CSS scroll-margin-inline-start Property
Example
Set the distance to the scrollable container from a snap position in the inline direction:
div {
scroll-margin-inline-start: 20px;
}
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Definition and Usage
The scroll-margin-inline-start property specifies the distance in the inline direction, between the snap position and the container.
This means that when you stop scrolling, the scrolling will quickly adjust and stop at a specified distance in the inline direction, between the snap position at the start of the child element and the container.
Inline direction is where the next character is put compared to the position of the existing characters in a line, and this is also how tags with CSS display: inline; like <a> and <strong> tags are laid out in a text. Inline direction is dependent on the written language, i.e. Arabic where new charachters are laid out right to left which makes inline direction right to left, while pages in English have a left to right inline direction. Inline direction can be defined with CSS properties direction and writing-mode.
Snap position is the position on the child element where it snaps into place in the container when you stop scrolling.
Note: This property only works if the scroll-snap-align property is set to 'start' for the inline direction.
The CSS
scroll-margin-inline and
scroll-margin-block properties are very similar to CSS properties
scroll-margin-top,
scroll-margin-bottom,
scroll-margin-left and
scroll-margin-right, but the
scroll-margin-block and
scroll-margin-inline properties are dependent on block and inline directions.
| Default value: | 0 |
|---|---|
| Inherited: | no |
| Animatable: | no. Read about animatable |
| Version: | CSS3 |
| JavaScript syntax: | object.style.scrollMarginInlineStart="30px" Try it |
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the property.
| Property | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| inset-inline-start | 69.0 | 79.0 | 68.0 | 14.1 | 56.0 |
CSS Syntax
inset-inline-start: 0|value|initial|inherit;
Property Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Default. The element's default inset distance. |
| length | Specifies distance 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
Example
With the writing-mode property value of a <div> element set to vertical-rl, the inline direction is downwards. The result is that the start of the element is moved from left side to top:
div {
scroll-margin-inline-start: 20px;
writing-mode: vertical-rl;
}
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Example
With the direction property value of a <div> element set to rtl, the inline direction is right to left. The result is that the start of the element is moved from left side to left right:
div {
scroll-margin-inline-start: 20px;
direction: rtl;
}
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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