what is this

[calebm12]

How did they make that scroll bar. it is different than the typical one. is this just frames work???

http://www.icygen.com/en/about-us/history/

[vtwin_gary]

i'm not a web guy but i didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
but it is a cool site.

[calebm12]

humm...the whole scroll bar thing has got me intrigued. its different lookin. fancy. maybe i am behind in the times.

[tZ]

You create a div and have content overflow. Then set the overflow style to scroll.

[hewligan]

I really wish people would stop doing that. It's not cool, it's just annoying.

[CurtisS]

It is better than having to scroll back to the top of the page to get to the menu, IMHO.

[hewligan]

You'd have a point if all browser windows were the same size. Sadly, they're not, and designers assume we all browse with maximised windows - probably because most web designers are on windows.

Which means that at least some people end up scrolling back up to the menu anyway. Except then the cursor runs over one of those divs, and my scroll wheel mysteriously stops working. It's annoying.

[tZ]

we're so spoiled.

Not so long ago you actually had to move the mouse over the scrollbar and push down it,lol

[hewligan]

Last time I had to do that was about two weeks ago, when I was setting up my old Mac to give to my brother and his kids. It was an old eMac, and had a one button mouse on it. I really don't mind the single button thing, but the no scrollwheel thing drove me crazy.

So, yeah, totally spoilt :D

[chrispyking]

The reason the Scroll bar looks different is also down to the CSS.

You can specify what colours are used on the scroll bars, in this case everything has been set to one of two colours. Therefore... no arrow shows up...etc

Something like this ::

SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #382620;
SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #947142;
SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #947142;
SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #f5f1e0;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #f5f1e0;
SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #f5f1e0;
SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #f5f1e0


Place that in the Body tag.

[mrgoodfox]

This is completely different than frames... Frames are a big no-no and this is the best way to have scrolling effect

[CurtisS]

The reason the Scroll bar looks different is also down to the CSS.

You can specify what colours are used on the scroll bars, in this case everything has been set to one of two colours. Therefore... no arrow shows up...etc

Something like this ::

SCROLLBAR-FACE-COLOR: #382620;
SCROLLBAR-HIGHLIGHT-COLOR: #947142;
SCROLLBAR-SHADOW-COLOR: #947142;
SCROLLBAR-3DLIGHT-COLOR: #f5f1e0;
SCROLLBAR-ARROW-COLOR: #f5f1e0;
SCROLLBAR-TRACK-COLOR: #f5f1e0;
SCROLLBAR-DARKSHADOW-COLOR: #f5f1e0


Place that in the Body tag.

That is fine but the SCROLLBAR property is not W3C valid and may not work in all browsers.

[SurfPark]

Just so you know, that scroll bar decoration does not show up in all browsers. Typically its an IE trick. Netscape, Firefox, and other browsers show a normal scroll bar.

[sierng]

The coloured scroll bar looked ugly on this website.

[chrispyking]

Thankfully its not something I've been asked for much.

Will nee to look for something better.

[calebm12]

thanks folks. that was helpful.