Getting a scrollbar to display only when necessary

[daGUY]

I have a div with an exact height. Inside of this div will be text, but I don’t know how much (depends on the page). If there’s more text than can fit in the div, I want it to display a scrollbar, but I only want the scrollbar to display in that particular case. So if all the text fits within the div, I don’t want the scrollbar visible.

Is this possible? I set a height on the div and used overflow: scroll, but this creates a persistent scrollbar that’s merely disabled when all the text fits. I just want it to display only when you need to scroll. Any ideas?

[AshtonSanders]

Yes it is possible. Use this instead:

Code:

overflow:auto;

;)
Ashton Sanders

[apostrophe]

overflow: auto;

EDIT.
Too late again! :roll:

[AshtonSanders]

"apostrophe" wrote:

Too late again! :roll:

haha, we’re taking turns beating eachother to the bunch lol

[daGUY]

Wow…shows you what happens when I haven’t had my morning coffee :D That’s like the most obvious thing ever. Sorry I even made a post about this :lol:

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