::-webkit-scrollbar

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The ::-webkit-scrollbar CSS pseudo-element affects the style of an element's scrollbar when it has overflow:scroll; set.

Note: If overflow:scroll; is not set, no scrollbar is displayed.

Note: ::-webkit-scrollbar is only available in Blink- and WebKit-based browsers (e.g., Chrome, Edge, Opera, Safari, all browsers on iOS, and others). A standardized method of styling scrollbars is available with scrollbar-color and scrollbar-width, but is currently only supported in Firefox.

CSS Scrollbar Selectors

You can use the following pseudo-elements to customize various parts of the scrollbar for WebKit browsers:

  • ::-webkit-scrollbar — the entire scrollbar.
  • ::-webkit-scrollbar-button — the buttons on the scrollbar (arrows pointing upwards and downwards that scroll one line at a time).
  • ::-webkit-scrollbar:horizontal{} — the horizontal scrollbar.
  • ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb — the draggable scrolling handle.
  • ::-webkit-scrollbar-track — the track (progress bar) of the scrollbar, where there is a gray bar on top of a white bar.
  • ::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece — the part of the track (progress bar) not covered by the handle.
  • ::-webkit-scrollbar:vertical{} — the vertical scrollbar.
  • ::-webkit-scrollbar-corner — the bottom corner of the scrollbar, where both horizontal and vertical scrollbars meet. This is often the bottom-right corner of the browser window.
  • ::-webkit-resizer — the draggable resizing handle that appears at the bottom corner of some elements.

Examples

CSS

css

.visible-scrollbar,
.invisible-scrollbar,
.mostly-customized-scrollbar {
  display: block;
  width: 10em;
  overflow: auto;
  height: 2em;
}

.invisible-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
  display: none;
}

/* Demonstrate a "mostly customized" scrollbar
 * (won't be visible otherwise if width/height is specified) */
.mostly-customized-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 5px;
  height: 8px;
  background-color: #aaa; /* or add it to the track */
}

/* Add a thumb */
.mostly-customized-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: #000;
}

HTML

html

<div class="visible-scrollbar">
  Etiam sagittis sem sed lacus laoreet, eu fermentum eros auctor. Proin at nulla
  elementum, consectetur ex eget, commodo ante. Sed eros mi, bibendum ut
  dignissim et, maximus eget nibh. Phasellus blandit quam turpis, at mollis
  velit pretium ut. Nunc consequat efficitur ultrices. Nullam hendrerit posuere
  est. Nulla libero sapien, egestas ac felis porta, cursus ultricies quam.
  Vestibulum tincidunt accumsan sapien, a fringilla dui semper in. Vivamus
  consectetur ipsum a ornare blandit. Aenean tempus at lorem sit amet faucibus.
  Curabitur nibh justo, faucibus sed velit cursus, mattis cursus dolor.
  Pellentesque id pretium est. Quisque convallis nisi a diam malesuada mollis.
  Aliquam at enim ligula.
</div>

<div class="invisible-scrollbar">
  Thisisaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerylongword
</div>

<div class="mostly-customized-scrollbar">
  Thisisaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerylongword<br />
  And pretty tall<br />
  thing with weird scrollbars.<br />
  Who thought scrollbars could be made weird?
</div>

Result

Specifications

Not part of any standard.

Browser compatibility

css.selectors.-webkit-scrollbar

BCD tables only load in the browser

css.selectors.-webkit-scrollbar-button

BCD tables only load in the browser

css.selectors.-webkit-scrollbar-thumb

BCD tables only load in the browser

css.selectors.-webkit-scrollbar-track

BCD tables only load in the browser

css.selectors.-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece

BCD tables only load in the browser

css.selectors.-webkit-scrollbar-corner

BCD tables only load in the browser

css.selectors.-webkit-resizer

BCD tables only load in the browser

See also