You should be able to do this by changing the div's .scrollTop value via javascript (maybe just pick a very large number to ensure bottom is hit, like 10,000).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeremy Kitchen Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 2:21 PM To: rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org Subject: [Rails-spinoffs] question about auto-updating div withoverflow:auto and maintaining position I have a div (with overflow:auto) that gets stuff added to it via Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater, and I'd like to keep it scrolled to the bottom all the time, unless the user manually scrolls away from the bottom (and be able to return it to its bottom-sticky form afterwards) I'm not sure if this is just some css trickery I need to do, or if it requires some javascript to do it. Here's what I have so far (yes, I'm creating an online chat interface) http://edge.scriptkitchen.com:81/~kitchen/chat.html I tried putting a <a name="bottom" id="bottom" /> at the bottom of the div, and an oncomplete with effect.scrollto('bottom') but that didn't do anything, presumably because effect.scrollto is checking the scroll position of the overall window (which should theoretically never scroll) rather than the scroll position of the div itself. Any help would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks! -Jeremy -- Jeremy Kitchen ++ [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the beginning was The Word and The Word was Content-type: text/plain -- The Word of Bob. The information transmitted in this electronic mail is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from all computers. _______________________________________________ Rails-spinoffs mailing list Rails-spinoffs@lists.rubyonrails.org http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails-spinoffs
