CSS - scroll-snap-stop Property

CSS scroll-snap-stop property determines whether the scroll container will scroll past or stick to the nearest snap positions.

Possible Values

  • normal − Default value. The scroll container will scroll past snap points without stopping.

  • always − This value force the scroll container to stop at every snap position, even when you scroll quickly past them.

Applies to

All the HTML elements.

DOM Syntax

object.style.scrollSnapStop = "normal|always";

CSS Scroll Snap Stop - Normal Value

The following example demonstrates how to use the scroll-snap-stop: normal property −

<html>
<head>
<style>
   .scroll-container {
      display: flex;
      width: 350px;
      height: 200px;
      overflow-x: auto;
      overflow-y: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
   }
   .scrolling-section1,
   .scrolling-section2,
   .scrolling-section3 {
      flex: 0 0 auto;
      width: 300px;
      height: 200px;
      scroll-snap-align: center;
      scroll-snap-stop: normal;
   }
   .scrolling-section1 {
      background-color: rgb(220, 235, 153);
   }
   .scrolling-section2 {
      background-color: rgb(230, 173, 218); 
   }
   .scrolling-section3 {
      background-color: rgb(176, 229, 238);
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <div class="scroll-container">
      <div class="scrolling-section1">scroll-snap-stop: normal</div>
      <div class="scrolling-section2">scroll-snap-stop: normal</div>
      <div class="scrolling-section3">scroll-snap-stop: normal</div>
      <div class="scrolling-section1">scroll-snap-stop: normal</div>
   </div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Scroll Snap Stop - Always Value

The following example demonstrates how to use the scroll-snap-stop: always property to stop the scrolling at the specified snap points −

<html>
<head>
<style>
   .scroll-container {
      display: flex;
      width: 350px;
      height: 200px;
      overflow-x: auto;
      overflow-y: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
   }
   .scrolling-section1,
   .scrolling-section2,
   .scrolling-section3 {
      flex: 0 0 auto;
      width: 300px;
      height: 200px;
      scroll-snap-align: center;
      scroll-snap-stop: always;
   }
   .scrolling-section1 {
      background-color: rgb(220, 235, 153);
   }
   .scrolling-section2 {
      background-color: rgb(230, 173, 218); 
   }
   .scrolling-section3 {
      background-color: rgb(176, 229, 238);
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <div class="scroll-container">
      <div class="scrolling-section1">scroll-snap-stop: always</div>
      <div class="scrolling-section2">scroll-snap-stop: always</div>
      <div class="scrolling-section3">scroll-snap-stop: always</div>
      <div class="scrolling-section1">scroll-snap-stop: always</div>
   </div>
</body>
</html>
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