adding a scrollbar to a choices list?

[milk]

hi! i'm new to ren'py, i just starting messing around with it a few days ago, and have found myself in a predicament.
is it possible to add a scrollbar to a list of choices that is too large to display on the screen at once?
(i know this sounds insane, but it's a lot simpler than what it implies i think.)

i've tried changing the size of the fonts, but it just makes it look clunky and hard to read.
i tried a few google searches but nothing came up for quite this problem.

i hope i'm being clear, i'm not used to speaking in like. technical language, especially not in regards to this. ;w;

[Remix]

You would want to amend the screen choice (in screens.rpy) to wrap the buttons in a scrollable area such as a viewport. There are examples of viewports in the same file, tutorial or documentation

[milk]

thanks for responding! ^o^

good to know it should be able to be done..!

i've now certainly managed to add... uh, something, into the screen.

the menu itself isn't in it, though, and the larger one doesn't scroll or anything?

there is definitely something i'm missing here... i looked in the tutorial but i didn't learn anything useful i don't think.

this is what i have now....

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screen choice(items):
    style_prefix "choice"

    frame:
        viewport:
            scrollbars "vertical"
            xmaximum 400
            ymaximum 400
            mousewheel True
            has vbox

    vbox:
        for i in items:
            textbutton i.caption action i.action

i'm really sorry if i'm missing something obvious >_<;

[Empish]

You want your vbox with the items to be inside the viewport. So it and all its items need to be indented in a couple times.

[milk]

oh wow oh my gosh it worked, thank you so much!
i need to tweak the way it looks, certainly, but this is wonderful, i'm so happy! thanks you so much! ;w;♥