Detect if a page has a vertical scrollbar?

Question

I just want some simple JQ/JS to check if the current page/window (not a particular element) has a vertical scrollbar.

Googling gives me stuff that seems overly comp

Answer 1

try this:

var hasVScroll = document.body.scrollHeight > document.body.clientHeight;

This will only tell you if the vertical scrollHeight is bigger than the height of the viewable content, however. The hasVScroll variable will contain true or false.

If you need to do a more thorough check, add the following to the code above:

// Get the computed style of the body element
var cStyle = document.body.currentStyle||window.getComputedStyle(document.body, "");

// Check the overflow and overflowY properties for "auto" and "visible" values
hasVScroll = cStyle.overflow == "visible" 
             || cStyle.overflowY == "visible"
             || (hasVScroll && cStyle.overflow == "auto")
             || (hasVScroll && cStyle.overflowY == "auto");