scrolling box
how do i get a table, which i want to be a specific size, to scroll its contents if the contents are bigger than the table instead of stretching it? ive tried iframes and they make everything difficult. i also tried the overflow thing in the stylesheet but i cant seem to make that work the way i want it to. are there any other options?
Roo posted this at 16:45 — 3rd November 2005.
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Can you be more specific?
If you are asking if a table itself can have a scrolbar, the answer is no. To get a scrollbar in an element, you'd need to use an iframe or a div set to overflow.
Roo
The Webmistress posted this at 17:52 — 3rd November 2005.
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Do you mean to have like a long sentence scrolling? You'd have to use a marquee but I'm not sure which browsers support it.
kazimmerman posted this at 20:26 — 3rd November 2005.
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To use the overflow property, as you stated in your post, it needs to be applied to a DIV (and maybe other tags, but I'm pretty certain a table will not work). Basically, you would do something like this:
<div style="overflow:auto;width:500px;height:250px;"><p>Stuff...</p>
</div>
Of course, you can place the CSS in the or in an external file, but this is was the easiest way to show.
Kurtis
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