simple question about scrollbars.

michaeldc · 09-19-2005, 07:46 AM

hi there, i have what is probably a very simple question but one that is driving me mad - as you can see from my picture below i have some frames in my website and i have trying to make it so i only get a vertical scroll bar and not a horizontal one - the code below works fine in Opera - i get no horizontal scroll at all but in IE i do and as you will see in the picture it doesn't fit well and looks ugly. there's no need for it to be there and i really want to get rid of it. below the picture link is my html for the frames - can anyone help me get rid of the horizontal scroll on the left hand side (the first frame here)?

thanks for reading!
mik x

ps i know most good webdesigners hate frames but this is the only way i know how right now so please bare in mind i cant change it all around. thank you.
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Rowan W · 09-19-2005, 04:54 PM

If you have a doctype in your frame remove the url that's in the doctype.

Eg, change <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

to <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

09-19-2005, 07:46 AM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
michaeldc First Time Poster! Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1	simple question about scrollbars. hi there, i have what is probably a very simple question but one that is driving me mad - as you can see from my picture below i have some frames in my website and i have trying to make it so i only get a vertical scroll bar and not a horizontal one - the code below works fine in Opera - i get no horizontal scroll at all but in IE i do and as you will see in the picture it doesn't fit well and looks ugly. there's no need for it to be there and i really want to get rid of it. below the picture link is my html for the frames - can anyone help me get rid of the horizontal scroll on the left hand side (the first frame here)? thanks for reading! mik x ps i know most good webdesigners hate frames but this is the only way i know how right now so please bare in mind i cant change it all around. thank you. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/web-design-discussion/124972-simple-question-about-scrollbars.html <frameset cols="290,500" border="0" framespacing="0" frameborder="NO"> <frame src="http://www.vhs2dvd.org.uk/blog/index.php" name="BLOG" scrolling="AUTO" noresize marginwidth="290" marginheight="373"> <frame src="MAIN2.HTM" name="main2" scrolling="NO" noresize frameborder="NO" marginwidth="500" marginheight="373"> </frameset>

09-19-2005, 04:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
Rowan W NamePros Regular Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: QLD, Australia Posts: 713	If you have a doctype in your frame remove the url that's in the doctype. Eg, change <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> to <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> __________________ Flash is bad for websites Why tables for layout is stupid IE IS BAD

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