>> html { overflow-y: scroll; } > > groovy! Unfortunately, overflow-y doesn't work in Opera (and probably in some other browsers as well), and it won't validate (if you care). You could try this: html { height: 100%; margin-bottom: 1px; } from this article: http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/forcing-scrollbars-now-even-better -- sarah adams web developer & programmer portfolio: http://sarah.designshift.com blog: http://hardedge.ca