Title: Needless scrollbar   posts too narrow
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Needless scrollbar posts too narrow

 *  Resolved [tehvidya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tehvidya/)
 * (@tehvidya)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/)
 * I like the simplicity of the theme, but I’m having two small problems.
 * The first is an extra scroll bar that appears at the side of each post but does
   nothing. It doesn’t appear on the main page, only when someone clicks on a single
   post.
    Compare [main page](http://www.tehvidya.com/) to [single page](http://www.tehvidya.com/coded-soul-uketsugareshi-idea-introduction/).
 * The second thing is that I’d like to shrink the right side bar a little and give
   that space to my posts instead.
    Maybe a screenshot will make things easier to
   understand: [here](http://www.tehvidya.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/theme-screenshot.png)
 * Thanks for any help you can give, especially on the scrollbar issue!

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 *  [Red Deer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdbolin/)
 * (@bdbolin)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/#post-6127045)
 * In your stylesheet (style.min.css) you have:
 *     ```
       .entry-content{overflow:auto; width: 100%;}
       ```
   
 * You simply have to delete the overflow: auto; and that will remove the scroll
   bars.
    The width is a little different, because its responsive there are going
   to be multiple spots to change. You an start looking at #sidebar width: 20%.
 *  Theme Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/#post-6127162)
 * Thanks for finding this. The scrollbar issue is triggered by the YARPP plugin.
   It is expanding the size of the containing box and forcing the scroll bars into
   place.
 * I suspect removing overflow:auto may trigger other problems. I added that a very
   long time ago for specific reasons. I am going to look into removing it at some
   point, as it may not be necessary now due to most people dropping support for
   older browsers.
 * I’ve created a GitHub issue regarding this, and provided a simple solution for
   it there:
    [https://github.com/ryanhellyer/hellish-simplicity/issues/11](https://github.com/ryanhellyer/hellish-simplicity/issues/11)
 *  Thread Starter [tehvidya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tehvidya/)
 * (@tehvidya)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/#post-6127242)
 * Thanks a lot. I’ll hold off on deleting overflow and try the YARRP bug solution
   first. But where exactly should I put the
 *     ```
       .yarpp-related {
       overflow: hidden;
       }
       ```
   
 * code? In the stylesheet? Sorry, I’m really new at this stuff.
 *  Theme Author [Ryan Hellyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ryanhellyer/)
 * (@ryanhellyer)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/#post-6127243)
 * Yes, just add it to a stylesheet.
 * I can think of three options for this:
    (1) Make a child theme which adds that
   CSS (2) Change the themes name and add it to the style.min.css file (you need
   to change the themes name to avoid your changes being overwritten during a theme
   upgrade) (3) Use a plugin which lets you add CSS to your site
 *  Thread Starter [tehvidya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tehvidya/)
 * (@tehvidya)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/#post-6127244)
 * [@red](https://wordpress.org/support/users/red/) Deer Web Design, the sidebar
   tip works, thank you very much. The scrollbar issue stops the text from expanding
   into the new space created though: [screenshot](http://www.tehvidya.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/theme-screenshot2.jpg).
   As soon as I get that solved, everything will be perfect.
 *  Thread Starter [tehvidya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tehvidya/)
 * (@tehvidya)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/#post-6127245)
 * The child theme solution sounds like the simplest option for doofus like me. 
   I’ll try that and let you know how it works. Thanks for the prompt response!
 *  Thread Starter [tehvidya](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tehvidya/)
 * (@tehvidya)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/needless-scrollbar-posts-too-narrow/#post-6127294)
 * Okay, that seems to have done the trick. I couldn’t figure child themes out (
   it kept saying the Template was missing) so I just added it to the regular stylesheet.
   Now I just have to avoid updating forever and I’m in the clear.
 * Thank you for all your help!

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