[thelist] IE5.5 unwanted scrollbar

Sun Jul 30 03:34:47 CDT 2000

> Tony Crockford wrote:
> > Anyone know how to get them back and turn off this unwanted unnecessary
> > scroll bar?
>
> 	If it's a page that you're designing, you can add the IE-proprietary
> attribute scroll="auto" to the <body> tag. For a standards-compliant
> technique, use CSS:
>
> <style type="text/css">
>   body {
>     overflow: auto ;
>   }
> </style>

That fixed it, but shouldn't that be the default option for <body> in IE
anyway?

What a faff!

So that I can enjoy *all the web* without the scrollbar, can everyone please
add the scroll=auto attribute to their <body tags>  :-p

Thanks!

Tony