`scroll-padding-left` CSS property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since April 2021.

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The scroll-padding-left property defines offsets for the left of 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.

Try it

scroll-padding-left: 0;

scroll-padding-left: 20px;

scroll-padding-left: 2em;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div class="scroller" id="example-element">
    <div>1</div>
    <div>2</div>
    <div>3</div>
  </div>
  <div class="info">Scroll »</div>
</section>

.default-example {
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.default-example .info {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0.5em 0;
  font-size: 90%;
}

.scroller {
  text-align: left;
  width: 250px;
  height: 250px;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  display: flex;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border: 1px solid black;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
}

.scroller > div {
  flex: 0 0 250px;
  width: 250px;
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
  color: white;
  font-size: 30px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  scroll-snap-align: start;
}

.scroller > div:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: white;
  color: rebeccapurple;
}

Syntax

css

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

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

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

Values

<length-percentage>: An inwards offset from the left 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 a user agent is able to detect and do something else if a non-zero value is more appropriate.

Formal definition

Initial value	`auto`
Applies to	scroll containers
Inherited	no
Percentages	relative to the scroll container's scrollport
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	by computed value type

Formal syntax

scroll-padding-left = 
  auto                       |
  <length-percentage [0,∞]>  

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

Specifications

Specification
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1 # padding-longhands-physical

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`scroll-padding-left`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 69 (Release date: 2018-09-04) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 68 (Release date: 2019-07-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 56 (Release date: 2018-09-25) footnote Full support	Safari – Partial support Safari 11 – 14 (Release date: 2017-09-19) footnote Partial support footnote Scroll padding is not applied for scrolls to fragment target or `scrollIntoView()`, see bug 179379. Safari – Full support Safari 14.1 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 69 (Release date: 2018-09-04) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 68 (Release date: 2019-07-09) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 48 (Release date: 2018-11-08) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Partial support Safari on iOS 11 – 14 (Release date: 2017-09-19) footnote Partial support footnote Scroll padding is not applied for scrolls to fragment target or `scrollIntoView()`, see bug 179379. Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 10 (Release date: 2019-08-22) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 69 (Release date: 2018-09-04) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Partial support WebView on iOS 11 – 14 (Release date: 2017-09-19) footnote Partial support footnote Scroll padding is not applied for scrolls to fragment target or `scrollIntoView()`, see bug 179379. WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 14.5 (Release date: 2021-04-26) footnote Full support
`auto`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 78 (Release date: 2019-10-22) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 68 (Release date: 2019-07-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 65 (Release date: 2019-11-13) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 78 (Release date: 2019-10-22) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 68 (Release date: 2019-07-09) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 56 (Release date: 2020-02-06) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 12 (Release date: 2020-06-19) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 78 (Release date: 2019-10-22) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20) footnote Full support

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scroll-padding-left CSS property

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`scroll-padding-left` CSS property