This is a reference that I used, which explains how to make a div scrollable with its scroll bar hidden. The only difference is that I have nested divs. Check my fiddle
HTML:
<div id="main">
<div id="sub-main">
<div id="content">
<div id="item-container">
<div class="item">a</div>
<div class="item">b</div>
<div class="item">c</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
CSS:
#main {
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
}
#sub-main {
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
overflow: hidden;
}
#content {
background-color: red;
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
overflow: auto;
}
#item-container {
width: 1500px;
height: 500px;
}
.item {
width: 500px;
height: 500px;
font-size: 25em;
text-align: center;
float: left;
}
Like above, I have a overflowed horizontal div and I want to hide its scroll bar. I have to make it still scrollable because $.scrollTo()
wouldn't work otherwise.
UPDATE:
I have read all the answers, but I still have not resolved my problem and don't know what's causing it. This is the live that's having troubles. Basically, I am trying to follow this almost exactly the same, but there must be some reason that my website isn't working as expected. There are two problems.
- When I set
overflow: hidden
to a parent container of scrollable items, I cannot scroll (native javascript scroll functions do not work too). - I want to scroll just the overflowed container, not the entire window. This can be done by setting a target in
$.localScroll({ target: '#projects-content' })
but nothing scrolls when I set the target. If I don't, scrolling works as long asoverflow:hidden
is not applied. Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
HTML:
<div id="projects"> <!-- start of entire projects page -->
<div id="project-sidebar">
<a href="#project-first">
<div class="sidebar-item sidebar-first">first</div>
</a>
<a href="#project-second">
<div class="sidebar-item sidebar-second">second</div>
</a>
<a href="#">
<div class="sidebar-item sidebar-third">third</div>
</a>
</div>
<div id="project-content"> <!-- this must be the scrollable itmes' container, not the entire window -->
<div id="project-first" class="project-item">
<!-- these items should be scrollable -->
<div class="project-subitem" id="first-sub1">
<a href='#first-sub2' class='next'>next</a>
</div>
<div class='project-subitem' id='first-sub2'>
<a href='#first-sub1' class='prev'>prev</a>
</div>
<!-- end of scrollable items -->
</div>
</div> <!-- end of scroll scroll container -->
</div> <!-- end of entire projects page -->
<script>
// FIXME: when I set target, nothing scrolls.
// But I don't want the entire window to scroll
$('#projects').localScroll({
//target: '#project-content',
hash: false
});
</script>
CSS
#project-content {
width: 80%;
height: 100%;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
#project-sidebar {
float: left;
width: 20%;
height: 100%;
}
.project-item {
width: 300%;
height: 100%;
}
.project-subitem {
height: 100%;
width: 33.33%;
position: relative;
float: left;
}
Update:
After I added overflow:scroll
to #project-content
, the scrolling works as expected. All I need now is making scroll bars disappear in #project-content
. I tried adding overflow:hidden
to its parent but had no success. I also tried adding it to html, body
, but then the entire document refuses to accept any scrolling functions like scrollTop()
.
Any help will be greatly appreciated!