scrollbar-face-color Attribute | scrollbarFaceColor Property | Internet Development Index |
Sets or retrieves the color of the scroll box and scroll arrows of a scroll bar.
Syntax
HTML { scrollbar-face-color : vColor } Scripting object.style.scrollbarFaceColor [ = vColor ]
Possible Values
vColor Variant that specifies or receives any color name or RGB values in the Color Table. The property is read/write for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only: currentStyle. The property has no default value. The Microsoft Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) extension is inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
The scroll box is the square box within a scroll bar that can be moved either up and down or left and right on a track to change the position of the content on the screen. The scroll arrows, located at each end of a scroll bar, are the square buttons containing the arrows that move the content on the screen in small increments, either up and down or left and right.
This property applies to elements that display a scroll bar. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) enable scrolling on all objects through the overflow property. These objects are not listed in the Applies To list for this property.
Example
The following example shows how to create a style rule that sets the scrollbarFaceColor property for a textArea element.
<HTML> <HEAD> <STYLE> TEXTAREA.BlueFace { scrollbar-face-color:blue } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <TEXTAREA CLASS="BlueFace">The thumb and button-face elements in the scroll bar for this element will be blue.</TEXTAREA> </BODY> </HTML>This feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.5 or later. Click the following icon to install the latest version. Then reload this page to view the sample.
Standards Information
This property is a Microsoft extension to CSS
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Applies To
APPLET, BDO, BODY, currentStyle, CUSTOM, defaults, DIV, EMBED, OBJECT, runtimeStyle, style, TEXTAREA
See Also
scrollbar3dLightColor, scrollbarArrowColor, scrollbarBaseColor, scrollbarDarkShadowColor, scrollbarHighlightColor, scrollbarShadowColor, scrollbarTrackColor