Hello. I've been busy creating a web site for myself and I was wondering if it was possible to modify the appearance of scroll bars target="_blank">http://www.philtinsley.com/about%20PT%20site/me.html<br /><br />The cell with the text in the centre of the page should be fixed width and height with a scroll bar to view the contents on the right. It seems to work in Firefox, Navigator and Opera but not in I.E.! (haven't tried it in Safari yet)<br /><br />What I want is to set the colour of the scroll bar to match the page and remove the one from the bottom if possible?<br /><br />Have a look and see if what you were saying is still true. Thanks.<!--content-->
To remove the one from the bottom, change "scroll" to "auto", and make sure you've specified a height for the div.<br /><br />As for changing the colours, scrollbars in the page are the same as scrollbars on the edge of the page.<!--content-->
As said before, only IE lets you set the colours of scrollbars via some non-standard CSS properties.<br />If you need some cross browser implementation you need to make some Javascript or Flash based scrollbar. However, I'd strongly encourage you not to. Don't mess with the client areas. (Scrollbars, statusbars etc.) Most of the time it just causes problem and grief.<br />Changing the basic elements people are used to might easily confuse them.<br />You should even be careful with styling form elements.<br /><br />I also recommend that the scrollbars are moved into the webpage. Leave it at the edge of the browser window. It's where people expect it and it makes for quick access in maximized windows as you just have to slam the cursor to the right of the screen. Moving it into the page forces your users to aim for it as well as looking for it.<!--content-->
To remove the one from the bottom, change "scroll" to "auto", and make sure you've specified a height for the div.<br /><br />As for changing the colours, scrollbars in the page are the same as scrollbars on the edge of the page.<!--content-->
As said before, only IE lets you set the colours of scrollbars via some non-standard CSS properties.<br />If you need some cross browser implementation you need to make some Javascript or Flash based scrollbar. However, I'd strongly encourage you not to. Don't mess with the client areas. (Scrollbars, statusbars etc.) Most of the time it just causes problem and grief.<br />Changing the basic elements people are used to might easily confuse them.<br />You should even be careful with styling form elements.<br /><br />I also recommend that the scrollbars are moved into the webpage. Leave it at the edge of the browser window. It's where people expect it and it makes for quick access in maximized windows as you just have to slam the cursor to the right of the screen. Moving it into the page forces your users to aim for it as well as looking for it.<!--content-->