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Starting from IE 5.5, you can set and modify the color of the scrollbar's dark shadows. A scrollbar has two types of shadows: light shadow and dark shadow. The light shadow is on the top and left sides of the scrollbar elements (scroll box and scroll arrow buttons). The dark shadow is on the bottom and right sides of the scrollbar elements. You set the color as follows:
object.style.scrollbarDarkShadowColor = vColor;
where vColor is a color name or an RGB value.
The following TEXTAREA demonstrates the scrollbarDarkShadowColor property (works only in IE 5.5 and up). Click one of the two links to the right of the window, and color the dark shadows either red or green:
red dark shadows
green dark shadows
Here is how we defined the above TEXTAREA and links:
<TEXTAREA ID="longWord" ROWS="5">
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</TEXTAREA>
<A HREF="javascript:void(longWord.style.scrollbarDarkShadowColor='red')"><FONT COLOR="red">red dark shadows</FONT></A>
<A HREF="javascript:void(longWord.style.scrollbarDarkShadowColor='green')"><FONT COLOR="green">green dark shadows</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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