This concerns how to restore larger scroll bars in eM Client v.7 themes that don’t yet have them (some do, and some don’t). It’s pretty simple, and thanks for eM Client’s customer support for sending me this information.
Short version:
Save the theme to be edited as an XML file.
Give it a new name (I’m a firm believer in leaving defaults as-is whenever possible).
Make minor edits within the XML file.
Save the edits, then import the updated theme within eM Client.
Details:
Open the Settings dialog: Menu > Tools > Settings.
Select Appearances > Themes.
Locate the theme you want to improve — one with the thin scroll bars.
Select it with a single click.
Click the dialog’s Advanced button, then select Save current theme as…
A standard Save dialog appears. eM Client supplies a default output filename ( Theme.emtheme ).
Pick a location for the file — and consider using a better name for it. Leave its extension as " emtheme".
The .emtheme file appears to be in a simple XML format.
Open the .emtheme file in a text editor — a programmer’s text editor, or even Microsoft’s massively powerful, state-of-the-art tool Notepad
Give the theme some identifying information. I’ll use the Red Effect theme as an example. Locate this element near the top of the file:
<redeffectcolortheme name="" author=""></redeffectcolortheme>
Give the theme a name and, if you want, an author attribute — for example:
<redeffectcolortheme name="<b>Red Effect (better scroll bars)</b>" author="<b>John Q. Public</b>"></redeffectcolortheme>
Locate the " UseSystemScrollbar" element. Change this (note the text emphasized in boldface here):
False
… to this:
<usesystemscrollbar description="Use system scrollbars with no automatic <br />hiding"><b>True</b></usesystemscrollbar>
(I’ve wrapped the text here to two lines. In the file itself this XML element appears on a single line.)
Save the .emtheme file — as plain text.
Return to eM Client’s and select Menu > Tools > Settings > Appearance > Themes.
Click the dialog’s Import… button.
Select the .emtheme file you have just edited.
This imports the updated theme. To apply it:
Highlight it, click Apply , then click Ok.
That should do it. It worked just fine for me.
Thanks again to customer support for the help.