How to always show the vertical scroll bar on div

Question

I want to always show the vertical scroll bar on the div irrespective of the height.

 .myclass { overflow-y: scroll; }

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But the scroll bar is disabled. Here is my JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/9jgp5ncm/

How can I always show the vertical scroll bar. Please help.

Answer 1

You try to change browser behavior what is on the native scroll-bars not possible.

You can add an inner-div in your myClass diff and make it 5 pixel bigger as your outer diff so the scroll element is activated.

Or use one of the thousands library for custom scrollers.

But honestly I have no clue why you want to change it for your project.

Answer 2

You should add height to your container:

.myclass
{
  overflow-y: scroll;
  height: 200px;
}