| Scroll without a scrollbar
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Rain_Lover
msg:4525659 | 8:44 pm on Dec 6, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Sample form:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<style type="text/css">
* {font:13px arial; color:white;}
body {background:black;}
label {display:inline-block; width:50px;}
input, textarea {margin:0; border:1px solid red; padding:0; background:green;}
textarea {width:300px; height:100px;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form action="#">
<div><label for="entry_0">Name</label><input type="text" id="entry_0"></div>
<div><label for="entry_1">Email</label><input type="text" id="entry_1"></div>
<div><label for="entry_2">URL</label><input type="text" id="entry_2"></div>
<div id="parent"><textarea id="entry_3"></textarea></div>
<div><input type="submit" value="Submit"></div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
I'd like to remove/hide the textarea scrollbar as it doesn't match my form style. I know I can use jQuery plugins to style the scrollbar, but they don't work reliably across different browsers/systems.
To hide the scrollbar I can use textarea {width:300px; height:100px; overflow:hidden;}, but it completely stops Firefox scrolling through mouse and keyboard.
I also tried the following workaround:
#parent {width:284px; height:102px; overflow:hidden;}
textarea {width:300px; height:100px; overflow-x:hidden; overflow-y:scroll;}
It should work accurately if I add some script to calculate the parent division width:
var textareaWidth = document.getElementById('entry_3').scrollWidth;
document.getElementById('parent').style.width = textareaWidth + 'px';
But anyhow the above approach doesn't seem to work in Chrome/Safari:
Demo: [jsfiddle.net ]
Open the above demo in Chrome/Safari >> insert some text into the textarea >> highlight/select a line and drag your mouse to the right and you'll see the scrollbar. Or use the keyboard keys Page Up and Page Down.
Any corrections or other solutions?
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DrDoc
msg:4526022 | 11:24 pm on Dec 7, 2012 (gmt 0) |
| Any corrections or other solutions? |
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I know this is not the answer you are looking for, but: Don't mess with people's scroll bars.
Messing with scroll bars and natural behavior results in one of the following problems:
Usability issues
Browser compatibility issues
The design will appear to be an eyesore (study after study shows that people "ignore" the scroll bars due to familiarity, changing their look will therefore have the opposite effect, despite your intentions)
If the normal scroll bars don't fit your design ... then I am inclined to believe the form elements are way too over-styled ...
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