Hey Chris
As people have mentioned scroll bar colouring is not part of the W3C spec
yadda, yadda..
My 2c, personally I don't like changing scroll bar colours and other aspects
of the user's "environment", but for certain clients we will do it. It
doesn't have any detrimental effect in other
Hi
Scrollbars are browser widgets, not the viewport - this is why valid
CSS2 doesn't include the MS only values you mention.
Scrollbars are set by the OS - they should remain consistent with the
other programs a user is using to ensure a consistent experience. For
instance setting a scrollbar
I think it's a shame it isn't part of the CSS specification, how about when
using overflow: auto; ?
The scrollbar can be in the middle of the page and will be the only element
that isn't styleable.. which kinda ..ucks.. :-)
To my opinion every element appearing inside the page should be styleabl
Hi Chris,
I think the first thing is that it's an annoyance to some
(read: me). Whenever I look at http://virginblue.com.au/ I groan and think
that some little kid had a field day with Frontpage. (Hopefully the author isn't
on the list. Sorry if you are.) Let the system do the chrome elemen
>> . . . it works in
Internet Explorer.
That's because scrollbar coloring
is Microsoft proprietary CSS. Furthermore, it is not defined
or endorsed by the W3C. (http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/scrollbars.html)
Neil ChristensenWeb CoordinatorSalt Lake City School
District
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Hello Chris;
At 04:28 AM 12/3/2003 +1100, you wrote:
I have
noticed that the scrollbar colouring is not a standard piece of CSS
material&
For example:
Body
{
background-color: #EE;
scrollbar-base-color: #808080;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #808080;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #008000;
scrollbar-fac
Hi
Chris,
The
scrollbar attributes are proprietary IE code. They arn't in the official CSS2
spec. There's nothing really wrong with using them, the only downside is
that your CSS won't pass the validator, but that's hardly a concern if they are
the only errors shown.
Regards,
Michael Ef
