Use JS/jQuery to scroll a div's content that has overflow: scroll applied

Question

So I have a div, with a bunch of content inside it that is wider than the div. I have set overflow-x: scroll and all is well. However I'd like to have two links on my page that allow the user to scroll the content within the div left and right (mimicking the standard scrollbar arrow functionality). Is that possible?

Solution

With jQuery the scrolling can be handled like in this example:

$(function(){
    var iv;
    var div = $('#content');
    $('#left').mousedown(function(){
        iv = setInterval(function(){
            div.scrollLeft( div.scrollLeft() - 4);
        },20);
    });
    $('#right').mousedown(function(){
        iv = setInterval(function(){
            div.scrollLeft( div.scrollLeft() + 4);
        },20);
    });
    $('#left,#right').on('mouseup mouseleave', function(){
        clearInterval(iv);
    });
});

JSFiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/jdNa9/1/ (basic example)
http://jsfiddle.net/jdNa9/3/ (with a bit updated CSS)

Comments

[Kev]

Thanks for the response, that works, but the other answer allows for some extended functionality. Thanks though :)

[Kev]

That's just what I needed. Thanks :)