Mark --

I do not see how your suggestion helps. How would I know when to use this opaque shape
over the scroll bar?

What I am looking for is a way to only show the scroll bar if the text takes up more lines
than will show.

>>Is it possible to have an editbox where the vertical scrollbar only appears if necessary?
>>
>>I believe I can compute how many lines will fit in an editbox, but know of no way in which I can
>>tell how many lines will be displayed because of the automatic line wrap.
>>
>>Two things I need to mention:
>>(1) This editbox is disabled, so I don't have to be concerned with what happens with user input.
>>(2) I can't use any other control instead, it must be an editbox.
>>
>>Thanks
>
>Overlay the scrollbar with an opaque shape with NODEFAULT in its Click event.
>
>-m.