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In this article, we will learn how to design a horizontally scrollable div using CSS, & will see its implementation through the example. We can make a div horizontally scrollable by using the CSS overflow property. There are different values in the overflow property.

These are the following ways to make a div horizontally scrollable using CSS:

By setting the overflow-y: hidden and overflow-x: auto

For a horizontal scrollable bar use the x and y-axis. Set the overflow-y: hidden; and overflow-x: auto; which will automatically hide the vertical scroll bar and present only the horizontal scrollbar. The white-space: nowrap; property is used to wrap text in a single line. Here the scroll div will be horizontally scrollable.

Example: In this example, we have used the overflow-y: hidden; and overflow-x: auto; to make the div horizontally scrollable.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        Making a div horizontally
        scrollable using CSS
    </title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: Green;
        }
 
        div.scroll {
            margin: 4px, 4px;
            padding: 4px;
            background-color: #08c708;
            width: 300px;
            overflow-x: auto;
            overflow-y: hidden;
            white-space: nowrap;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>
            Making a div horizontally
            scrollable using CSS
        </h2>
        <div class="scroll">
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        </div>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

Using overflow-y: hidden; & overflow-x: auto;

By using overflow: auto; property

the overflow: auto; is used for adding a scrollbar automatically whenever it is required and the axis hiding procedure like overflow-x: auto; is used to make only a horizontal scrollable bar. 

Example: In this example, we have used the auto in place of overflow-y: hidden; and overflow-x: auto; to make div horizontally scrollable.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 
<head>
    <title>
        Making a div horizontally
        scrollable using CSS
    </title>
    <style>
        h1 {
            color: Green;
        }
 
        div.scroll {
            margin: 4px, 4px;
            padding: 4px;
            background-color: #08c708;
            width: 300px;
            overflow: auto;
            white-space: nowrap;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body>
    <center>
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
        <h2>
            Making a div horizontally
            scrollable using CSS
        </h2>
        <div class="scroll">
            It is a good platform to learn programming.
            It is an educational website. Prepare for
            the Recruitment drive of product based companies
            like Microsoft, Amazon, Adobe etc with a free
            online placement preparation course. The
            course focuses on various MCQ's & Coding question
            likely to be asked in the interviews & make your
            upcoming placement season efficient and successful.
            Also, any geeks can help other geeks by writing
            articles on the GeeksforGeeks, publishing articles
            follow few steps that are Articles that need little
            modification or improvement from reviewers are
            published first.
            To quickly get your articles reviewed, please refer
            existing articles, their
            formatting style, coding style, and try to make you
            are close to them. In case you are a beginner, you
            may refer Guidelines to write an Article
        </div>
    </center>
</body>
 
</html>


Output:

Using overflow: auto;

CSS is the foundation of webpages, is used for webpage development by styling websites and web apps. You can learn CSS from the ground up by following this CSS Tutorial and CSS Examples.



Last Updated : 29 Nov, 2023
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