Scrollbars in Text Box

[Fred Smith]

I have a memo field displayed in a text box on a form. The "Scroll Bars"
property of the text box field is set to "Vertical", but the scrollbar does
not show when the content of the field is bigger than the text box. Is this a
bug in Access or am I missing something? I would appreciate some feedback if
anybody knows what is happening.

 

[Ken Snell [MVP]]

It will show only when the textbox has the focus. That means that the
textbox should not be disabled; otherwise, the user cannot click into it and
scroll the contents.

Lock the textbox if you don't want the user to be able to edit the contents,
but keep it enabled.

 

[Fred Smith]

Ken,

Thanks for the answer.
However, the text box is enabled. The user can type text in there, and the
text can be bigger than the text box. But there is no scroll bar. The only
way to scroll is to move the cursor up and down to the beginning or the end
of the field. This is a very odd behavior, this is why I am wondering if this
is a bug. But maybe I am missing something.

Any ideas?

 

[Stephen Lebans]

There is a bug where if you have the TextBox Margin props at any value
other than ZERO then the Vertical Scrollbars will not display.

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[Fred Smith]

That's it.
Thanks a million.

There is a bug where if you have the TextBox Margin props at any value
other than ZERO then the Vertical Scrollbars will not display.

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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.

 

[Peter Martin]

Thanks Stephen (once again!)

Best Regards,

Peter

 

[StaceyJ]

I am having a similar problem, but I think it has a twist.

I have a memo field in a subform, but when it shows up (within the subform)
in the main form, it appears in datasheet view. However, there are NO
scrollbars. It's a pain to use the arrows to scroll down. Is this an issue
b/c it's a field in a subform? I checked my margins--they're at 0. And it
says Scrollbars (vertical) are enabled. Any suggestions?

 

[Tony]

I have not seen any official documentation regarding this behaviour. Is there
a hotfix/service pack which addresses this issue?

Thanks for your help.