TCustomMemo.ScrollBars Property

Determines whether the memo control has scroll bars.

Pascal

property ScrollBars: TScrollStyle;

C++

__property TScrollStyle ScrollBars;

Description

Use ScrollBars to give a multiline edit control horizontal or vertical scroll bars. ScrollBars can take one of the following values:

Value	Meaning
ssNone	The control has no scroll bars.
ssHorizontal	The control has a single scroll bar on the bottom edge.
ssVertical	The control has a single scroll bar on the right edge.
ssBoth	The control has a scroll bar on both the bottom and right edges.

C++ Examples:

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/*
This example requires: TRichEdit, TRadioGroup, TCheckBox, 
TButton. Clicking the Radio Group control sets the ScrollBar
style of the RichEdit. Toggling the Check Box turns 
HideScrollBars on and off.  Clicking the button loads the 
Rich Edit with a large amount of contiguous text.
*/
void __fastcall TForm1::Button1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
  RichEdit1->Lines->Clear();
  for (int i = 0; i < 500; i++)
  {
    RichEdit1->Text = RichEdit1->Text + AnsiString("This is sentence ") + IntToStr(i) + ".  ";
    if ((i % 2) == 0) {
      RichEdit1->Text = RichEdit1->Text + AnsiString("\n");
    }
  }
  RichEdit1->SelStart = 0; // move text cursor to top of edit
}

void __fastcall TForm1::CheckBox1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
  RichEdit1->HideScrollBars = CheckBox1->Checked;
}

void __fastcall TForm1::RadioGroup1Click(TObject *Sender)
{
  TScrollStyle ScrollBarA[4] = {ssBoth, ssHorizontal, ssNone, ssVertical };
  RichEdit1->ScrollBars = ScrollBarA[RadioGroup1->ItemIndex];
}

void __fastcall TForm1::FormCreate(TObject *Sender)
{
  RadioGroup1->Caption = "Scroll Bars";
  RadioGroup1->Items->Clear();
  RadioGroup1->Items->Add("ssBoth");
  RadioGroup1->Items->Add("ssHorizontal");
  RadioGroup1->Items->Add("ssNone");
  RadioGroup1->Items->Add("ssVertical");
  CheckBox1->Caption = "Hide Scroll Bars";
  CheckBox1->Checked = true;
  Button1->Caption = "Load Text";
  RichEdit1->Text = "Just a little text.";
  RichEdit1->WordWrap = False;
}

Delphi Examples:

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{
This example requires: TRichEdit, TRadioGroup, TCheckBox, 
TButton. Clicking the Radio Group control sets the ScrollBar
style of the RichEdit. Toggling the Check Box turns 
HideScrollBars on and off.  Clicking the button loads the 
Rich Edit with a large amount of contiguous text.
}
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
  I: Integer;
begin
  RichEdit1.Lines.Clear;
  for I := 0 to 500 do
  begin
    RichEdit1.Text :=
      RichEdit1.Text + 'test line ' + IntToStr(I) + ' ';
    if (i mod 4 = 0) then
      RichEdit1.Text := RichEdit1.Text + Chr(13);
  end;
  // move text cursor to top of editend;
  RichEdit1.SelStart := 0; 
end;

procedure TForm1.CheckBox1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
  RichEdit1.HideScrollbars := CheckBox1.Checked;
end;

procedure TForm1.RadioGroup1Click(Sender: TObject);
const
  ScrollBarA: array[0..3] of TScrollStyle = (
    ssBoth,
    ssHorizontal,
    ssNone,
    ssVertical);
begin
  RichEdit1.ScrollBars := 
    ScrollBarA[RadioGroup1.ItemIndex];
end;

procedure TForm1.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
  with RadioGroup1, Items do
  begin
    Caption := 'Scroll Bars';
    Clear;
    Add('ssBoth');
    Add('ssHorizontal');
    Add('ssNone');
    Add('ssVertical');
  end;
  with CheckBox1 do
  begin
    Caption := 'HideScrollBars';
    Checked := True;
  end;
  Button1.Caption := 'Loaded';
  RichEdit1.Text := 'Just a little text.';
  RichEdit1.WordWrap := False;
end;