Overflow: scroll scrollbar colors?

#1

Is there any was to control the color of the scrollbars when using the
'overflow: scroll' attribute?

TIA,

Karl

#2

I answered my own question by consulting c.i.w.a.h google group archives (an
Oct 25, 2000 posting from Robert Norris).

Cheers.

#3

kjs napisa³(a):

Quote:

I answered my own question by consulting c.i.w.a.h google group archives (an
Oct 25, 2000 posting from Robert Norris).

My advice is, that you better rely on much newer posts.
Styling scrollbars is IE-only trick and won't work in other browsers.

--
Janusz 'Kali' Kaliszczak

#4

Dylan Parry wrote:

Quote:

As if the love poetry wasn't enough, Janusz 'Kali' Kaliszczak just had
to say:

Styling scrollbars is IE-only trick and won't work in other browsers.

Not entirely true. It /can/ work in Opera too, but as the user can (and
often will) disable feature, it can't be relied on.

http://www.opera.com/support/search/....dml?index=637

As you can see, it looks quite opposite.
It's IE's extension to CSS and as default it's disabled so coder can't
rely on it.

--
Janusz 'Kali' Kaliszczak
+ pies rasy *jumnik*
=> http://www.deviantart.com/view/18982956/ <= GG#52055

#5

Toby Inkster wrote:

Quote:

Janusz 'Kali' Kaliszczak wrote:

http://www.opera.com/support/search/....dml?index=637

As you can see, it looks quite opposite.
It's IE's extension to CSS and as default it's disabled so coder can't
rely on it.

Page is a little out of date. It's ON by default now.

Ok. My fault.
I just never use non-standard things, so I've never checked it myself.

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Janusz 'Kali' Kaliszczak
+ pies rasy *jumnik*
=> http://www.deviantart.com/view/18982956/ <= GG#52055

#6

.. . . pretty nice trick -- especially on a dark background.

-- from Google Group Archives of ciwah:

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Hi Cliff,

You can change the color of the scroll bar using cascading style
sheets.
Here is an example for you:

<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
BODY {
margin: 0 0 0 0;
padding: 0 0 0 0;
scrollbar-face-color: #666666;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #333333;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #222222;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #888888;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #ff0000;
scrollbar-track-color: #222222;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #111111
}
</STYLE>

Place that in your <head></head> tags and fiddle around.

Hope this helps.

Good luck,

#7

Dylan Parry wrote:

Quote:

I think, but I am sure others will disagree, that whilst the browser
window is part of the user's environment, and not something that I
should fiddle with, the scroll bars within the page (not the one down
the RHS[1]) are part of the page, and it would be nice to be able to
style them to fit with the rest of a design if they are used at all.

I totally agree with that. It wouldn't be a bad thing if w3c added it to
the CSS specs. People who don't like it don't have to use it, and those
who do like it finally can use valid styling code.

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TomB - DrumScum
tomb <-at-> versateladsl <-punt-> be
http://www.duskmetal.be

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