function makeScrollbar(content,scrollbar,handle,horizontal,ignoreMouse){

				var steps = (horizontal?(content.getSize().scrollSize.y - content.getSize().size.x):(content.getSize().scrollSize.y - content.getSize().size.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);

					}

				});

				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()});

			}