Re: Please help me create a scrolling text box

Travis Newbury wrote:

> Spartanicus <invalid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>>>I wanted to include a text box (not for input, but with text
>>>that the reader has to scroll down to read all of it) in my
>>>webpage
>> Stop wanting that, they are a usability nightmare. Scrolling
>> these boxes with the mouse is poorly supported...
>
> How can you claim that mouse control for a scrolling text box is
> poorly supported in graphical browsers? I might buy the keyboard
> argument, but not the mouse one.

Scrolling divs don't respond to the scroll wheel on the mouse in Gecko
browsers afair.

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