# Scrollbar component

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-component/38169>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [December 19, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-component/38169 "2003-12-19T00:06:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbar-component/38169/1 "2003-12-19T00:06:01Z")

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I was just wondering, (I haven’t checked yet) if there is a variable in the scrollbar component that could be used to determine the lenght of text.

I want to be able to either turn the visibility/alpha of the component off, if the text used is not larger than the text box itself.

So say if I had a large text box with changing content, sometimes the content would not spill over and need a scroll bar, if that was the case make the component not visible.