CSS scroll-padding-inline-start Property

The scroll-padding-inline-start property is used to set all the scroll padding to the start edge of a scroll element or container in the inline dimension at once. The start side is the left side for horizontal-tb writing mode and top or bottom side for vertical-lr or vertical-rl writing mode respectively where horizontal-tb stands for horizontal top-to-bottom and vertical-rl or vertical-lr stands for vertical right-to-left and vertical left-to-right respectively.

Syntax:

scroll-padding-inline-start: keyword_values

Or

scroll-padding-inline-start: length_values

Or

scroll-padding-inline-start: Global_Values

Property values: This property accepts three properties mentioned above and described below.

• length_values: This property refers to the values defined with length units. Ex: px, em, vh, % etc.
• Global_Values: This property refers to the global values like inherit, initial, unset, etc.
• keyword_values: This property refers to the keyword_values defined with units like auto. Generally this will be set to 0px by default but it can be non-zero value as well as if the non-zero value is more appropriate.

Example: In this example, you can see the effect of scroll-padding-inline-start by scrolling to a point partway between the two of the “interfaces” of the example’s content.

Output:

Supported Browsers:

• Firefox 68 and above
• Chrome 69 and above
• Edge 79 and above
• Opera 56 and above
• Safari 15 and above