**Author:** ![AntoniDol](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/antonidol/32/15972_2.png) [@AntoniDol](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/AntoniDol)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/6 "2023-01-19T14:44:09Z")
When you move your mouse pointer outside the Editor, the scrollbar will fade to transparent in a few seconds. In a Theme, you could set the scrollbar for the Composition Mode to transparent, but don’t know if that’s such a good idea… ---
**Author:** ![JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/jimrac/32/16153_2.png) [@JimRac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/JimRac)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/7 "2023-01-19T16:14:32Z")
> [@AntoniDol](#): > > When you move your mouse pointer outside the Editor, the scrollbar will fade to transparent in a few seconds. This is the behavior I’m seeing. Launch Comp mode. Don’t touch anything. After 2 seconds the bottom taskbar slides away. After another 2 seconds the right scrollbar fades away. There is no Scrivener setting for this, and Scrivener seems to ignore the Windows 10 setting “Automatically hide scroll bars in Windows.” Best, Jim ---
**Author:** ![WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/WritingMike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/8 "2023-01-19T16:36:13Z")
Ok I understand. I asked, because on Mac to part where the scrollbar was/is does not react to the opacity slider. And my workaround was to hide the scrollbar. But since I still have the problem that my windows opacity slider is fading the background image instead of the page [Scrivener Windows Composition Mode with Background Image: Changing Opacity fades the image instead of the paper](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/scrivener-windows-composition-mode-with-background-image-changing-opacity-fades-the-image-instead-of-the-paper/132143) I cannot test your suggestions. But I think one of them is going to work fine for me as soon as the other problem is solved. Kind regards, Mike ---
**Author:** ![WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@WritingMike](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/WritingMike)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/hiding-scrollbar-in-composition-mode-scrivener-for-windows/132144/9 "2023-01-19T18:41:03Z")
So the other problem was fixed, and as you highlighted in your replies, the scrollbar disappears in 2 seconds. the problem from the mac, that the part of the scrollbar stays in full opacity of the paper does not exist on windows. Thx for your help. Michael