How does a scrollbar get a name?

[Mark Smith]

Graham, I don't think you can address the scrollbar(s) of a scrolling  
field specifically, but a field has the scroll, vScroll and hScroll  
properties, which you certainly can.

Mark

On 6 Dec 2005, at 23:25, graham samuel wrote:

> I'm sure this is a dumb question, but in the RR docs one sees  
> references to scrollbars, as in this example from the article on  
> the scrollbar object:
>
>> set the style of scrollbar "Progress" to progress
>> if the thumbPosition of scrollbar "Level" > 400 then doOverflow
>>
> This indicates that scrollbars have names: now, if I have a common  
> or garden scrolling field, say "myField", with an active scrollbar  
> (let's say a vertical one), what is its name? It doesn't seem to be  
> "myField", and I don't know how to refer to it or even see it in  
> the Object Inspector in the IDE. I ask because I want to do things  
> like scroll down to the end by scripting (which curiously enough  
> I've never done before) and it seems that the first step is  
> addressing the scrollbar.
>
> Any advice gratefully received.
>
> Even more dumbly, maybe someone can point me at a document which  
> explains how to make sure the last line of a scrolling field is  
> always visible (i.e. the thumb position is always at the bottom of  
> the scrollbar). I have a horrible feeling everyone knows this  
> except me.
>
> Graham
>
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> Graham Samuel / The Living Fossil Co. / UK and France
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