CSS scrollbar Property

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The scrollbar set of CSS properties is a proprietary style hook letting designers create custom themes for the browser's native scrollbars.

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Now, it is exposed behind the -webkit vendor prefix.

The -webkit-scrollbar set of properties consists of seven different pseudo-elements that, together, comprise a full scrollbar UI element. These seven pseudo-elements are the following:

::-webkit-scrollbar
::-webkit-scrollbar-button
::-webkit-scrollbar-track
::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb
::-webkit-scrollbar-corner
::-webkit-resizer

Initial Value	auto
Applies to	Scrolling boxes.
Inherited	Yes.
Animatable	Discrete.
Version	-
DOM Syntax	-

Syntax

scrollbar: ::-webkit-scrollbar-button | ::-webkit-scrollbar-track | ::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece | ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb | ::-webkit-scrollbar-corner | ::-webkit-resizer

Example of the scrollbar property:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        height: 100%;
        overflow: hidden;
      }
      body {
        height: 100%;
        background: #eee;
        overflow: scroll;
        width: 85%;
        max-width: 600px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: 3em;
        font: 100%/1.4 lora, serif;
        border: 1px solid #666;
      }
      p {
        margin: 0 0 1.5em;
      }
      body::-webkit-scrollbar {
        width: 1em;
      }
      body::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
        -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
      }
      body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
        background-color: #666;
        outline: 1px solid #eee;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Scrollbar property example</h2>
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      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
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      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Try it Yourself »

Example of the scrollbar property with the ::-webkit-scrollbar-track and ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb pseudo-elements:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Title of the document</title>
    <style>
      html {
        height: 100%;
        overflow: hidden;
      }
      body {
        height: 100%;
        background: #ececec;
        overflow: scroll;
        width: 90%;
        max-width: 550px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding: 2em;
        border: 2px solid #cccccc;
      }
      p {
        margin: 0 0 1.5em;
      }
      body::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
        -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
        border-radius: 10px;
        background-color: #F5F5F5;
      }
      body::-webkit-scrollbar {
        width: 5px;
        background-color: #F5F5F5;
      }
      body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
        border-radius: 10px;
        -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
        background-color: #666666;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h2>Scrollbar property example</h2>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
    <div>
      Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

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Values

Value	Description
::-webkit-scrollbar-button	The buttons on the scrollbar.
::-webkit-scrollbar-track	The draggable scrolling handle.
::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece	The track of the scrollbar.
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb	The part of the track not covered by the handle.
::-webkit-scrollbar-corner	The bottom corner of the scrollbar, where both horizontal and vertical scrollbars meet.
::-webkit-resizer	The draggable resizing handle that appears at the bottom corner of some elements.
initial	Makes the property use its default value.
inherit	Inherits the property from its parents element.


4.0 -webkit- (Partial)	64.0 (Partial)	5.1 -webkit- (Partial)	15.0 -webkit- (Partial)

Practice Your Knowledge

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb is

the draggable scrolling handle. the bottom corner of the scrollbar, where both horizontal and vertical scrollbars meet. the part of the track not covered by the handle. the buttons on the scrollbar.