Posted by Neredbojias on 12/29/07 16:49

Well bust mah britches and call me cheeky, on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:02:26
GMT rf scribed:

>> There is overflow: auto and hidden and at some stage I would not
>> mind you expanding on why you prefer "scroll" over "auto". But I
>> guess this thread is not the right one.
>
> Hmmm. I have absolutely no idea why I am talking about overflow:
> scroll. I also have absolutely no idea why in the "other thread" I
> mentioned overflow: scroll.
>
> In all cases I mean overflow: auto; and, yes, in all my code I do in
> fact use overflow: auto;. Overflow: scroll; *always* produces scroll
> bars which, in establishing a new block formatting context, is neither
> needed nor wanted. Overflow: auto; is the one we should be using. As
> stated above it would be better if there were some more formal method
> of establishing the new context, rather than a side effect of a
> totally unrelated property.
>
> Must have been a brain fart during all previous posts :-)

....Or old age. I would have guessed the latter.

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Neredbojias
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