scroll-padding

The scroll-padding property is a shorthand property that sets all of the scroll-padding-* longhands. It assigns values much like the padding property does for the padding-* longhands.

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The scroll-padding-* properties define offsets for the optimal viewing region of the scrollport: the region used as the target region for placing things in view of the user. This allows the author to exclude regions of the scrollport that are obscured by other content (such as fixed-positioned toolbars or sidebars), or simply to put more breathing room between a targeted element and the edges of the scrollport.

Syntax

/* Keyword values */
scroll-padding: auto;

/* <length> values */
scroll-padding: 10px;
scroll-padding: 1em .5em 1em 1em;
scroll-padding: 10%;

/* Global values */
scroll-padding: inherit;
scroll-padding: initial;
scroll-padding: unset;

Values

<length-percentage>

An inwards offset from the corresponding edge of the scrollport, as a valid <length> or a <percentage>.

auto

The offset is determind by the user agent. This will generally be 0px, but the user agent is free to detect and do something else if a non-zero value is more appropriate.

Formal syntax

[ auto | <length-percentage> ]{1,4}
where 
<length-percentage> = <length> | <percentage>

Specification

Browser compatibility

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