Css Customized Scroll Bar in Div

CSS customized scroll bar in div

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:

.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)

As of version 64 Firefox supports scrollbar styling through the properties scrollbar-color (partially, W3C draft) and scrollbar-width (W3C draft). Some good information about the implementation can be found in this answer.

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.

Custom scrollbar only in one div

#boardslist {

  &::-webkit-scrollbar {
   width: 0.5em;
   height: 0.5em;
  }

  &::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
   background-color: rgba(255,255,255,.1);
   border-radius: 3px;

   &:hover {
    background: rgba(255,255,255,.2);
   }
  }
}

Check this out http://codepen.io/tholman/pen/tldwm

CSS3 scrollbar styling on a div

Setting overflow: hidden hides the scrollbar. Set overflow: scroll to make sure the scrollbar appears all the time.

To use the ::webkit-scrollbar property, simply target .scroll before calling it.

.scroll {
   width: 200px;
   height: 400px;
    background: red;
   overflow: scroll;
}
.scroll::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 12px;
}

.scroll::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3); 
    border-radius: 10px;
}

.scroll::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    border-radius: 10px;
    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.5); 
}
​

See this live example

Styling scrollbar only for div, not for entire body

You are missing the content height. Just add content height, you will see scrollbar.

.content{
    height:300px; //for example.
}

Is there a way to move custom HTML scrollbar behind a div

You can put a small div inside your outer div and make that the container of your scroll bar to stop the bulging out of these scroll bars eg. fiddle like

<div class="outer">
  <div class="inner">
   ..content
  </div>
</div>

.outer{  max-height:200px;  width:250px;  border-radius:10px;   padding:0px 0px;  background:#ccc;}.inner{  white-space: nowrap;  width:250px;  max-height:200px;  overflow-x:scroll;  overflow-y:hidden;  border-radius:8px;}/* width */::-webkit-scrollbar {  width: 20px;}
/* Track */::-webkit-scrollbar-track {  box-shadow: inset 0 0 5px grey;  border-radius: 10px;}
/* Handle */::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {  background: #0ef;   border-radius: 10px;}

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