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**Category:** Web SDK\
**Created:** [June 25, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-display-scrollbars-for-a-custom-html-control/9111 "2013-06-25T15:58:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:**  [@John\_Ashenhurst](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Ashenhurst)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-display-scrollbars-for-a-custom-html-control/9111/1 "2013-06-25T15:58:26Z")
How can I display scrollbars for a custom HTML control?
I used the WebSDK PDF help file to create an HTML control with 2-way communication with the browser. Works fine.
My problem is that the displayed HTML, one of several controls on the page, has no scrollbars and I can’t find any documentation that explains how to make them appear. I expected them to appear automatically when the HTML contents exceeded the size of the HTML area - but that doesn’t happen - so most of the HTML text is hidden from the user.
Any suggestions?
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**Author:**  [@Antonio\_Rinaldi](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Antonio_Rinaldi)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-display-scrollbars-for-a-custom-html-control/9111/2 "2013-07-02T15:59:17Z")
Maybe a css overflow=auto for the HTML text div?
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**Author:**  [@Paul\_Lefebvre](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Paul_Lefebvre)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-display-scrollbars-for-a-custom-html-control/9111/3 "2013-07-02T16:02:29Z")
The HTMLArea example just uses a DIV to show the HTML. It looks like you can add a scroll bar to a DIV by adding “overflow-y:scroll;” to the style
Which would change this line in HTMLArea.SetupHTML:
```auto
sty = " style=""opacity:0.5;cursor:default;overflow-y:scroll;"""
```
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**Author:**  [@Antonio\_Rinaldi](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Antonio_Rinaldi)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-display-scrollbars-for-a-custom-html-control/9111/4 "2013-07-02T16:04:56Z")
Right scroll, not auto
(don’t write to much things at the same time or you will write them in wrong places…)
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**Author:**  [@John\_Ashenhurst](https://forum.xojo.com/u/John_Ashenhurst)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-display-scrollbars-for-a-custom-html-control/9111/5 "2013-07-02T21:14:08Z")
Thanks. I’ve got scroll bars now and could change the background color.
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**Author:**  [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/how-can-i-display-scrollbars-for-a-custom-html-control/9111/6 "2020-10-29T16:43:22Z")