# Adding Scroll bars to Text boxes When Needed

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**Created:** [March 22, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-scroll-bars-to-text-boxes-when-needed/105059 "2004-03-22T19:04:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![skaiwayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@skaiwayne](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/skaiwayne)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/adding-scroll-bars-to-text-boxes-when-needed/105059/1 "2004-03-22T19:04:45Z")

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Greetings all,  
I’m pulling data from a database and loading it into a dynamic text field with a scroll bar component. I wanted to know if there is a way to hide the scroll bar UNTIL the text gets long enough to scroll.