CSS scroll-padding-block-start Property
Last Updated :
26 Jul, 2024
The scroll-padding-block-start property is used to set all the scroll padding to the start of a scroll container or element in the block dimension at once. The start side is the top side for horizontal-tb writing mode and right or left side for vertical-rl or vertical-lr writing mode respectively. Where horizontal-tb stands for horizontal top-to-bottom and vertical-rl or vertical-lr stands for vertical right-to-left and vertical left-to-right respectively.
Syntax:
scroll-padding-block-start: keyword_values
Or
scroll-padding-block-start: length_values
Or
scroll-padding-block-start: Global_Values
Property values: This property accepts three properties mentioned above and described below.
- length_values: This property refers to the values defined with length units exp: px, em, vh, % etc.
- keyword_values: This property refers to the keyword values defined with units like auto. Generally this will be set to 0px by default but it can be non-zero value as well if the non-zero value is more appropriate.
- Global_Values: This property refers to the global values like inherit, initial, unset, etc.
Example: In this example, you can see the effect of scroll-padding-block-start by scrolling to a point partway between two of the interfaces of the example’s content.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.geek {
width: 275px;
height: 300px;
border: solid red;
color: white;
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
align-items: center;
font-size: 50px;
scroll-snap-align: start none;
}
.GeeksforGeeks {
width: 300px;
height: 300px;
border: 2px solid green;
text-align: center;
overflow-x: hidden;
overflow-y: auto;
white-space: nowrap;
scroll-snap-type: y mandatory;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="GeeksforGeeks"
style="scroll-padding-block-start: 90px;">
<div class="geek" style=
"background-color:darkgreen;">
Geeks 1
</div>
<div class="geek" style=
"background-color:rgb(129, 245, 21);">
for 1
</div>
<div class="geek" style="color:green;">
Geeks 2
</div>
<div class="geek" style=
"background-color:rgb(115, 223, 43);">
for 2
</div>
<div class="geek" style="color: green;">
Geeks 3
</div>
<div class="geek" style="color:black;">
for 3
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Supported Browsers:
- Opera 56 and above
- Safari 15 and above
- Chrome 69 and above
- Edge 79 and above
- Firefox 68 and above