scrollbar colors & external css

[autumn_whispers2me]

Taking a break from Flash and thought I'd play around with css a bit. I want to change the scrollbar colors, but I'm not sure WHERE to put the code on the page.

Also, is it possible to use an external css for most elements, but not for all? I don't have the same fixed background image on my pages, so I don't want to access the same css sheet, which means I have the code on each page for the background image.

While I've tried to use the external for non-underlined links, hover colors and even the scrollbar colors.... I must be placing the code in the wrong location or something because I can't get it to work.

Help. lol

[autumn_whispers2me]

Oops. Need to clarify something: I DO want to access the same css file for no underline, link hover color, and scrollbar colors... but NOT for background images. Is it possible to have those on an external css document and keep the non tiling background image as code on the page?

Thanks.

[D3mon]

You can have 3 types of CSS:

1. External - a link is made to an external CSS file in the document header.
2. Internal - the CSS code resides in a block inside the document header.
3. Inline - CSS code is applied to HTML elements directly as parameters.

You can use a combination of all three of these, but for good quality code, best advice is to stick with an external style sheet.

Note that the order of preference in in reverse to that displayed above - inline CSS takes precendence over Internal CSS, whihc takes precedence over External CSS.

[Webforumz Staff]

Where you put the code for the scroll bar colors depends on which scroll bars you want affected. For the main ones it would go in the BODY definition in your style sheet.

[autumn_whispers2me]

Thanks, D3mon and Catalyst. After looking around the web, reading comments, etc. about changing scrollbar colors, I decided to nix the idea. I think I was just bored, and I thought that maybe that would be a bit much for the site I was going to use it on. But, I've copied and pasted the info here in case I change my mind again.

[D3mon]

Good call, scrollbar painting is generally considered a bad idea.

[autumn_whispers2me]

D3mon, I think it was a close call. lol I was lured by boredom. No joke. I felt myself slipping back into 2nd generation web design when everything blinked, changed color... you know the drill.