Re: Having the sidebar on the right

[Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>]

On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 21:12, Mariano Suarez-Alvarez wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> One minor glitch with having the sidebar on the right, which I find
> _very_ distracting while browsing w.g.o & friends, is that the sidebar
> gets moved each time one goes from a page which is height is bigger than
> the current viewport's height to one which is not, or vice versa: the
> browser will add or remove a scrolling bar, and the sidebar is {
> position: absolute; right: 0px; }
> 
> This movement takes place independently of whether the actual content of
> the sidebar has changed, but it is quite noticeable, so attracts (my?)
> attention each time.
> 
> I don't know if one can portably make browsers show the scrollbar 
> (body {min-height: 110%} ?)

versus this hack, there is a css property to show scrollbars always.  I
believe it is the "overflow" property; check the CSS spec for details. 
~,^

> 
> Of course, a browser with scrolling bars on the *left* would have the
> same problem if the sidebar were on the left, but I don't think I've
> seen a browser like that.
> 
> -- m
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Sean Middleditch <elanthis awesomeplay com>
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