[thelist] scrollable content problems, especially in Netscape

Jeff Howden jeff at jeffhowden.com
Sat Oct 4 01:09:35 CDT 2003


lisa,

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> From: Bird
>
> I have used a script from dynamic drive to make some
> content scrollable on a fun homepage but there are a
> few problems I don't understand how to fix. I have had
> this posted on the forum at dynamic drive for about 5
> days now but had no replies :( so turning to you all
> for some help if you can.
>
> I would be grateful if anyone could help me with any
> of the following problems:
>
> http://www.frostyandbird.com/test/index.html
> (rest of the site not linked up)
>
> 1. In Netscape 6.2 the scroller forces the content
>    right over the page which produces a horizontal
>    scroll bar when viewed at 800 x 600 resolution
>    even though it is all contained within a table
>    that is set to 780 px.
>
> 2. In Netscape 7 and 6 weird things are happening
>    with the bottom of the page. When I use the up
>    and down buttons it makes the rest of my content
>    at the bottom of the page move up and down, also
>    watch the scrollbar move on the browser window.
>    Any reasons why and how can I fix this?
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i don't know about the solutions to the problems you mention, but here are a
few more to consider.

a) scrollable content ignores my mousewheel.

b) scrollable content ignores arrow keys.

c) scrollable content ignores page up/page down keys.

d) scrollable content ignores home/end keys.

e) i get no sense of how much content is in the
   scrollable area.

f) if you have any links to named anchors within
   the scrollable area, the browser won't be
   able to move the content up to make them
   visible.

g) find is broken in the scrollable area.

suggestion:

don't use fancy, schmancy stuff where solutions already exist.  use a <div>
with overflow set to auto instead.  if you can't live with an "ugly"
scrollbar in your design then you can use ie's proprietary scrollbar css
values to make it blend in more.

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> 3. This layout problem occurs in all browsers and is
>    not a big issue but there is lots of space below
>    the last word of my content which I can not
>    remove.
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i suspect the math to determine the bottom of the scrollable content area is
off.  correct that and it'll stop when the bottom of the text is visible.

.jeff

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