I am wondering how its possible to permanently show the vertical bar of a div (greyed out if there is no scrolling) similar to our regular bars. Basically I am trying to place an entire website in a div (like gmail/facebook), so if the page is not long enough the whole page shifts because of the lack of the vertical scroll bar.
I need a solution to this problem. I tried overflow-y:scroll. But it doesn't seem to work at all.
4 Answers
What browser are you testing in?
What DOCType have you set?
How exactly are you declaring your CSS?
Are you sure you haven't missed a ; before/after the overflow-y: scroll?
I've just tested the following in IE7 and Firefox and it works fine
<!-- Scroll bar present but disabled when less content -->
<div style="width: 200px; height: 100px; overflow-y: scroll;">
test
</div>
<!-- Scroll bar present and enabled when more contents -->
<div style="width: 200px; height: 100px; overflow-y: scroll;">
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
test<br />
</div>Have you tried overflow-y:auto ? It is not exactly what you want, as the scrollbar will appear only when needed.
Always : If you always want vertical scrollbar, use overflow-y: scroll;
<div style="overflow-y: scroll;">
......
</div>
When needed: If you only want vertical scrollbar when needed, use overflow-y: auto; (You need to specify a height in this case)
<div style="overflow-y: auto; height:150px; ">
....
</div>
In reactjs...
<div className='p-4 mb-4' style={{overflowY:'scroll',height:'350px'}}>
{msgx.map((m,index)=>{
return(
<Items m={m} key={index} i={index}/>
)
})}
</div>
