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Starting from IE 5.5, you can set and modify the color of scrollbars, on the fly. You set the color as follows:
object.style.scrollbarBaseColor = vColor;
where vColor is a color name or an RGB value. This color change affects all elements of the scrollbar: the scroll box, the scroll track, and the scroll arrow buttons.
The following TEXTAREA demonstrates the scrollbarBaseColor property (works only in IE 5.5 and up). Click one of the two links to the right of the window, and color the scrollbar either red or green:
red scrollbars
green scrollbars
Here is how we defined the above TEXTAREA and links:
<TEXTAREA ID="longWord" ROWS="10">
Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long
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Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long Line Long
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Long Line
</TEXTAREA>
<A HREF="javascript:void(longWord.style.scrollbarBaseColor='red')"><FONT COLOR="red">red scrollbars</FONT></A>
<A HREF="javascript:void(longWord.style.scrollbarBaseColor='green')"><FONT COLOR="green">green scrollbars</FONT></A>
Notice the usage of void() above. It is necessary to avoid overwriting of the page with the return value from the javascript: call, which is the property assignment value (red or green).
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