# Scrollbars for Text

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbars-for-text/177004>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 29, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbars-for-text/177004 "2006-01-29T02:21:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![FrankieB](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/frankieb/32/1238_2.png) [@FrankieB](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/FrankieB)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2006, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/scrollbars-for-text/177004/1 "2006-01-29T02:21:31Z")

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Hey I had a question regarding loaded text and scrollbars.

Lets say my Flash movie has external text loading in. If it’s only 10-100 characters max, then obviously a scrollbar shoudn’t show. If it’s a larger file I’d need a scrollbar.

How would I make the scrollbar appear only when text needs to be scrolled?

Thanks…:mario: