CSS scroll-padding-bottom Property


Example

Set scroll padding to 20px from the bottom of the container to the snap position:

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

The scroll-padding-bottom property specifies the distance from the bottom of the container to the snap position on the child elements.

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-padding-bottom property, the scroll-snap-align property must be set on the child elements, and the scroll-padding-bottom and the scroll-snap-type properties must be set on the parent element.

Default value: auto
Inherited: no
Animatable: no. Read about animatable
Version: CSS3
JavaScript syntax: object.style.scrollPaddingBottom="20px" Try it

Browser Support

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

Property
scroll-padding-bottom 69.0 79.0 68.0 14.1 56.0


CSS Syntax

scroll-padding-bottom: auto|value|initial|inherit;

Property Values

Value Description
auto Default value. The browser calculates the padding
length Specifies scroll-padding-bottom in px, pt, cm, etc. Negative values are not allowed. Read about length units
% Specifies the padding in percent of the width of the containing element
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-padding-bottom property can be used in an image gallery with snap behaviour, to push images above a fixed element:

#container {
  scroll-padding-bottom: 30px;
}
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Fixed bottom element
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Set scroll-padding at the bottom

The scroll-padding-bottom property can also be set on the container when snap behaviour is set in both directions. Scroll to the next element vertically to see the effect:

#container {
  scroll-padding-bottom: 30px;
}





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Snap position

The snap position must be placed on bottom of the child elements for the scroll-padding-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-padding-bottom property no longer works:

#container {
  writing-mode: vertical-rl;
  scroll-padding-bottom: 30px;
}

#container > div {
  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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