Comment 3 for bug 1500307

Thank you for the quick response. I didn't even think bout how root privileges entered into it. I remember from trying out kde in transition (4->5) that apps run as root from get-go had messed up display settings (icons were mix-and-match, etc).

I'm not totally against the overlay scrollbars and thy may be for the best in the long run, especially if it's going to remain default in gtk3. (I think traditional dialogs with ssd are default as well if I''m not mistaken. The defaults aren't crazy)

Manjaro does a good job of it. They make sure that the overlay scrollbars stay at a consistent width and mesh well with gtk2. The only problem is there, and anywhere else using xfce 4.12, is that instead of all apps showing a gtk2 theme or a gtk3 one, they generally show gtk2 or they show gtk3 if natively gtk3. The result is that overlay bars are on some apps and not others. It's not just inconsistent, but also makes me make mistakes. If only some apps have the overlay, I won't bother to check to check if the text in the window continues left or right. If they're all like that, then it's alright, but until xfce converts to gtk3, I think the inconsistency will continue, especially if firefox and libreoffice and chromium don't play nicely (being they're gtk2 ontop of other toolkits).

In any case, is this disconnect from gtk3 apps in xfce and root-enabled gtk3 apps in xfce something we can avoid? Is it possible to tweak the ubuntu settings for pkexec? Or does this have to be fixed upstream?