CSS scrollbar Property

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>
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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. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
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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>
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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. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
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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. It has survived not only five centuries, but also the leap into electronic typesetting, remaining essentially unchanged.
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

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>

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.

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

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