CSS scroll-padding property

Description

CSS scroll-padding property specifies the padding at the top, right, bottom, and left edges of the scroll container.

Please move the scrollbar to see the effect of padding.

Syntax

scroll-padding :scroll-padding-top scroll-padding-right scroll-padding-bottom scroll-padding-left

Property values

+ve length Default

There is no padding of the scroll container.

scroll-padding: 0;

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+ve length

100

It specifies the top, right, bottom, and left edge padding of the scroll container.

It will add 100px padding to the scroll container.

scroll-padding: 100px;

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Applicable to

It applies to scroll containers.

Preview

Code

CSS

.page {
 width:296px;
 height:275px;
 scroll-snap-align: end none;
}
.docContainer {
  width: 300px;
  height:300px;
  border:2px solid red;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  overflow-y: auto;
  white-space: nowrap;
  scroll-snap-type:y mandatory;
}

HTML

<div class="docContainer">
<div class="page" style="background-color:lighred;">Page 1</div>
<div class="page" style="background-color:lightblue;">Page 2</div>
<div class="page" style="background-color:blue;">Page 3</div>
<div class="page" style="background-color:yellow;">Page 4</div>
<div class="page" style="background-color:lightgreen;">Page 5</div>
<div class="page" style="background-color:lightgray;">Page 6</div>
</div>

CSS3 Properties

Description

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