A Frame without using frames

[efreeti]

Hi All,

Had lots of success with my first ask for help on this site so thought I would try again...

I want to put some text onto a web page that will need to be scrolled through by the user so i need to embed a scroll bar within the page itself which works seperatley from the browser scroll bar. I can do this quite simply by using a frame but it seems that is no longer best practice.

Can anyone point me in the right direction. I am a Dreamweaver MX user and not too hot with code (shame on me)!

Any help you could give would be much appreciated.

Cheers, Jim

[sypher]

You need to make a <div> and adjust the scroll.

[ukgeoff]

As sypher says you need to place the text within a div. Set the overflow attribute to either scroll or auto.

The theory is that 'scroll' causes them to be there all the time, and 'auto only places them there if the amount of text exceeds the size of the div.

As you might expect, you don't get exactly the same response across all browsers, even some placing a horizontal scroll bar whether you need one or not.

I, as do a lot of people, mostly dislike the use of on-page scroll bars and urge you to think if this is a really necessary evil before you implement this.

[Antwan]

I actually don't know this either i've never had the need for a scrolling textbox, I don't fully understand your explaination, When I look at the properties of a <div> tag I do not see an overflow option and wouldn't the div need to be given an exact size in order to allow it to overflow? Isn't that a layer?

Sorry if that sounds stupid but i'm not grasping this,


Anthony

[sypher]

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overflow: scroll

Add that in your css file for the div you want to have the scroll bars onto.

As for the position

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width:207px; height:194px;

just basic css.

[Antwan]

ah you must forgive me, i was looking in the wrong place! i was looking in dreamweaver at their defined commands for the funcion overflow and they were silly! sorry i was meant to do it myself in notepad :P thanks i have tested it now and see the diff between auto and scroll.

Thanks again,

Anthony

(p.s. have a brownie!)

[sypher]

thanks alot