[thelist] overflow: auto/scroll

.jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Fri Apr 19 23:53:00 CDT 2002


anteater (;p),

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> From: aardvark
>
> > adrian,
>
> that's aardvark to you, buddy-boy...
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whatever, mr. fancy pants.

do i recall correctly that you own a pair of powerpuff girl boxer briefs?

;p

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> > it's not the padding that does it by itself.  it's the
> > setting of the overflow-x and overflow-y to different
> > values *with* the padding.
>
> except in IE5.5, it didn't work... it may have in IE6,
> but not in IE5.5...
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not in ie5.5 eh?  very odd indeed.  it removes the vertical scrollbar in
ie5.0.

it also removes it just fine on a version of ie5.5 that i just tried too.

add nn6 to that and that's 2 browsers, 3 versions of 1 of them that all have
a vertical scrollbar only, no horizontal.

again, using this:

    overflow-x: auto;
    overflow-y: visible;
    padding-bottom: 25px;
    width: 98%;

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> i don't have IE6 installed, but in N6, it performs as
> desired with just the one overflow style... just a
> horizontal scrollbar, no vertical...
>
> i know why the padding is there, and it works in N6...
> but using the overflow- x/overflow-y created a vertical
> scrollbar in N6, so i gutted it and replaced it with
> the general overflow...
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overflow: visible gave you a vertical scrollbar?  it didn't for me --
nn6.2.1 (moz 0.9.4).  what version are you seeing it in?

to me, this looks like a doable solution for the majority of your browsing
audience.  the next step is to make sure it doesn't bomb for any of the
rest -- especially mac/ie.

.jeff

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