Div vertical scrollbar show

I am wondering how its possible to permanently show the vertical bar of a div (greyed out if there is no scrolling) similar to our regular bars. Basically I am trying to place an entire website in a div (like gmail/facebook), so if the page is not long enough the whole page shifts because of the lack of the vertical scroll bar.

I need a solution to this problem. I tried overflow-y:scroll. But it doesn't seem to work at all.

4 Answers

What browser are you testing in?

What DOCType have you set?

How exactly are you declaring your CSS?

Are you sure you haven't missed a ; before/after the overflow-y: scroll?

I've just tested the following in IE7 and Firefox and it works fine

<!-- Scroll bar present but disabled when less content -->
<div> test
</div>
<!-- Scroll bar present and enabled when more contents -->
<div> test<br /> test<br /> test<br /> test<br /> test<br /> test<br /> test<br /> test<br /> test<br /> test<br />
</div>

Have you tried overflow-y:auto ? It is not exactly what you want, as the scrollbar will appear only when needed.

Always : If you always want vertical scrollbar, use overflow-y: scroll;

jsFiddle:

<div>
......
</div>

When needed: If you only want vertical scrollbar when needed, use overflow-y: auto; (You need to specify a height in this case)

jsFiddle:

<div>
....
</div>

In reactjs...

<div className='p-4 mb-4' style={{overflowY:'scroll',height:'350px'}}> {msgx.map((m,index)=>{ return( <Items m={m} key={index} i={index}/> ) })}
</div>