Scroll snap
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Scroll snapping is when content “snaps” to a specific position, rather than stopping at any random point, when a scroll operation finishes. Normal scrolling operations lack precision. They don’t align to a paragraph, a sentence, or an image boundary. For example, in a carousel, a scrolling operation could finish in the middle of an image, leaving it partially visible. Web developers have long relied on JavaScript-based solutions. Browsers have recently started supporting CSS scroll-snapping features that enable defining scroll-snap containers and snapping behaviors.
Scroll snapping is a well-controlled scrolling experience, whereby developers define an element as a scroll container with boundaries for scroll operations. Scroll operations then finish at these snap position boundaries, with the scrolled to content snapping into place. In the above carousel example, as the user finishes scrolling the carousel, its visible image will snap into place.
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Scroll snap container- : The scroll snap container is a scroll container with scroll snapping applied. For example, if a box has overflowing content and a
{{CSSXref("scroll-snap-type")}}set to a value other thannone, then the box captures snap positions. A box’s scroll snap container is the element’s nearest snap-position capturing scroll container ancestor. If a box has no scroll snap container, its snap positions, if any, will not trigger snapping.
- : The scroll snap container is a scroll container with scroll snapping applied. For example, if a box has overflowing content and a
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Snapport- : The snapport is the area of the scrollport that is used as the alignment container for the scroll snap areas when calculating snap positions. By default, it is the same as the scroll container’s visual viewport, but is the area of the scrollport defined by the
{{CSSXref("scroll-padding")}}property. The snap areas are aligned to the scrollport.
- : The snapport is the area of the scrollport that is used as the alignment container for the scroll snap areas when calculating snap positions. By default, it is the same as the scroll container’s visual viewport, but is the area of the scrollport defined by the
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Snap area- : The snap area of an element in a scroll container is the area defined using
{{CSSXref("scroll-margin")}}outsets specified on the element. The snap area is used to snap the element to its snapport.
- : The snap area of an element in a scroll container is the area defined using
See also
{{CSSXref("scroll-snap-type")}}{{CSSXref("scroll-snap-align")}}{{CSSXref("scroll-padding")}}{{CSSXref("scroll-margin")}}- CSS scroll snap module