# Hiding the scrollBar component with an external text file

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-the-scrollbar-component-with-an-external-text-file/124858>\
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**Created:** [October 7, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-the-scrollbar-component-with-an-external-text-file/124858 "2004-10-07T12:15:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![iwishiwascool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dec6dc/32.png) [@iwishiwascool](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/iwishiwascool)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/hiding-the-scrollbar-component-with-an-external-text-file/124858/1 "2004-10-07T12:15:48Z")

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I followed the tutorial by Norie on hide/view the scrollbar and I’m trying to apply that method to an externally loaded text file.

The scrollbar definitely hides but when the text overflows the textbox I still don’t get a scrollbar?  
Any help in this area is much appreciated.

Thanks