Microsoft KB Archive/172960

= XL97: Scroll Bar Missing If Control Text Is Too Long =

Article ID: 172960

Article Last Modified on 10/22/2000

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

-



This article was previously published under Q172960





SYMPTOMS
When you click List Box on the Control Toolbox toolbar and place the control on a Microsoft Excel 97 worksheet, the horizontal scroll bar may disappear.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:


 * The control is linked to a cell in which the number of characters exceeds the width of the list box.

-and-
 * You are using the List Box or Combo Box control from the Forms Toolbar or the Control Toolbox toolbar.

This behavior occurs even if text in the control is truncated. Note that other controls on the Forms toolbar or the Control Toolbox toolbar may truncate text if it is too long and fail to display horizontal scroll bars that allow you to scroll through the control.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, make the control wide enough to display the contents of the linked cell.



STATUS
This behavior is by design of Microsoft Excel 97.

