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			function makeScrollbar(content,scrollbar,handle,horizontal,ignoreMouse){
				var steps = (horizontal?(content.getScrollSize().x - content.getSize().x):(content.getScrollSize().y - content.getSize().y))
				var slider = new Slider(scrollbar, handle, {	
					steps: steps,
					mode: (horizontal?'horizontal':'vertical'),
					onChange: function(step){
						// Scrolls the content element in x or y direction.
						var x = (horizontal?step:0);
						var y = (horizontal?0:step);
						content.scrollTo(x,y);
					}
				}).set(0);
				
				var mousewheelevt=(/Firefox/i.test(navigator.userAgent))? "DOMMouseScroll" : "mousewheel";
				// Scroll the content element when the mousewheel is used within the 
				// content or the scrollbar element.
				$$(content, scrollbar).addEvent(mousewheelevt, function(e){	
					e = new Event(e).stop();
					var step = slider.step - e.wheel * 30;	
					slider.set(step);					
				});
				
				// Stops the handle dragging process when the mouse leaves the document body.
				
			}
						
			window.addEvent('domready', function(){				
				// -- first example, vertical scrollbar --
				makeScrollbar( $('leftcontent'), $('scrollbar1'), $('handle1') );
			});
			/* ]]> */