I don't use CSS often, but I attempted to create a scrollable area with the following code. However, it seems to only hide the text that doesn't fit without providing a scrolling option. This behavior is consistent across Chrome, IE, and Firefox, so I must be doing something incorrectly.
index.html
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css">
<title>Foo</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="history" class="scroll-area">Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque ac euismod nulla. Fusce enim tortor, elementum ut volutpat non, interdum ut nunc. Vestibulum placerat mi vel risus ultricies non bibendum urna vestibulum. Curabitur volutpat, turpis vel suscipit accumsan, lectus nibh blandit sem, ut elementum massa tortor quis augue. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Duis cursus lacus ac diam sollicitudin tempor. Vivamus at sagittis lacus. Donec augue neque, cursus in tristique at, mattis vitae eros.
</div>
</body>
</html>
style.css
#history {
height: 200px;
width: 200px;
border: 1px solid #666;
padding: 8px;
}
.scroll-area {
overflow-style: auto;
overflow: hidden;
}