I would like to replace the dredged scrollbar that shows on PC web browsers with something a little nicer.
I have a div that has a "width" set and "overflow-x" set to "scroll", this gives me the horizontal scroll bar.
How can I change this standard scroll -
To something like this -
I'm sure it could probably be done with javascript, but don't know how to implement.
Cheers...
You could achieve this using Jquery Tools Scrollable.
If it doesn't solve your issue on its own, maybe a combination of it with Jquery UI as in this example will.
Check this out: http://jscrollpane.kelvinluck.com/
You can customize scroll bar size and color.
(You have not specified and I am assuming this is for web browsers)
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How can I make my scroll bar black for a <div>?
Is there anything that will work in Webkit, IE7 to IE9 and Firefox?
You cannot do this in Firefox. Only IE and webkit browsers support modifying the scrollbar.
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/ms531153%28v=vs.85%29.aspx on how to do it in MSIE and http://www.webkit.org/blog/363/styling-scrollbars/ on how to do it in webkit.
You cannot style the scrollbar of the browser. It's not universally supported (although IE did try to implement it).
Also, it's a bad idea to do so from an accessibility perspective. Think of (old) people who cannot see your very slim, almost invisible custom scroll bar or don't know that what you have there is actually a scroll bar.
You can use custom scrollbar plugins in JS like this one. It's all over the place
As Pez Cuckow said:
I imagine that custom scrollbar is implemented in javascript, it looks
very slick and you can't make a browsers scrollbar look that good!
Find an example I just put together for you at:
http://jsfiddle.net/9LHPW/2/ - note check the resources tab as this
includes four external files (3x Js and 1x CSS)
Have a look at this website for a further example (looks like exactly
what you want) with Javascript and jQuery:
http://manos.malihu.gr/tuts/jquery_custom_scrollbar.html
You can find the plugin's home at
http://manos.malihu.gr/jquery-custom-content-scroller
Along with a how to use it section!
I agree you shouldn't tamper with the visibility (I'm looking at you Apple) of the scrollbar of a scrollable region. Sometimes, a box with scrollable text fits just inside the boundaries and there is no visual clue letting a user know that it scrolls thereby confusing the user. Is it really a good idea to prevent the user from being able to use your application? Most likely not, but you can also argue back that your target demographic wont have any problems; an application for extreme inline competition is probably not going to be used by people who aren't able to see very well. However there are accessibility/usability concerns that go beyond visual hinderances; cognitively impaired, or non tech-savvy, individuals might be very good at said aggressive inline and want to compete in your upcoming event but wont be able to because the black-on-black scrollbar looks awesome.
That all said, do what make you happy. That's what I do.
I'm looking for a non-jquery solution to add a persistent footer overlay to my mobile site. It is similar to a popup ad that is on top of content but anchored to the bottom of the page.
I've been using a javascript approach to this:
window.addEventListener(
'scroll',
function() {
//if scrolled and offsets are the same (iphone)
if(_self.initOffsetY == window.pageYOffset)
{
document.getElementById(_self.id).style.bottom = _self.initWindowHeight - window.innerHeight+"px";
}
else
{
document.getElementById(_self.id).style.bottom = _self.initWindowHeight - window.innerHeight - window.pageYOffset+"px";
}
},
false
);
where initPage Height is the initial page height and initOffsetY is the initial offset of the page. This takes care of the case with the browser menu bar.
But it doesn't really work too well on android. The positioning is off. Can someone explain why? Thanks
You should probably use either of these standalone scrolling helpers:
http://joehewitt.github.com/scrollability/
or http://cubiq.org/iscroll
Wouldn't it be better to have two separate elements, a main wrapper and a footer div perhaps, and enable scrolling in just the wrapper (overflow:auto;)? This would avoid most browser inconsistencies, or even cases where JS is turned off.
There's a drawback though. You will need to program a method for scrolling inner elements for some mobile devices. There are libraries for this (gasp!), but frankly it isn't too hard to program yourself (as I've done with my site).
If you're attached to this approach of floating an element to where you want it / approximating position:fixed, you're going to have a number of things to check, one being html code that you've got to make sure there aren't any margins or padding interfering with the above script. The quick hack solution would be to just measure the heigh difference and calibrate your script according to that. The number you get from the calibration might be helpful in determining the source of the problem. There are probably some additional tricks to make this work smoothly, but I would go with a library thats being used already, and it looks like there are a number of them: http://bradfrostweb.com/blog/mobile/fixed-position/
btw - the iscroll4 library will fix the scrolling issue with overflow:auto on ios < 5, android < 4
With the most latest updates Google has been rolling out, the sites have all been getting custom JS scroll bars (at least in Chrome).
What I like most about it is that its simple and works perfectly. Until now a lot of the JS scrollers that I have seen don't function that well - i.e. if you scroll really fast or scroll and move your mouse around they don't function that well.
Hence I'm just wondering if anyone know of any scroller out there that is simple/small (code foot print is small) and functions well (as mentioned about).
I have thought about using jQueryUI's scroll as a base, but for my needs I can't take on jQueryUI for this one feature.
They're done by styling ::-webkit-scrollbar psudo-elements with CSS, not JS.
I have been using the lion bars jquery scroller, and I think it meets all the specifications you mentioned, give it a try.
Take a look at https://gist.github.com/fanzeyi/3995618
Works fine for me.
Is it possible to replace standard scrollbar (only appearance) with some custom one (the one from http://scripterlative.com/files/autodivscroll.htm to look like the top-left example from http://www.dyn-web.com/code/scroll/demos.php?demo=vert) so the script will still work and scrollbar behave like it wasn't modified?
Thanks!
Webkit supports it so it is possible in Safari and in Chrome. I tried it once, it works well.
My only problem: Doesn't support showing the scrollbar at the left or the top of the container.
An alternative solution would be to use CSS3 to adapt a custom scrollbar design, to achieve a standard, but different looking scrollbar.
See here CSS3 CUSTOM SCROLLBARS
Hope this helps!
How can I replace the scrollbar's images using HTML/CSS?
I have:
scrollbar-base-color: #00acee;
scrollbar-dark-shadow-color: #00acee;
scrollbar-track-color: #ffffff;
scrollbar-face-color: #00acee;
scrollbar-shadow-color: #00acee;
scrollbar-highlight-color: #00acee;
scrollbar-3d-light-color: #00acee;
Can I use an image to accomplish the same idea?
No you can't use images in place of the scroll bar. I'll also just mention that changing the colours is very annoying to users and it only works in IE anyway, so just stick with the standard GUI elements.
For webkit based browsers (for a sufficiently new value of "webkit") there are a collection of propriety CSS properties.
No, you can't use an image in the scroll bar. (Also, even changing the color is only supported in IE in non-standard mode.)
The only way to use images in a scroll bar would be not to use the standard scroll bar at all, but implement a replacement scroll bar yourself using DHTML, or find someone who has done that already.
However, you should be a bit restrictive when changing the look of controls that the users are already used to. If you are not careful you may end up confusing people so that they don't even recognise it as a scroll bar at all...
It is not possible to put an image inside the scrollbar. Customizing the scrollbar is not a W3C spec (IE only CSS), but details on what is possible can be found here:
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/scrollbars.html
as far as i know you cant style a scroll bar with an image.
if you want to use jquery, you can do so easily using this jquery plugin:
http://www.kelvinluck.com/assets/jquery/jScrollPane/basic.html
The trick there is to "simulate" a scroll bar using some divs, which you can style any way you want, since they are just regular divs. After that its easy to just use the scrollTop property and scroll events etc (but you dont really need to know how it works to use it)
For MooTools, there's MooScroller.
Steve
jScrollPane (demo)
or
Interface (demo).
Both using jQuery.
Webkit == Safari and Chrome, but Firefox and Opera have plans to implement similar in upcoming releases. The spec is a killer though, so it may not be worth using even if you have the support.
Mootools has quite a few:
Mooscroller (will be
implemented into Mootools -more),
MooScroll (based on
Solutaire's?)
UvumiScroll
MochaUI's
I imagine it is part of Ext UI, and probably JQ's UI library, but have no personal experience there.
One non-library dependent class: http://www.hesido.com/web.php?page=customscrollbar