Question

Here’s what I’m trying to make. I want a div which appears as a box of fixed dimensions, into which various javascript functions will be placing text over time. When the number of lines of text exceeds the height of the box, I’d like a scrollbar to appear alongside the box, so that you can scroll through the text inside it while the box itself remains a fixed height.

How could this be accomplished?

Answer 1

using css you can do this:

div{
   overflow-y: scroll
}

you can also overflow-y: auto as @tw16