How to have a textarea to keep scrolled to the bottom when updated

Question

My problem is a bit off the cuff here, so I\'ll try to explain this best I can.

I have a text area, having css of #object{overflow:hidden;resize:none;}.

Answer 1

Generic JQuery Plugin

Here a generic jquery plugin for scrollBottom of any element:

$.fn.scrollBottom = function() {
  return $(this).scrollTop($(this)[0].scrollHeight);
};

usage:

$("#logfile").val( $("#logfile").val() + "this is new line test\n" ).scrollBottom();