scrollbar in layer

hello

i have some layers on a page.
in one layer there must be text.
sometimes the text is longer than the layer.
i don't want to change the size of that layer.
is it possible to make a scrollbar in a layer, that works only for that
layer?

thanks

fjodor

i mean a 'div' like:

#someLayer{
positon:absolute;
width:300px;
height:150px;
background-color:#aabbcc;
color:#aa22ee;
z-index:5;
}

<div id="someLayer">
here comes information from a database
</div>

because the text from the database is sometimes 5 lines, and another time 40
lines i want a scrollbar
in the layer.

i hope you can understand it

fjodor


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Fjodor Klondyke said...

i have some layers on a page.

what is a layer? do you mean a z-index positioned <div>? or just a
positioned <div>? or something completely different?

in one layer there must be text.
sometimes the text is longer than the layer.
i don't want to change the size of that layer.
is it possible to make a scrollbar in a layer, that works only for that
layer?

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visufx.html#overflow

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i have used 'overflow:auto' but the layer only gets as large as the text.
when i use 'overflow:scroll', there is a scrollbar, but the layer gets as
large as the text.

do you have any idee how to solve this?

thanks

fjodor



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Fjodor Klondyke said...

i mean a 'div' like:

#someLayer{
positon:absolute;
width:300px;
height:150px;
background-color:#aabbcc;
color:#aa22ee;
z-index:5;

add overflow:auto; (or scroll)

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