Hide scrollbar while still being able to scroll with mouse/keyboard [duplicate]

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How to disable browser or element scrollbar, but allow scrolling with wheel or arrow keys?

I want to know if it is possible to hide the scrollbar, while scrolling is still enabled with mouse/keyboard.

I tried to use CSS: overflow: hidden;. The effect is scrollbar disabled and scrolling disabled.

Answer 1

For future reference there is also a solution without jQuery - just have the wrapper div style contain overflow:hidden and use this JavaScript two-liner:

// get the width of the textarea minus scrollbar var textareaWidth = document.getElementById("textarea").scrollWidth;  // width of our wrapper equals width of the inner part of the textarea document.getElementById("wrapper").style.width = textareaWidth + "px"; 

See demo or complete HOWTO.

Update: you can use the same principle to create scrollable div without scrollbar: demo.

Answer 2

There is a jQuery plugin called Scrollable that does what you want.