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auto scroll to bottom of page...

Hi experts.
I'm developing a simple little chat and would like the text to scroll to the bottom of the page. How would I do this???
thanks.

archrajan

<SCRIPT>
document.body.scrollTop = document.body.scrollHeight
</script>

justinbillig

I am not exactly sure what your asking for.

If you mean something like this

<html>
      <body>
            <form name="frmMain">
                  <input type="text" name="txtChatText" value="">
                  <input type="button" value="Chat" onclick="this.form.txtChatResults.value+=this.form.txtChatText.value;">

                  <br>
                  <textarea name="txtChatResults" rows="10" cols="10"></textarea>
            </form>
      </body>
</html>

I am assuming this is a chat between two users, how are you getting the information from one client to the other?

kephillips

ASKER

justinbillig,
I'm using mysql as a backend...

kephillips

ASKER

arch,
sorry no go..
doesn't do a thing...

kephillips

ASKER

i found what I was looking for guys,

<body onLoad="for (i=0;i<window.screen.availHeight;i++) {window.scroll(0,i); }">
thanks anyways!

archrajan

Thanks for sharing the answer!
Good luck

Michel Plungjan

That does not look right....

If you want the page to scroll to the bottom it is just luck chat window is smaller than the available height and it will stop at for example 600 pixel if that is the size of the window... unless you refresh the window and remove the text that is no longer visible

<body onLoad="window.scrollTo(0,9999999)">
will also work unless you chat for days

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