Vertical Scrollbar within a cell of a table?

[oskywawa]

Hi alll, I am somewhat experienced at using HTML, but I use an editor (Dreamweaver to be exact) for all my designs. I have recently begun work on a new site, and I am trying to find out if there is a way to have a vertical scrollbar in the main middle cell of the table I set up for the site. The site can be found at http://www.msu.edu/~vehlewal/oskywawa/index.html I have searched through the message boards and haven't really been able to figure anything out. I am sure there is any easy solution to this, and I hope someone can give me a hand. Thanks!

[coothead]

Hi there oskywawa,

and a warm welcome to these forums

Just add the code higlighted in red....

<td rowspan="2" height="582" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#666666"> 
<div style="overflow:auto;height:582px;">
        <p><font color="#FFFFFF" face="Eras Medium ITC">This site is still very 
          much under construction. Please drop me an IM or an e-mail and let me 
          know if there are any things you'd like to see... or if there is anything 
          I should improve. It's been far too long since I have had a working 
          site, and I'm looking forward to getting this on full of random crap.</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent blandit 
venenatis purus. Integer massa libero, vehicula id, consequat sed, tincidunt nec, 
purus. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos
 hymenaeos. Suspendisse potenti. Nunc vulputate magna non magna. Aenean lorem eros, 
adipiscing quis, semper non, dictum a, nunc. Curabitur ut sem. Pellentesque a est id neque 
hendrerit ultrices. Donec vulputate tincidunt turpis. Curabitur dignissim vestibulum nunc. 
Aliquam felis lorem, ultrices sit amet, convallis a, accumsan vel, ante. Proin aliquam turpis 
sed augue. In pellentesque, magna a pulvinar adipiscing, est orci adipiscing felis, sed 
laoreet urna magna quis neque. Proin facilisis aliquet urna.</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Praesent blandit 
venenatis purus. Integer massa libero, vehicula id, consequat sed, tincidunt nec, 
purus. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos
 hymenaeos. Suspendisse potenti. Nunc vulputate magna non magna. Aenean lorem eros, 
adipiscing quis, semper non, dictum a, nunc. Curabitur ut sem. Pellentesque a est id neque 
hendrerit ultrices. Donec vulputate tincidunt turpis. Curabitur dignissim vestibulum nunc. 
Aliquam felis lorem, ultrices sit amet, convallis a, accumsan vel, ante. Proin aliquam turpis 
sed augue. In pellentesque, magna a pulvinar adipiscing, est orci adipiscing felis, sed 
laoreet urna magna quis neque. Proin facilisis aliquet urna.</font></p>
</div>
      </td>

I added the text shown in green to initiate the scrollbar

coothead

[oskywawa]

Works great. I really appreiate it! I'll be sure to add a link to this sweet ass site from mine

[coothead]

Hi oskywawa,

No problem, you are welcome

coothead

[soular]

That's great it works for me too!!
Just two more questions and I will be even more happy and relieved

1) How do alter the dimensions and position of the scrollbar?
(there's too much space between it and the right side of the cell)

2) How do I make sure my scroll bar has the following properties?

scrollbar-face-color: #263200;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #F5F5DB;
scrollbar-3dlight-color: #DFDEA6;
scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #011901;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #000000;
scrollbar-arrow-color: #E4E5B9;
scrollbar-track-color: #263200;

Coolio!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers