Download Scrollable div

Remember a strict doctype

A strict doctype is your biggest ensurance for this script to look and work the same across different browsers

Put this:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
at the top of your HTML file

Put this into your <HEAD> section

	<style type="text/css">
	body{
		font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Sans Unicode, Arial, sans-serif;
	}
	p{
		margin-top:0px;
	}
	#dhtmlgoodies_scrolldiv{
		/* The total width of the scrolling div including scrollbar */
		width:530px;
		height:500px;	/* The height of the scrolling div */
	}
	#scrolldiv_parentContainer{
		width:500px;	/* Width of the scrolling text */
		height:100%;
		overflow:hidden;
		border:1px solid #BC8FBD;
		float:left;
		position:relative;
	}
	
	/*
	CSS for the scrolling content 
	*/
	#scrolldiv_content{
		padding: 5px;
		position:relative;
		font-family: Trebuchet MS, Lucida Sans Unicode, Arial, sans-serif;
		font-size: 0.9em;
		line-height:130%;
		color: #333;
	}
	
	/*
	The scrollbar slider 
	*/
	#scrolldiv_slider{
		width:15px;
		margin-left:2px;
		height:500px;
		float:left;
	}
	
	/*
	The scrollbar (The bar between the up and down arrow )
	*/
	#scrolldiv_scrollbar{
		width:15px;
		height:460px;	/* Total height - 40 pixels */
		border:1px solid #BC8FBD;
		position:relative;
		
	}
	/*
	The scrollbar handle
	*/
	#scrolldiv_theScroll{
		margin:1px;
		width:13px;
		height:13px;
		background-color:#BC8FBD;
		position:absolute;	
		top:0px;
		left:0px;
		cursor:pointer;
	}
	/*
	Scroll buttons(The up and down arrows)
	*/
	#scrolldiv_scrollUp,#scrolldiv_scrollDown{
		width:15px;
		height:16px;
		border:1px solid #BC8FBD;
		color: #BC8FBD;
		text-align:center;
		font-size:16px;
		line-height:16px;
		cursor:pointer;
	}
	#scrolldiv_scrollUp{
		margin-bottom:2px;
	}
	#scrolldiv_scrollDown{
		margin-top:2px;
	}
	#scrolldiv_scrollDown span,#scrolldiv_scrollUp span{
		font-family: Symbol;
	}

	</style>
	<script type="text/javascript">
	/************************************************************************************************************
	(C) www.dhtmlgoodies.com, September 2005
	
	This is a script from www.dhtmlgoodies.com. You will find this and a lot of other scripts at our website.	
	
	Terms of use:
	You are free to use this script as long as the copyright message is kept intact. However, you may not
	redistribute, sell or repost it without our permission.
	
	Thank you!
	
	www.dhtmlgoodies.com
	Alf Magne Kalleland
	
	************************************************************************************************************/	
	var contentHeight = 0; 	// The total height of the content
	var visibleContentHeight = 0;	
	var scrollActive = false;
	
	var scrollHandleObj = false; // reference to the scroll handle
	var scrollHandleHeight = false;
	var scrollbarTop = false;
	var eventYPos = false;

	var scrollbuttonActive = false;
	var scrollbuttonDirection = false;
	var scrollbuttonSpeed = 2; // How fast the content scrolls when you click the scroll buttons(Up and down arrows)
	var scrollTimer = 10;	// Also how fast the content scrolls. By decreasing this value, the content will move faster	
	
	var scrollMoveToActive = false;
	var scrollMoveToYPosition = false;
	function scrollDiv_startScroll(e)
	{
		if(document.all)e = event;
		scrollbarTop = document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').offsetTop;
		eventYPos = e.clientY;
		scrollActive = true;
	}
	
	function scrollDiv_stopScroll()
	{
		scrollActive = false;
		scrollbuttonActive = false;
		scrollMoveToActive = false;
	}
	function scrollDiv_scroll(e)
	{
		if(!scrollActive)return;
		if(document.all)e = event;
		if(e.button!=1 && document.all)return;
		var topPos = scrollbarTop + e.clientY - eventYPos; 
		if(topPos<0)topPos=0;
		if(topPos/1>visibleContentHeight-(scrollHandleHeight+4)/1)topPos = visibleContentHeight-(scrollHandleHeight+4);
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').style.top = topPos + 'px';
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_content').style.top = 0 - Math.floor((contentHeight) * ((topPos)/(visibleContentHeight-scrollHandleHeight)))+'px' 
	}
	
	/*
	Click on the slider
	Move the content to the this point
	*/
	function scrolldiv_scrollMoveToInit(e)
	{		
		if(document.all)e = event;
		scrollMoveToActive = true;
		scrollMoveToYPosition = e.clientY - document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').offsetTop;
		if(document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').offsetTop/1 > scrollMoveToYPosition) scrollbuttonDirection = scrollbuttonSpeed*-2; else  scrollbuttonDirection = scrollbuttonSpeed*2;
		scrolldiv_scrollMoveTo();	
	}
	
	function scrolldiv_scrollMoveTo()
	{
		if(!scrollMoveToActive || scrollActive)return;
		var topPos = document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').style.top.replace('px','');
		topPos = topPos/1 + scrollbuttonDirection;
		if(topPos<0){
			topPos=0;
			scrollMoveToActive=false;
		}
		if(topPos/1>visibleContentHeight-(scrollHandleHeight+4)/1){
			topPos = visibleContentHeight-(scrollHandleHeight+4);	
			scrollMoveToActive=false;
		}
		if(scrollbuttonDirection<0 && topPos<scrollMoveToYPosition-scrollHandleHeight/2)return;	
		if(scrollbuttonDirection>0 && topPos>scrollMoveToYPosition-scrollHandleHeight/2)return;			
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').style.top = topPos + 'px';
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_content').style.top = 0 - Math.floor((contentHeight) * ((topPos)/(visibleContentHeight-scrollHandleHeight)))+'px' 		
		setTimeout('scrolldiv_scrollMoveTo()',scrollTimer);		
	}
	
	function cancelEvent()
	{
		return false;			
	}

	function scrolldiv_scrollButton()
	{
		if(this.id=='scrolldiv_scrollDown')scrollbuttonDirection = scrollbuttonSpeed; else scrollbuttonDirection = scrollbuttonSpeed*-1;
		scrollbuttonActive=true;
		scrolldiv_scrollButtonScroll();
	}
	function scrolldiv_scrollButtonScroll()
	{
		if(!scrollbuttonActive)return;
		var topPos = document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').style.top.replace('px','');
		topPos = topPos/1 + scrollbuttonDirection;
		if(topPos<0){
			topPos=0;
			scrollbuttonActive=false;
		}
		if(topPos/1>visibleContentHeight-(scrollHandleHeight+4)/1){
			topPos = visibleContentHeight-(scrollHandleHeight+4);	
			scrollbuttonActive=false;
		}	
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').style.top = topPos + 'px';
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_content').style.top = 0 - Math.floor((contentHeight) * ((topPos)/(visibleContentHeight-scrollHandleHeight)))+'px' 			
		setTimeout('scrolldiv_scrollButtonScroll()',scrollTimer);
	}
	function scrolldiv_scrollButtonStop()
	{
		scrollbuttonActive = false;
	}
	
	
	function scrolldiv_initScroll()
	{
		visibleContentHeight = document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').offsetHeight ;
		contentHeight = document.getElementById('scrolldiv_content').offsetHeight - visibleContentHeight;		
		scrollHandleObj = document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll');
		scrollHandleHeight = scrollHandleObj.offsetHeight;
		scrollbarTop = document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').offsetTop;		
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').onmousedown = scrollDiv_startScroll;
		document.body.onmousemove = scrollDiv_scroll;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').onselectstart = cancelEvent;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').onmouseup = scrollDiv_stopScroll;
		if(document.all)document.body.onmouseup = scrollDiv_stopScroll; else document.documentElement.onmouseup = scrollDiv_stopScroll;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollDown').onmousedown = scrolldiv_scrollButton;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollUp').onmousedown = scrolldiv_scrollButton;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollDown').onmouseup = scrolldiv_scrollButtonStop;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollUp').onmouseup = scrolldiv_scrollButtonStop;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollUp').onselectstart = cancelEvent;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollDown').onselectstart = cancelEvent;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').onmousedown = scrolldiv_scrollMoveToInit;
	}
	/*
	Change from the default color
	*/	
	function scrolldiv_setColor(rgbColor)
	{
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').style.borderColor = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_theScroll').style.backgroundColor = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollUp').style.borderColor = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollDown').style.borderColor = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollUp').style.color = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollDown').style.color = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_parentContainer').style.borderColor = rgbColor;
	}
	/*
	Setting total width of scrolling div
	*/
	function scrolldiv_setWidth(newWidth)
	{
		document.getElementById('dhtmlgoodies_scrolldiv').style.width = newWidth + 'px';
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_parentContainer').style.width = newWidth-30 + 'px';		
	}
	
	/*
	Setting total height of scrolling div
	*/
	function scrolldiv_setHeight(newHeight)
	{
		document.getElementById('dhtmlgoodies_scrolldiv').style.height = newHeight + 'px';
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_parentContainer').style.height = newHeight + 'px';
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_slider').style.height = newHeight + 'px';
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').style.height = newHeight-40 + 'px';		
	}
	/*
	Setting new background color to the slider 
	*/
	function setSliderBgColor(rgbColor)
	{
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollbar').style.backgroundColor = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollUp').style.backgroundColor = rgbColor;
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_scrollDown').style.backgroundColor = rgbColor;
	}
	/*
	Setting new content background color
	*/
	function setContentBgColor(rgbColor)
	{
		document.getElementById('scrolldiv_parentContainer').style.backgroundColor = rgbColor;
	}
	
	/*
	Setting scroll button speed
	*/
	function setScrollButtonSpeed(newScrollButtonSpeed)
	{
		scrollbuttonSpeed = newScrollButtonSpeed;
	}
	/*
	Setting interval of the scroll
	*/
	function setScrollTimer(newInterval)
	{
		scrollTimer = newInterval;
	}
	
	</script>

Put this into your <BODY> section

<div id="dhtmlgoodies_scrolldiv">
	<div id="scrolldiv_parentContainer">
		<div id="scrolldiv_content">
		<!-- PUT YOUR HTML CONTENT IN HERE -->
		Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>Scrolling content<br>
		<!-- END OF HTML CONTENT -->
		</div>
	</div>
	<div id="scrolldiv_slider">
		<div id="scrolldiv_scrollUp"><img src="images/arrow_up.gif"></div>
		<div id="scrolldiv_scrollbar">
			<div id="scrolldiv_theScroll"><span></span></div>
		</div>
		<div id="scrolldiv_scrollDown"><img src="images/arrow_down.gif"></div>
	</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
scrolldiv_setColor('#317082');	// Setting border color of the scrolling content
setSliderBgColor('#E2EBED');	// Setting color of the slider div
setContentBgColor('#FFFFFF');	// Setting color of the scrolling content
setScrollButtonSpeed(1);	// Setting speed of scrolling when someone clicks on the arrow or the slider
setScrollTimer(5);	// speed of 1 and timer of 5 is the same as speed of 2 and timer on 10 - what's the difference? 1 and 5 will make the scroll move a little smoother.
scrolldiv_setWidth(450);	// Setting total width of scrolling div
scrolldiv_setHeight(400);	// Setting total height of scrolling div
scrolldiv_initScroll();	// Initialize javascript functions
</script>

Copy these two images into a folder called "images"

Right click on the arrows and choose "Save target As". If you want to, you could replace these two images with your own version

Implementation

Content

Put the content you want to scroll right below the line  in the code

Javascript configuration

Use these javascript methods to configure the script:

scrolldiv_setColor(rgbColor) - Specify a new border color
setSliderBgColor(rgbColor) - Specify a background color for the scrollbar
setContentBgColor(rgbColor) - Specify a background color for the scrolling content
setScrollButtonSpeed(newSpeed) - Increase the scrolling speed(Default = 1)
setScrollTimer(newInterval) - Lower value = faster scrolling(Default = 10)
scrolldiv_setWidth(newWidth) - Specify a new width
scrolldiv_setHeight(newHeight) - Specify a new height
scrolldiv_initScroll() - Initializing the scrolling div. The functions above are optional, this one is needed for the script to work

For further information, see how these functions are used in the code.