overflow question

Collapse
This topic is closed.
X
X
 
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts
  • Dave

    overflow question

    Hello,
    I'm trying to make a text block that will scroll using the overflow CSS
    element amid other text that wraps at the end of the table.

    The following code in Firefox does what I'm trying to accomplish.
    IE, however, seems to completely ignore the overflow element and runs
    the text past even the boundaries of the browser window, causing the
    entire contents of the table to extend to the same width as the
    contents of the <divtag.

    Is there something I can use that will cause both browsers to display
    the way this code does in Firefox? I'm not against using table rows to
    separate the three sections of text, but even this I was unable to get
    to work as desired.

    Thanks in advance...



    <table width="100%">
    <tr>
    <td>
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    <div style="white-space: nowrap; overflow: auto;">
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
    </div>
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    test test test test test test test test test test test test test
    </td>
    </tr>
    </table>

Working...