# I want a scrollbar that appears only when i need it!

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**Created:** [August 29, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-a-scrollbar-that-appears-only-when-i-need-it/120964 "2004-08-29T13:38:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![tajmahal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@tajmahal](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tajmahal)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-want-a-scrollbar-that-appears-only-when-i-need-it/120964/1 "2004-08-29T13:38:27Z")

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Hi,  
this is my first post so forgive any quirks in my writing style. I want to know if there is any way to customize the scrollbar component in flash mx. More specifically, I only want the scrollbar to appear in a text box when i click a certain button. Then when i click another button, i want the scrollbar to disapear from the textbox. I’m sure that there is some sort of AS voodoo-magic that can achieve this, but unfortunately, im not that high-tech. If it makes any difference, i’ll tell you guys that I am dynamically loading the text box content from external txt files. i would appreciate any insight that you flash gurus out there could give me on this matter. Thanks!

PS. im sorry if this topic is posted somewhere else…i looked but i didn’t find.