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scroll-padding

The scroll-padding shorthand property sets scroll padding on all sides of an element at once, much like the padding property does for padding on an element.

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The scroll-padding-* properties define offsets for the optimal viewing region of the scrollport: the region used as the target region for placing things in view of the user. This allows the author to exclude regions of the scrollport that are obscured by other content (such as fixed-positioned toolbars or sidebars), or to put more breathing room between a targeted element and the edges of the scrollport.

Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
scroll-padding: auto;

/* <length> values */
scroll-padding: 10px;
scroll-padding: 1em 0.5em 1em 1em;
scroll-padding: 10%;

/* Global values */
scroll-padding: inherit;
scroll-padding: initial;
scroll-padding: revert;
scroll-padding: revert-layer;
scroll-padding: unset;

Values

<length-percentage>

An inwards offset from the corresponding edge of the scrollport, as a valid <length> or a <percentage>.

auto

The offset is determined by the user agent. This will generally be 0px, but the user agent is free to detect and do something else if a non-zero value is more appropriate.

Formal definition

Initial value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
Applies to scroll containers
Inherited no
Percentages relative to the scroll container's scrollport
Computed value as each of the properties of the shorthand:
Animation type by computed value type

Formal syntax

scroll-padding = 
[ auto | <length-percentage [0,∞]> ]{1,4}

<length-percentage> =
<length> |
<percentage>

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
scroll-padding 69 79 68 No 56 14.1
11–14.1Scroll padding is not applied for scrolls to fragment target or scrollIntoView(), see bug 179379.
69 69 68 48 14.5
11–14.5Scroll padding is not applied for scrolls to fragment target or scrollIntoView(), see bug 179379.
10.0

See also

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