some color scheme options wont work

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for some reason some of the color scheme options dont seem to work
it happened to me so far with:
- General \ Editor \ Vertical Scrollbar \ Thumb
- General \ Editor \ Vertical Scrollbar \ Thumb while scrolling
- General \ Errors and Warnings \ Unused code \ Error stripe mark

also im on version 2026.1.3

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Hello p851 ,

I tried to reproduce the issue, but I was not able to do so, or I may not have understood to which options you are referring. I tried changing the Background of scrollBar at Settings | Editor | Color Scheme | General → Editor | Vertical Scrollbar | Thumb and it applies the changes as expected:

If you, instead, are referring to the color picker not changing when using the slider, then I was able to reproduce the problem:

I opened a new bug to track this problem. Please subscribe to IDEA-390223 to get future updates and upvote so we can see the real number of affected users. Meanwhile, this is fixed. As a workaround, you can select the drop selector and choose a color in the slider. After that, you'll be able to change the color directly by sliding:

Regarding Errors and Warnings | Unused code | Error stripe mark it's working as expected for me, I can see the error stripes on unused lines:

If you can't see the stripe working in the Code Inspection example panel, it's because the stripes are not moving along with the code, which is a usability problem I'm registering. If what you need is an extra decoration on the text itself in the editor: underline, wavy underline, box, strikethrough, etc., then you can use the Effect option (Effects dropdown + Effects color), and you will see it directly on the code line.

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hi Monica

for me it just wont color the scrollbars
also ive noticed that the scrollbar thumbs on your screenshots have rounded corners while i have them sharp, maybe its related to it (?)

also ive noticed that in the ui inspecting tool (the ctrl+alt click thing) the colors of the scrollbar are set to colors from the theme and not my custom color scheme (idk if this is important but i found it funny)

as for the error stripe marks - they only show correctly in the preview textbox for whatever reason (also ive checked kotlin specific color schemes but i couldnt find an unused symbol/code style)

(also idk how i didnt think of adding screenshots when i posted this)

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Hi p851 

Thanks for the details and screenshots; they're very helpful. I was able to reproduce the issue halfway. Please check the steps and let me know if it works differently for you. Add the missing steps or remove them depending on the situation:

  1. Installed the same theme plugin, Iceberg.
  2. Modified the same options you mentioned, and click Apply.
  3. The color of the error stripe doesn't match between the sample code block and the Editor, but once OK is clicked, the change is made in the Editor as well.

Also, please share the next:

  1. Verify the IDE version (I'm running 2026.1.3). Go to Help | About, click Copy, and paste the text here.
  2. Verify using the default theme and modifying the options to check if that works.
  3. If you have any other theme plugins that might be interfering with this one, disable them and test again just with Iceberg active.
  4. If the previous doesn't work, then disable all custom plugins. Go to Settings | Plugins | ⚙ | Disable all downloaded plugins, and click the OK button. Verify if the issue persists. If it's resolved, then start enabling the plugins one by one to find the problematic one.

If nothing works, please share the steps you followed or a simple sample of the custom color scheme you created so I can try to reproduce the problem on my end.

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