Web/CSS/scroll-margin-block

The scroll-margin-block shorthand property sets the scroll margins of an element in the block dimension.

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Constituent properties

This property is a shorthand for the following CSS properties:

Syntax

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

/* Global values */
scroll-margin-block: inherit;
scroll-margin-block: initial;
scroll-margin-block: unset;

Values

<length>: An outset from the corresponding edge of the scroll container.

Description

The scroll-margin values represent outsets defining the scroll snap area that is used for snapping this box to the snapport. The scroll snap area is determined by taking the transformed border box, finding its rectangular bounding box (axis-aligned in the scroll container’s coordinate space), then adding the specified outsets.

Formal definition

Initial value	`0`
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	no
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	by computed value type

Formal syntax

<length>{1,2}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1The definition of 'scroll-margin-block' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`scroll-margin-block`	Chrome Full support 69	Edge Full support 79	Firefox Full support 68	IE No support No	Opera Full support 56	Safari No support No	WebView Android Full support 69	Chrome Android Full support 69	Firefox Android Full support 68	Opera Android Full support 48	Safari iOS No support No	Samsung Internet Android Full support 10.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support

scroll-margin-block by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.