another iframe question...

champion chap · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 4

if my iframe needs to scroll to allow you to see the rest of the text it dosnt only show the vertical scroller

it also shows the horizontal scrollbar

now i find this very annoying and i quite simply cant fix the problem!!!

can anyone help me???

Caldar · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

Try placing all the contents of the page that you are loading into the iframe inside a table that is 20 pixels narrower than the declared width of the iframe.

Example iframe code:

champion chap · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 4

hmmm weirdly enough it seems to have nothing to do with anything!!!

i have deleted all the content in the iframe src and had just loads of <br>'s and the scrollbar still appears

its really quite perplexing

view the source http://www.championchap.com

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chrisxkelley · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 246

i was about to say "what is this guy talking about, theres no horizontal scrollbar!". but then i read on and realized "oh yeah. i'm using firefox".

the solution? hack microsoft and make internet explorer unusable by everyone so they all must use firefox. ookay, just kidding.

it doesnt suprise me that ie has yet another problem. my only suggestion would be to try and rezize the iframe. if that doesnt work, maybe you could use old fashioned frames... Very Happy

champion chap · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 4

yea its pretty weird...but even when i stretch the iframe so its 3 screens long it is there...mocking me!!!

and im afraid old fashiond frames are just not an option
sorry

champion chap · Joined: 20 Feb 2005 Posts: 4

you guys can close this topic now

my buddy Tim sorted it out

it seems this was the problem

dreamweaver put this at the top of my pages
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

when it should have just been this

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

so if anyone else is having this problem then chances are thats what the problem is

okimeow · Joined: 16 Jun 2005 Posts: 1

i have this same problem, but i can't find the <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> anywhere in my HTML...

my website is located here: http://wwwfreewebs.com/okimeow and once you enter, click on the fourth orange "slice" (going clockwise).

also, i'm using ie version 6.