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How to Make Scrollbar Custom Arrows Work on Mobile Devices?
You may have noticed websites with distinctive scrollbars that give them a unique feel and appearance since custom scrollbars are becoming more and more common. A custom scrollbar can simply be implemented in a few different ways. The easiest method will be used in this article, which is CSS.
We employ CSS to enhance the visual appeal of web pages in our applications. Using CSS, we can now change how the scrollbar looks. Let’s see how to make scrollbar custom arrows work on mobile devices.
Making scrollbar custom arrows work on mobile devices
Back in the day, scrollbars on websites could be modified using non-standard CSS attributes like scrollbar-base-color, which you would apply to the element that scrolls (like the ) and do completely awesome stuff. IE abandoned that.
Custom scrollbars are once again available today, although this time WebKit is used. The properties now use the "Shadow DOM" and are vendor-prefixed (for example: -webkit-scrollbar). This has been in existence for a while.
For getting more idea on making the scrollbar custom arrows work on mobile devices, let’s look into the following examples.
Example
In the following example, we are using the webkit-scrollbar for making the scrollbar work on mobile devices and applying CSS to the scrollbar.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<style>
div{
max-width:400px;
max-height:250px;
overflow-y: scroll;
overflow-x: hidden;
}
div::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 0.5em;
}
div::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px rgba(1,1,1,0.4);
}
div::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
background-color: #D5F5E3;
outline: 1px solid #FBFCFC;
}
</style>
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</div>
</body>
</html>
When the script gets executed, it will generate an output consisting of an image, some text, and a scrollable display on the webpage.
Example
Considering the following example, where we are using webkit-scrollable to make the content scroll on the webpage along with arrows.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<style>
.visible-scrollbar,
.mostly-customized-scrollbar {
display: block;
width: 300px;
overflow: auto;
height: 150px;
}
.invisible-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
display: none;
}
.mostly-customized-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 300px;
height: 8px;
background-color:#7D3C98 ;
}
.mostly-customized-scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
outline: 1px solid #FBFCFC;
}
</style>
<div class="visible-scrollbar">
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</div>
</body>
</html>
On running the above script, the output window will pop up, displaying the text along with scrollable arrows that get displayed on the webpage.
Example
Execute the below code and observe how we are going to make a custom scrollable using webkit-scrollable.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<style>
body {
font-size: 15pt;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 14px;
border: 1px solid blue;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button {
background-color: fuchsia;
height: 10px;
width: 10px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
background: maroon;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
background: silver;
}
::-webkit-resizer {
background: olive;
}
</style>
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<br>
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</center>
</body>
</html>
When the script gets executed, it will generate an output consisting of text along with an image and a custom scrollable applied with CSS that is displayed on the webpage.
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