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Asked: 2026-05-26T09:06:23+00:00

Unlike say a RichTextBox control which has a enum ScrollBars property, the WebBrowser control

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Unlike say a RichTextBox control which has a enum ScrollBars property, the WebBrowser control just has a boolean property “ScrollBarsEnabled”.

Setting it ScrollBarsEnabled = True, the vertical scrollbar shows all the time (even when not needed). The horizontal scrollbar behaves as one would expect and only appears when it’s needed.

Setting ScrollBarsEnabled = False;
neither scrollbar ever shows up.

Sample Code:

 public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();

        WebBrowser webBrowser1 = new WebBrowser();

        webBrowser1.Size = new Size(this.Width - 50, this.Height - 50);
        webBrowser1.Location = new Point(25, 10);
        webBrowser1.AllowWebBrowserDrop = false;
        webBrowser1.ScrollBarsEnabled = true;

        string preText = "<html><head></head><body><div>";
        string bodyText = "Hello World";
        string postText = "</body></div></html>";
        webBrowser1.DocumentText = preText + bodyText + postText;


        this.Controls.Add(webBrowser1);
    }

Output of code sample, notice the vertical scrollbar

Other things tried:

  • Tried in .Net 4.0, & .Net 2.0.
  • Tried with computers that had IE6 and IE8
  • Tried loading an external page (using .Navigate(“someurl”) instead of setting DocumentText.
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  1. Editorial Team

    Scroll bars can be controlled in most browsers via CSS, though useful only if you have control of the content:

    html, body
{
    overflow: auto;
}

    Of course, whether the WebBrowser control honours this is yet to be seen.

    See http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_pos_overflow.asp

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