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ScrollBarColor

Description:

The background color for menu scrollbars.

Value:

String, or JavaScript expression that returns a string.

Applies To:

Menus.

Browser Compatibility:

ScrollBarColor is supported in all browsers, though not all browsers may recognize all possible CSS values (especially Netscape 4.x). Additionally, be careful with "system specific" colors such as threedhighlight which may cause errors in browsers that don't support them.

Comments:

ScrollBarColor should be applied as a string, which means the value you supply should always be in quotes. Allowed values for ScrollBarColor are the same as those allowed in the standard CSS background-color property (see the W3C Specs) and in fact, the value you supply is transferred as is to the JavaScript backgroundColor property for each scrollbar.

For those browsers that support them, you may also use system specific colors such as threedhighlight or menu. Note, however, that not all platforms recognize such colors; and in fact some platforms will report errors when attempting to use them. Be sure to test system colors extensively before deploying them, and note that you may be able to exclude system colors for a specific browser or platform using conditional parameter assignments. See the DHTML Lab article Accessing the User-Defined System Colors, Part I for further information on system colors.

Examples:

// Ok:
ScrollBarColor:"blue",
ScrollBarColor:"#99CCFF",    // #rrggbb
ScrollBarColor:(HM_IE)?"menu":"black",
      // menu if IE, black otherwise

// Incorrect:
ScrollBarColor:"greatgreen",  // must be valid color identifier
ScrollBarColor:red,           // quotes required
ScrollBarColor:"FFCC99",      // use leading pound (#) with rgb
ScrollBarColor:'(HM_IE)?"menu":"black"', // no quoted expressions

Default:

"lightgrey"

See Also:

ScrollEnabled, ScrollOver, ScrollInterval, ScrollBarHeight, ScrollImgAltTop, ScrollImgSrcTop, ScrollImgAltBot, ScrollImgSrcBot, ScrollImgWidth, ScrollImgHeight, ScrollBothBars, ScrollHeightMin