February 28, 2001 - Finding the Scrollbar's Size in IE 5.x

Yehuda Shiran February 28, 2001
Finding the Scrollbar's Size in IE 5.x
Tips: February 2001

Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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Internet Explorer 5.x is similar to Internet Explorer 4.x in computing the window's and the scrollbar's sizes:

document.body.clientWidth to find the window's width (in pixels)
  • Use
    • document.body.clientHeight to find the window's height (in pixels)
  • Use
    • document.body.scrollLeft to find the horizontal scrollbar's size (in pixels)
  • Use
    • document.body.scrollTop to find the vertical scrollbar's size (in pixels)

    Learn about DOCJSLIB 3.1 support of Internet Explorer 5.x in Column 78, Netscape 6, Part VII: Object-Oriented DOCJSLIB 3.1. This column also shows you how to use the above properties in a real-life application (Tic-Tac-Toe).