# Changing the color of scrollbar
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [January 11, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060 "2003-01-11T08:38:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@abichap](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/abichap)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/1 "2003-01-11T08:38:16Z")
Hi people. Can anyone tell me how to change the colour of the scrollBar in flash UI components in flash mx? thanx!
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2003, 8:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/2 "2003-01-11T08:53:32Z")
I am too lazy to type it again so…
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7271](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7271)
It is about halfway through down to the end of the thread.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2003, 8:59am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/3 "2003-01-11T08:59:05Z")
or
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7271#post41587](http://www.kirupaforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7271#post41587)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2003, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/4 "2003-01-11T09:00:33Z")
lol.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/5 "2003-01-11T19:13:47Z")
erm sorry guys. after viewing it, i still dun get it. what do you mean by add it your frame? i added it to my frame but still couldn’t get the colour to change. can you please help? thanks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/6 "2003-01-11T19:29:16Z")
did you give your scrollbar an instance name and target the listener to that like it says in that thread?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/7 "2003-01-12T04:36:46Z")
yup. i gave my scrollbar an instance name of scrollbar. but i am not sure what u meant by target the listener. sorry i am a newbie
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/changing-the-color-of-scrollbar/11060/8 "2003-01-12T05:06:21Z")
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary333.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary333.html)
There is a whole “tutorial” (dictionary reference) at Macromedia that teaches you about FSStyleFormats (kinda like CSS for flash that allows you to change your component colors). Maybe that will help you out 🙂
[http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action\_scripts/actionscript\_dictionary/actionscript\_dictionary333.html](http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary333.html)