You are here:

Using MS Access/left-hand side vertical scrollbar

Advertisement

Expert: Scottgem - 6/1/2009


Question
Is there a way to get a form's vertical scroll bar to appear on the left-hand side of the form without changing the form's Orientation to Right-to-Left? Because if I change the orientation, it messes up the display of the form's control values; when you put the cursor over them they're pushed to the left (I'm not sure how else to explain it).

Answer
None that I know of, nor would I recommend doing so. Users are used to some specific conventions for windows that are MS Windows standards. They expect the vertical scroll bar to be on the right and the horizontal one to be on the bottom.

Hope this helps,
Scott<>
Microsoft Access MVP 2007
Author: Microsoft Office Access 2007 VBA

Using MS Access

All Answers

Answers by Expert:

Ask Experts

Volunteer

Scottgem

Expertise

I can answer almost all types of questions relating to Microsoft Access usage and application design. My strengths are database and interface design.

Experience

I've been designing databases for over 15 years working with dBase, FoxPro, Approach and Access.

Organizations
Author of Microsoft Office Access 2007 VBA
Techncial Editor for Special Edition Using Microsoft Access 2007 and Access 2007 Forms, Reports & Queries From Que Publishing

©2012 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.