CSS scroll-margin-bottom Property


Example

Set scroll margin bottom to 20px between the snap position and the container:

div {
  scroll-margin-bottom: 20px;
}
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Definition and Usage

The scroll-margin-bottom property specifies the distance between the snap position and the container.

Snap position is the position on the child element where it snaps into place in the container when you stop scrolling. Snap position is set with scroll-snap-align property, but can also be affected by CSS properties direction and writing-mode.

Note: This property only works if the snap position is placed at the bottom of the child element.

To see the effect from the scroll-margin-bottom property, the scroll-margin-bottom and scroll-snap-align properties must be set on the child elements, and the scroll-snap-type property must be set on the parent element.

Default value: none
Inherited: no
Animatable: no. Read about animatable
Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.scrollMarginBottom="20px" Try it

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.

Property
scroll-margin-bottom 69.0 79.0 68.0 14.1 56.0


CSS Syntax

scroll-margin-bottom: 0|value|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value Description
0 Scroll-margin-bottom is zero. This is default
length Specifies scroll-margin-bottom in px, pt, cm, etc. Negative values are allowed. Read about length units
initial Sets this property to its default value. Read about initial
inherit Inherits this property from its parent element. Read about inherit

More Examples

Image gallery

The scroll-margin-bottom property can be used in an image gallery with snap behaviour. Here, the scroll-margin-bottom lets the user see that there is an image at the bottom. Scroll past the first image to see the effect:

#container > img {
  scroll-margin-bottom: 30px;
}
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Snap position

The snap position must be placed on bottom of the child elements for the scroll-margin-bottom property to work. In this example the writing-mode property changes the snap position from bottom to left side of child elements. With the code like this the scroll-margin-bottom property no longer works:

#container {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
}

#container > div {
  scroll-margin-bottom: 30px;
  scroll-snap-align: end none;
}
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Related Pages

CSS direction property: CSS Direction property

CSS scroll-snap-align property: CSS Scroll-snap-align property

CSS scroll-snap-type property: CSS Scroll-snap-type property

CSS writing-mode property: CSS Writing-mode property


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