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);
				if( !(ignoreMouse) ){
					// Scroll the content element when the mousewheel is used within the \
					// content or the scrollbar element.\
					$$(content, scrollbar).addEvent('mousewheel', 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.\
				$(document.body).addEvent('mouseleave',function(){slider.drag.stop()});
			}
						
			window.addEvent('domready', function(){				
				// -- first example, vertical scrollbar --\
				makeScrollbar( $('content1'), $('scrollbar1'), $('handle1') );
				// -- second example, horizontal scrollbar --\
				makeScrollbar( $('content2'), $('scrollbar2'), $('handle2'), true );
				// -- third example, horizontal and vertical scrollbars\
				makeScrollbar( $('content3'), $('scrollbar3'), $('handle3'), false );
				makeScrollbar( $('content3'), $('scrollbar4'), $('handle4'), true, true );	
});