Beauchamp Michael J CONT NPRI wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is probably a FAQ but I can't find the answer...
>
> I have a problem in IE. I have body overflow set to auto. The width of the
> document is all percentage and never scrolls horizontally. However, there is
> usually a vertical scroll. The problem is that in IE, when the vertical
> scrollbar appears, the width of the page stays the same (in terms on actual
> screen width in pixels), creating a need for horizontal scrolling. It's as
> if IE doesn't notice that the scrollbars are using up some of the horizontal
> space so it never resizes to compensate.
>
> Can anyone tell me how to solve this? At the moment I have overflow-y:scroll
> set so the scrollbar is just always there. I guess it works... sort of.
>
> [unfortunately, I can't post or link to the code.]
>
> Thanks in advance for any help or pointers to help.
>
Hi Michael,
Strange ... normally IE is *always* making space for the vertical
scrollbar (up to IE6 under WinXP; in IE6 a "transparent" vertical
scrollbar, if not needed). Is it IE7 and/or Vista which is giving your
results?
I made 2 testpages, a short and a long one, both with body { width:
100%; overflow: auto; }, and no horizontal scrollbar is appearing in IE.
* Short page
<http://home.tiscali.nl/developerscorner/css-discuss/test-IEoverflow-scrollbars-short.htm>
* Long page
<http://home.tiscali.nl/developerscorner/css-discuss/test-IEoverflow-scrollbars-long.htm>
Is the long page showing the hor. scrollbar at your side? [1]
If not, maybe there is in the css of the content of the longer page
something like an element with a width in % and a padding-left and/or
padding-right as well?
Could be also some IE expanding bug - hard to say without code...
Maybe you can isolate the problem in a "minimal error page" [2] [3],
replace the remaining content with Lorem's and 1-color images, and send
us a link to that?
Greetings,
francky
[1] Not yet results of Browsershots at this moment
<http://browsershots.org/website/http://home.tiscali.nl/developerscorner/css-discuss/test-IEoverflow-scrollbars-long.htm#success>
[2] The D-Zero Method
<http://home.tiscali.nl/developerscorner/golden-rules-of-css.htm#r13>
[3] PIE: Mystery Bug
<http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/mys-bug.html>
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