jlbruno · July 22, 2011 18:54 · Jul 22, 2011
diff --git a/isItScrollableWithoutVisibleScrollbars.js b/isItScrollableWithoutVisibleScrollbars.js
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+var isItScrollableWithoutVisibleScrollbars = function(el) {
+	if (el === null) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	var isScrollable = false;
+	var hasScrollbars = false;
+	// first, lets find out if it has scrollable content
+	isScrollable = el.scrollHeight > el.offsetHeight ? true : false;
+	// if it's scrollable, let's see if it likely has scrollbars
+	if (isScrollable) {
+		hasScrollbars = (el.offsetWidth > el.scrollWidth) ? true : false;
+	}
+	if (isScrollable && !hasScrollbars) {
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
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+// example usage
+
+if ( isItScrollableWithoutVisibleScrollbars(plwrap) ) {
+	playlistScroll = new iScroll('playlist');
+}