overscroll-behavior-block
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2022.
The overscroll-behavior-block
CSS property sets the browser's behavior when the block direction boundary of a scrolling area is reached.
See overscroll-behavior
for a full explanation.
Syntax
/* Keyword values */ overscroll-behavior-block: auto; /* default */ overscroll-behavior-block: contain; overscroll-behavior-block: none; /* Global values */ overscroll-behavior-block: inherit; overscroll-behavior-block: initial; overscroll-behavior-block: revert; overscroll-behavior-block: revert-layer; overscroll-behavior-block: unset;
The overscroll-behavior-block
property is specified as a keyword chosen from the list of values below.
Values
auto
The default scroll overflow behavior occurs as normal.
contain
Default scroll overflow behavior (e.g., "bounce" effects) is observed inside the element where this value is set. However, no scroll chaining occurs on neighboring scrolling areas; the underlying elements will not scroll. The
contain
value disables native browser navigation, including the vertical pull-to-refresh gesture and horizontal swipe navigation.none
No scroll chaining occurs to neighboring scrolling areas, and default scroll overflow behavior is prevented.
Formal definition
Initial value | auto |
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Applies to | non-replaced block-level elements and non-replaced inline-block elements |
Inherited | no |
Computed value | as specified |
Animation type | discrete |
Formal syntax
Examples
Preventing block overscrolling
In this demo we have two block-level boxes, one inside the other. The outer box has a large height
set on it so the page will scroll vertically. The inner box has a small width
(and height
) set on it so it sits comfortably inside the viewport, but its content is given a large height
so it will also scroll vertically.
By default, when the inner box is scrolled and a scroll boundary is reached, the whole page will begin to scroll, which is probably not what we want. To avoid this happening in the block direction, we've set overscroll-behavior-block: contain
on the inner box.
HTML
<main> <div> <div> <p> <code>overscroll-behavior-block</code> has been used to make it so that when the scroll boundaries of the yellow inner box are reached, the whole page does not begin to scroll. </p> </div> </div> </main>
CSS
main { height: 3000px; width: 500px; background-color: white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient( to bottom, rgb(0 0 0 / 0%) 0px, rgb(0 0 0 / 0%) 19px, rgb(0 0 0 / 50%) 20px ); } main > div { height: 300px; width: 400px; overflow: auto; position: relative; top: 50px; left: 50px; overscroll-behavior-block: contain; } div > div { height: 1500px; width: 100%; background-color: yellow; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient( to bottom, rgb(0 0 0 / 0%) 0px, rgb(0 0 0 / 0%) 19px, rgb(0 0 0 / 50%) 20px ); } p { padding: 10px; background-color: rgb(255 0 0 / 50%); margin: 0; width: 340px; position: relative; top: 10px; left: 10px; }
Result
Specifications
Specification |
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CSS Overscroll Behavior Module Level 1 # overscroll-behavior-longhands-logical |