CSS - scroll-margin-left



CSS scroll-margin-left property specifies the left margin of the scroll snap area of an element.

Possible Values

  • <length> − A length value is a numeric value, such as px, em.

Applies to

All the HTML elements.

DOM Syntax

 object.style.scrollMarginLeft = "length"; 

CSS Scroll Margin Left - Zero Value

The following example demonstrates how to use scroll-margin-left: 0, which results in no margin set on the left side of the sections −

 <html> <head> <style> .scroll-container { display: flex; width: 300px; height: 200px; overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; } .scrolling-section1, .scrolling-section2, .scrolling-section3 { flex: 0 0 auto; width: 300px; height: 200px; scroll-snap-align: start; } .scrolling-section1 { background-color: rgb(220, 235, 153); scroll-margin-left:0; } .scrolling-section2 { background-color: rgb(230, 173, 218); scroll-margin-left: 0; } .scrolling-section3 { background-color: rgb(119, 224, 210); scroll-margin-left: 0; } </style> </head> <body> <h3>Scroll the content using the scrollbar arrows to see the effect.</h3> <div class="scroll-container"> <div class="scrolling-section1">scroll-margin-left:0</div> <div class="scrolling-section2">scroll-margin-left: 0</div> <div class="scrolling-section3">scroll-margin-left: 0</div> </div> </body> </html> 

CSS Scroll Margin Left - Length Value

The following example demonstrates how to use scroll-margin-left property to add a left margin to each section, which will affect the scrolling behavior when scrolling backwards −

 <html> <head> <style> .scroll-container { display: flex; width: 300px; height: 200px; overflow-x: scroll; overflow-y: hidden; scroll-snap-type: x mandatory; } .scrolling-section1, .scrolling-section2, .scrolling-section3 { flex: 0 0 auto; width: 300px; height: 200px; scroll-snap-align: start; } .scrolling-section1 { background-color: rgb(220, 235, 153); scroll-margin-left: 2em; } .scrolling-section2 { background-color: rgb(230, 173, 218); scroll-margin-left: 10px; } .scrolling-section3 { background-color: rgb(119, 224, 210); scroll-margin-left: 20px; } </style> </head> <body> <h3>Scroll the content reversely using the scrollbar arrows to see the effect.</h3> <div class="scroll-container"> <div class="scrolling-section1">scroll-margin-left: 2em</div> <div class="scrolling-section2">scroll-margin-left: 10px</div> <div class="scrolling-section3">scroll-margin-left: 20px</div> </div> </body> </html> 
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