function getScrollbarWidth() { var sBarWidth = 0; var scr = null; var inn = null;
if (is_ie) { // create form scr = document.createElement('form');
// move form off screen so no one can see it scr.style.position = 'absolute'; scr.style.top = '-1000px'; scr.style.left = '-1000px';
// create a text area inn = document.createElement('textarea');
//set id so we can grab it later inn.setAttribute('id', 'ta');
// add textarea to form scr.appendChild(inn);
// add the element to the document document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(scr);
// grab the text area by id var tarea = fetch_object('ta');
// turn scroll bars off tarea.wrap = 'off';
// get height sBarWidth = tarea.offsetHeight;
// turn scroll bars on tarea.wrap = 'soft';
// get difference sBarWidth -= tarea.offsetHeight; } else { var wNoScroll = 0; var wScroll = 0;
// Outer scrolling div scr = document.createElement('div');
// move form off screen so no one can see it scr.style.position = 'absolute'; scr.style.top = '-1000px'; scr.style.left = '-1000px';
// set binding height and width scr.style.width = '100px'; scr.style.height = '50px';
// Start with no scrollbar scr.style.overflow = 'hidden';
// Inner content div inn = document.createElement('div'); inn.style.width = '100%'; inn.style.height = '200px';
// Put the inner div in the scrolling div scr.appendChild(inn);
// Append the scrolling div to the doc document.body.appendChild(scr);
// Width of the inner div sans scrollbar wNoScroll = inn.offsetWidth;
// Add the scrollbar scr.style.overflow = 'auto';
// Width of the inner div width scrollbar wScroll = inn.offsetWidth;
// Pixel width of the scrolbar sBarWidth = (wNoScroll - wScroll); }
// Remove the scrolling div from the doc document.body.removeChild(document.body.lastChild);
return sBarWidth; }
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