CSS customized scroll bar in div

Question

How can I customize a scroll bar via CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for one div and not the whole page?

Answer 1

.className::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 10px;
  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0);
}

.className::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
  border-radius: 5px;
}

gave me a nice mobile/osx like one.

Answer 2

There is a way by which you can apply custom scrollbars to custom div elements in your HTML documents. Here is a an example which helps. https://codepen.io/adeelibr/pen/dKqZNb But as a gist of it. You can do something like this.

<div class="scrollbar" id="style-1">
  <div class="force-overflow"></div>
</div>

CSS file looks like this.

.scrollbar
{
  margin-left: 30px;
  float: left;
  height: 300px;
  width: 65px;
  background: #F5F5F5;
  overflow-y: scroll;
  margin-bottom: 25px;
}

.force-overflow
{
  min-height: 450px;
}

#style-1::-webkit-scrollbar-track
{
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
  border-radius: 10px;
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
}

#style-1::-webkit-scrollbar
{
  width: 12px;
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
}

#style-1::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb
{
  border-radius: 10px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,.3);
  background-color: #555;
}

Answer 3

I thought it would be helpful to consolidate the latest information on scroll bars, CSS, and browser compatibility.

Scroll Bar CSS Support

Currently, there exists no cross-browser scroll bar CSS styling definitions. The W3C article I mention at the end has the following statement and was recently updated (10 Oct 2014):

Some browsers (IE, Konqueror) support the non-standard properties 'scrollbar-shadow-color', 'scrollbar-track-color' and others. These properties are illegal: they are neither defined in any CSS specification nor are they marked as proprietary (by prefixing them with "-vendor-")

Microsoft

As others have mentioned, Microsoft supports scroll bar styling, but only for IE8 and above.

Example:

<!-- language: lang-css -->

    .TA {
        scrollbar-3dlight-color:gold;
        scrollbar-arrow-color:blue;
        scrollbar-base-color:;
        scrollbar-darkshadow-color:blue;
        scrollbar-face-color:;
        scrollbar-highlight-color:;
        scrollbar-shadow-color:
    }

Chrome & Safari (WebKit)

Similarly, WebKit now has its own version:

• Styling scrollbars: https://www.webkit.org/blog/363/styling-scrollbars/
• Demo of all WebKit scroll bar styling

• From Custom scrollbars in WebKit, relevant CSS:

  /* pseudo elements */
  ::-webkit-scrollbar              {  }
  ::-webkit-scrollbar-button       {  }
  ::-webkit-scrollbar-track        {  }
  ::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece  {  }
  ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb        {  }
  ::-webkit-scrollbar-corner       {  }
  ::-webkit-resizer                {  }
  
  /* pseudo class selectors */
  :horizontal
  :vertical
  :decrement
  :increment
  :start
  :end 
  :double-button
  :single-button
  :no-button
  :corner-present
  :window-inactive
  

Firefox (Gecko)

Firefox does not have its own version of scroll bar styles according to this SO answer.

There's no Gecko equivalent to ::-webkit-scrollbar and friends.

You'll have to stick with jQuery.

Plenty of people would like this feature, see:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790

This report is asking for the exact same thing you're asking for: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=547260

Cross-browser Scroll Bar Styling

JavaScript libraries and plug-ins can provide a cross-browser solution. There are many options.

• 20 jQuery Scrollbar plugin with examples (July 24, 2012)
  • NiceScroll : jQuery Scrolling plugin for desktop,mobile & touch devices
  • jQuery custom content scroller
  • Tiny Scrollbar – A lightweight jQuery plugin
  • etc.
• 30+ JavaScript/Ajax Techniques for Sliders, Scrollers and Scrollbars (May 07, 2008)
• 21 Useful Scrollbar CSS/JavaScript Styling Tutorials (August, 2012)
• 15+ Free and Premium jQuery Scrolling Plugins (August 26, 2012)

The list could go on. Your best bet is to search around, research, and test the available solutions. I am sure you will be able to find something that will fit your needs.

Prevent Illegal Scroll Bar Styling

Just in case you want to prevent scroll bar styling that hasn't been properly prefixed with "-vendor", this article over at W3C provides some basic instructions. Basically, you'll need to add the following CSS to a user style sheet associated with your browser. These definitions will override invalid scroll bar styling on any page you visit.

body, html {
  scrollbar-face-color: ThreeDFace !important;
  scrollbar-shadow-color: ThreeDDarkShadow !important;
  scrollbar-highlight-color: ThreeDHighlight !important;
  scrollbar-3dlight-color: ThreeDLightShadow !important;
  scrollbar-darkshadow-color: ThreeDDarkShadow !important;
  scrollbar-track-color: Scrollbar !important;
  scrollbar-arrow-color: ButtonText !important;
}

Duplicate or Similar Questions / Source Not Linked Above

• Changing the scrollbars' style
• CSS scrollbar style cross browser
• How to create a custom scrollbar on a div (Facebook style)

Note: This answer contains information from various sources. If a source was used, then it is also linked in this answer.

Answer 4

Custom scroll bars aren't possible with CSS, you'll need some JavaScript magic.

Some browsers support non-spec CSS rules, such as ::-webkit-scrollbar in Webkit but is not ideal since it'll only work in Webkit. IE had something like that too, but I don't think they support it anymore.

Answer 5

I tried a lot of plugins, most of them don't support all browsers, I prefer iScroll and nanoScroller works for all these browsers :

• IE11 -> IE6
• IE10 - WP8
• IE9 - WP7
• IE Xbox One
• IE Xbox 360
• Google Chrome
• FireFox
• Opera
• Safari

But iScroll do not work with touch!

demo iScroll : http://lab.cubiq.org/iscroll/examples/simple/
demo nanoScroller : http://jamesflorentino.github.io/nanoScrollerJS/

Answer 6

Like many people, I was looking for something that was:

• Consistently styled and functional across most modern browsers
• Not some ridiculous 3000-line bloated jQuery extension cr*p

...But alas - nothing!

Well if a job's worth doing... I was able to get something up and running in about 30 mins. Disclaimer: there's quite a few known (and probably a few as yet unknown) problems with it, but it makes me wonder what on Earth the other 2920 lines of JS are there for in many offerings!

var dragParams;
	window.addEventListener('load', init_myscroll);

	/* TODO: Much to do for v axis! */

	function bardrag_mousemove(e) {
	  var pos = (e.clientX - dragParams.clientX) + dragParams.offsetLeft;
	  pos = Math.min(Math.max(0, pos), dragParams.maxLeft);
	  dragParams.slider.style.left = pos + 'px';
	  updateScrollPosition(dragParams.slider, pos);
	}

	function updateScrollPosition(slider, offsetVal) {
	  var bar = slider.parentNode;
	  var myscroll = bar.parentNode;
	  var maxView = myscroll.scrollWidth - myscroll.offsetWidth;
	  var maxSlide = bar.offsetWidth - slider.offsetWidth;
	  var viewX = maxView * offsetVal / maxSlide;
	  myscroll.scrollLeft = viewX;
	  bar.style.left = viewX + 'px';
	}

	function drag_start(e) {
	  var slider = e.target;
	  var maxLeft = slider.parentNode.offsetWidth - slider.offsetWidth;
	  dragParams = {
	    clientX: e.clientX,
	    offsetLeft: slider.offsetLeft,
	    slider: e.target,
	    maxLeft: maxLeft
	  };
	  e.preventDefault();
	  document.addEventListener('mousemove', bardrag_mousemove);
	}

	function drag_end(e) {
	  e.stopPropagation();
	  document.removeEventListener('mousemove', bardrag_mousemove);
	}

	function bar_clicked(e) {
	  var bar = e.target;
	  var slider = bar.getElementsByClassName('slider')[0];
	  if (bar.className == 'h bar') {
	    var maxSlide = bar.offsetWidth - slider.offsetWidth;
	    var sliderX = e.offsetX - (slider.offsetWidth / 2);
	    sliderX = Math.max(0, Math.min(sliderX, maxSlide));
	    slider.style.left = sliderX + 'px';
	    updateScrollPosition(slider, sliderX);
	  }
	}

	function init_myscroll() {
	  var myscrolls = document.getElementsByClassName('container');
	  for (var i = 0; i < myscrolls.length; i++) {
	    var myscroll = myscrolls[i];
	    var style = window.getComputedStyle(myscroll);
	    if (style.overflowY == 'scroll' || (style.overflowY == 'auto' && myscroll.offsetHeight < myscroll.scrollHeight)) {
	      addScroller(false, myscroll);
	    }
	    if (style.overflowX == 'scroll' || (style.overflowX == 'auto' && myscroll.offsetWidth < myscroll.scrollWidth)) {
	      addScroller(true, myscroll);
	    }
	  }
	}

	function addScroller(isX, myscroll) {
	  myscroll.className += ' myscroll';
	  var bar = document.createElement('div');
	  var slider = document.createElement('div');
	  var offsetDim = isX ? myscroll.offsetWidth : myscroll.offsetHeight;
	  var scrollDim = isX ? myscroll.scrollWidth : myscroll.scrollHeight;
	  var sliderPx = Math.max(30, (offsetDim * offsetDim / scrollDim));
	  slider.style.width = 100 * sliderPx / offsetDim + '%';
	  slider.className = 'slider';
	  bar.className = isX ? 'h bar' : 'v bar';
	  bar.appendChild(slider);
	  myscroll.appendChild(bar);

	  bar.addEventListener('click', bar_clicked);
	  slider.addEventListener('mousedown', drag_start);
	  slider.addEventListener('mouseup', drag_end);
	  bar.addEventListener('mouseup', drag_end);
	  document.addEventListener('mouseup', drag_end);
	}

body {
  background-color: #66f;
}
.container {
  background-color: #fff;
  width: 50%;
  margin: auto;
  overflow: auto;
}
.container > div:first-of-type {
  width: 300%;
  height: 100px;
  background: linear-gradient(to right, red, yellow);
}
/* TODO: Much to do for v axis! */

.myscroll {
  overflow: hidden;
  position: relative;
}
.myscroll .bar {
  background-color: lightgrey;
  position: absolute;
}
.myscroll {
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}
.myscroll .h {
  height: 20px;
  width: 100%;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
}
.myscroll .slider {
  background-color: grey;
  position: absolute;
}
.myscroll .h .slider {
  height: 100%;
}

<div class="container">
  <div></div>
</div>