I am just stumped. 

I have a page lay out with 3 columns that I am messing with that I downloaded. 
I want each column to scroll independent of the other 

I have tried overflow:auto, and scroll and about everything else. All I can get 
the Safari and Firefox browser to do is scroll the entire page. 

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" 
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; xml:lang="en">

<style type="text/css">
body {font-size:76%; font-family:"trebuchet MS", verdana, arial, sans-serif; 
background:#f0f0f0; word-wrap:break-word;}

#header {background:#a31e39;}

#outer1 {float:left; width:180px; padding:10px; background:#e0d0d0; 
overflow:scroll;}
#outer2 {float:left; width:180px; padding:10px; background:#b0b0b0; 
overflow:auto;}
#outer3 {background:#c0c0c0; padding:10px; margin-left:400px;overflow:auto;}

#outer1, #outer2,q #outer3 {padding-bottom:32767px; margin-bottom:-32767px;}

#wrapper {overflow:hidden; background:#c0c0c0;}


#footer {clear:both; background:#455c5a;}

.content {padding:10px;}
h1 {font-size:20px; margin:0; padding:10px 0; color:#fff;}
h3 {font-size:18px; margin:0; padding:8px 0;}
p {font-size:12px; line-height:1.5em; margin:0; padding:5px 0;}
#footer p,
#header p {color:#fff;}
#footer a {color:#fff;}
#footer a:hover {text-decoration:none;}
</style>

<!--[if lte IE 7]>
<style type="text/css">
body {word-wrap:break-word;}
#outer3 {float:left; display:inline; margin-left:0;}

#wrapper {display:inline-block;}
</style>
<![endif]-->

</head>

<body>
                <div id="header">
                        <div class="content">
                                <h1>This would be the header part of the 
page.</h1>
                        </div>
                </div> <!-- end header -->

                <div id="wrapper">
                        <div id="outer1" style="overflow:auto;">
                                        <h3>this woudl be the Main Search</h3>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Phasellus lectus. Mauris posuere sapien in 
enim. Vivamus ut velit. Etiam ullamcorper purus eget felis. Ut mollis pretium 
nisl. Nulla suscipit pellentesque lacus.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Phasellus lectus. Mauris posuere sapien in 
enim. Vivamus ut velit. Etiam ullamcorper purus eget felis. Ut mollis pretium 
nisl. Nulla suscipit pellentesque lacus.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Ut mollis pretium nisl.</p>
                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean suscipit sapien et 
nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. Vivamus hendrerit 
luctus risus. Phasellus lectus. Mauris posuere sapien in enim. Vivamus ut 
velit. Etiam ullamcorper purus eget felis. Ut mollis pretium nisl. Nulla 
suscipit pellentesque lacus.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Phasellus lectus. Mauris posuere sapien in 
enim. Vivamus ut velit. Etiam ullamcorper purus eget felis. Ut mollis pretium 
nisl. Nulla suscipit pellentesque lacus.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Ut mollis pretium nisl.</p>
                </div>


                        <div id="outer2">
                                        <h3>This would be the results</h3>
                                        <p>This layout has been tested in IE6, 
IE7, Firefox, Opera, Safari(PC) and Chrome all latest versions.</p>
                                        <p>All the colors are background color, 
so there is no need for background images to give the impression of full height 
columns.</p>
                                        <p>All three columns will end at the 
footer.</p>
                        </div> <!-- end outer2 -->

                        <div id="outer3">
                                        <h3>This would be the detail</h3>
                                        <p>This layout has been tested in IE6, 
IE7, Firefox, Opera, Safari(PC) and Chrome all latest versions.</p>
                                        <p>All the colors are background color, 
so there is no need for background images to give the impression of full height 
columns.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Phasellus lectus. Mauris posuere sapien in 
enim. Vivamus ut velit. Etiam ullamcorper purus eget felis. Ut mollis pretium 
nisl. Nulla suscipit pellentesque lacus.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Ut mollis pretium nisl.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Phasellus lectus. Mauris posuere sapien in 
enim. Vivamus ut velit. Etiam ullamcorper purus eget felis. Ut mollis pretium 
nisl. Nulla suscipit pellentesque lacus.</p>
                                        <p>Pellentesque id metus. Aenean 
suscipit sapien et nibh. Suspendisse quis felis a justo condimentum dignissim. 
Vivamus hendrerit luctus risus. Ut mollis pretium nisl.</p>
                        </div> <!-- end outer3 -->
                </div><!-- end #wrapper -->

                <div id="footer">
                        <div class="content">
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</body>
</html>
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