Coding to put a scroll bar into a table cell (Calendar)

woodsy134 · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Arizona, USA

I have searched all over the Web, including several Web developers forums, trying to figure out how to get a scroll bar into a cell within a (Calendar) table. But, still can't figure it out!

I'm new to HTML, know only one (email scrambling) javascript, and no other type of scripting or programming languages. Further, I can't seem to understand the gist of CSS! Therefore, everything I have found on the net about doing what I need to do is like trying to read a foreign language, and understand it enough to make it work to do what I want it to do!

I've downloaded a trial version of an HTML calendar creator, that allows me to edit the coding that the software creates. But, I've tried a number of different edits, in various different areas of the coding, and still can't get what I need.

Because this is the first time I've posted in this forum, I'm going to attempt to post the code that I have thus far, so I can hopefully get some help with it. Hope this works! lol

Straystudio · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 261 Location: Nord Italy

W E L C O M E !

DIV Element can have scrollbars.
DIV can take place inside a TABLE cell, then.
style="overflow: auto;" does the trick; besides auto, it can also get scroll (always shown, at zero content even though), or hidden.
overflow: auto; to intervene, wants the DIV to be size limited, too; and to have content enough.

With Yours I can find place for a DIV as heigh as up to 45px, without enlarging the cell.
So replace inserting the string:

<div style="height: 45px; overflow: auto;">

woodsy134 · Joined: 21 May 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Arizona, USA

Hello Stray,

Thanks so much for your response and help. Worked like a charm! I had attempted to insert very similar coding to that which you gave me, at several different points in the coding, but to no avail!

I still don't exactly understand what is going on with the coding, or why/how it works, because I've not worked much with the div tag before. But, it works great.

I'll have to do a bit more studying on the subject to see if I can figure out exactly what's happening with it, in the context (coding location) where it is inserted. Hopefully, I'll be able to figure it out.

Thanks again for the assistance!

Dave

Straystudio · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 261 Location: Nord Italy

Take care, that "stray" </div> closing tags again, wants to be moved after the </font> closing tag, to nest rightly.