Scrollbar always shows

[tamasys]

Hi,
I'm working on a three column layout in CSS/XHTML, with the middle column scrolling. For this I use

div#center {
overflow-y: scroll;
...
}
The problem is that the scrollbar always shows, rather than just when it is needed. This leaves an ugly white space in Firefox 3.0 for Mac (what I use), I'm not sure how other browsers handle it. Is there any way to fix this?

[BoldUlysses]

Have you tried


overflow-y:auto;

?

You should know that overflow-x and overflow-y attributes aren't universally supported like the plain overflow attribute (http://www.w3schools.com/css/pr_pos_overflow.asp) is. Fortunately with careful sizing and attention to detail the latter should be able to take care of the whole issue.

For further help, posting your whole code and/or a link to your page would be helpful.

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