[html] How to always show the vertical scrollbar in a browser?

I want to always show vertical scrollbar in my webpage. Is it possible using javascript? I think it is possible using javascript or jQuery. I want vertical scrollbar whether there is enough content to show or not.

thanks.

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The answer is


Here is a method. This will not only provide scrollbar container, but will also show the scrollbar even if content isnt enough (as per your requirement). Would also work on Iphone, and android devices as well..

<style>
    .scrollholder {
        position: relative;
        width: 310px; height: 350px;
        overflow: auto;
        z-index: 1;
    }
</style>

<script>
    function isTouchDevice() {
        try {
            document.createEvent("TouchEvent");
            return true;
        } catch (e) {
            return false;
        }
    }

    function touchScroll(id) {
        if (isTouchDevice()) { //if touch events exist...
            var el = document.getElementById(id);
            var scrollStartPos = 0;

            document.getElementById(id).addEventListener("touchstart", function (event) {
                scrollStartPos = this.scrollTop + event.touches[0].pageY;
                event.preventDefault();
            }, false);

            document.getElementById(id).addEventListener("touchmove", function (event) {
                this.scrollTop = scrollStartPos - event.touches[0].pageY;
                event.preventDefault();
            }, false);
        }
    }
</script>

<body onload="touchScroll('scrollMe')">

    <!-- title -->
    <!-- <div class="title" onselectstart="return false">Alarms</div> -->
    <div class="scrollholder" id="scrollMe">

</div>
</body>

Just a note: In OS X Lion, overflow set to "scroll" behaves more like auto in that scrollbars will only show when being used. They will disappear when not in use. So if any the solutions above don't appear to be working that might be why.

This is what you'll need to fix it:

::-webkit-scrollbar {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  width: 7px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  border-radius: 4px;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);
}

You can style it accordingly.


Add the class to the div you want to be scrollable.

overflow-x: hidden; hides the horizantal scrollbar. While overflow-y: scroll; allows you to scroll vertically.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.scroll {
    width: 500px;
    height: 300px;
    overflow-x: hidden; 
    overflow-y: scroll;
}


</style>
</head>
<body>

<div class="scroll"><h1> DATA </h1></div>

I have been doing it this way:

.element {
    overflow-y: visible;
}

Painfully simple I know...


Tried to do the solution with:

body {
  overflow-y: scroll;
}

But I ended up with two scrollbars in Firefox in this case. So I recommend to use it on the html element like this:

html {
  overflow-y: scroll;
}

_x000D_
_x000D_
// Nothing to show here
_x000D_
body {_x000D_
  height: 150vh;_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
::-webkit-scrollbar {_x000D_
  width: 15px;_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {_x000D_
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .6);_x000D_
}_x000D_
_x000D_
/* Of course you can style it even more */
_x000D_
<h1 style="margin: 0;position: absolute;top: 50%;left: 50%;transform: translate(-50%, -50%);font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Scroll</h1>
_x000D_
_x000D_
_x000D_


Just use CSS.

body {
  overflow-y: scroll;
}

try calling a function on the onload method of your body tag and in that function change the style of body like this document.body.style.overflow = 'scroll'; also you might need to set the width of your html as this will show horizontal scroll bars as well

your html file will look something like this

<script language="javascript">
    function showscroll() {
        document.body.style.overflow = 'scroll';
    }
</script>
</head>
<body onload="showscroll()">

set the overflow property of a containing div to scroll.


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