criar o ficheiro ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css e colocar nele o que se segue:

/*.scrollbar,
scrollbar {
-GtkScrollbar-has-backward-stepper: 1;
-GtkScrollbar-has-forward-stepper: 1;
-GtkRange-stepper-size: 13;
}*/
/*
scrollbar slider {
background-color: @scrollbar_track_color;
}
*/

.scrollbar.vertical slider,
scrollbar.vertical slider {
min-height: 150px;
min-width: 30px;
}

.scrollbar.horizontal.slider,
scrollbar.horizontal slider {
min-width: 150px;
min-height: 30px;
}

.scrollbar.vertical.slider:hover,
scrollbar.vertical:hover slider {
min-width: 30px;
}

.scrollbar.horizontal.slider:hover,
scrollbar.horizontal:hover slider {
min-height: 10px;
}

/*
.scrollbar.contents,
scrollbar contents {
background-color: transparent;
background-image: none;
background-size: 0;
border: none;
border-radius: 0;
}

.scrollbar.trough,
scrollbar trough {
background-image: none;
border: none;
}

.scrollbar:hover:backdrop,
.scrollbar.dragging:backdrop,
scrollbar:hover:backdrop,
scrollbar.dragging:backdrop {
background-color: alpha(@backdrop_selected_bg_color, 0.5);
}
*/

.scrollbar.vertical:hover:dir(ltr),
.scrollbar.vertical:active:dir(ltr),
scrollbar.vertical:hover:dir(ltr),
scrollbar.vertical:active:dir(ltr) {
margin-left: 0px;
}

.scrollbar.vertical:hover:dir(rtl),
.scrollbar.vertical:active:dir(rtl),
scrollbar.vertical:hover:dir(rtl),
scrollbar.vertical:active:dir(rtl) {
margin-right: 0px;
}

.scrollbar.horizontal:hover,
.scrollbar.horizontal:active,
scrollbar.horizontal:hover,
scrollbar.horizontal:active {
margin-top: 0px;
}

.scrollbar.slider,
scrollbar slider {
/*background-color: alpha(@backdrop_filling_bg, 0.15);*/
border-radius: 20px;
}

.scrollbar.slider:hover,
.scrollbar.slider:active,
scrollbar slider:hover,
scrollbar slider:active {
border-radius: 20px;
margin: 0;
}

.scrollbar.vertical:dir(ltr):not(:hover):not(.dragging),
scrollbar.vertical:dir(ltr):not(:hover):not(.dragging) {
margin-left: 0px;
}

.scrollbar.vertical:dir(rtl):not(:hover):not(.dragging),
scrollbar.vertical:dir(rtl):not(:hover):not(.dragging) {
margin-right: 0px;
}

.scrollbar.horizontal:not(:hover):not(.dragging),
scrollbar.horizontal:not(:hover):not(.dragging) {
margin-top: 0px;
}

/*
.scrollbar.slider:hover,
scrollbar slider:hover {
background-color: alpha(@backdrop_filling_bg, 0.6);
}

.scrollbar.slider:active,
scrollbar slider:active {
background-color: @backdrop_filling_bg;
}

.scrollbar.slider:backdrop,
scrollbar slider:backdrop {
background-color: alpha(@backdrop_filling_bg, 0.75);
}

.scrollbar.slider:hover:backdrop,
scrollbar slider:hover:backdrop {
background-color: alpha(@backdrop_filling_bg, 0.6;
}

.scrollbar.slider:active:backdrop,
scrollbar slider:active:backdrop {
background-color: @backdrop_filling_bg;
}
*/

scrollbar {
min-width: 50px;
min-height: 50px;
}

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