Scroll Padding

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Basic usage

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Setting the scroll padding

Use the scroll-p{side}-{size} utilities to set the scroll offset of an element within a snap container.

Scroll in the grid of images to see the expected behaviour

<div class="scroll-pl-6 snap-x ...">
  <div class="snap-start ...">
    <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1604999565976-8913ad2ddb7c?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=320&h=160&q=80" />
  </div>
  <div class="snap-start ...">
    <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1540206351-d6465b3ac5c1?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=320&h=160&q=80" />
  </div>
  <div class="snap-start ...">
    <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1622890806166-111d7f6c7c97?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=320&h=160&q=80" />
  </div>
  <div class="snap-start ...">
    <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1590523277543-a94d2e4eb00b?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=320&h=160&q=80" />
  </div>
  <div class="snap-start ...">
    <img src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1575424909138-46b05e5919ec?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=MnwxMjA3fDB8MHxwaG90by1wYWdlfHx8fGVufDB8fHx8&auto=format&fit=crop&w=320&h=160&q=80" />
  </div>
</div>

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Using logical properties

Use the scroll-ps-* and scroll-pe-* utilities to set the scroll-padding-inline-start and scroll-padding-inline-end logical properties, which map to either the left or right side based on the text direction.

Scroll in the grid of images to see the expected behaviour

Left-to-right

Right-to-left

<div dir="ltr">
  <div class="scroll-ps-6 snap-x ...">
    <!-- ... -->
  </div>
</div>

<div dir="rtl">
  <div class="scroll-ps-6 snap-x ...">
    <!-- ... -->
  </div>
</div>

For more control, you can also use the LTR and RTL modifiers to conditionally apply specific styles depending on the current text direction.

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Applying conditionally

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Hover, focus, and other states

Tailwind lets you conditionally apply utility classes in different states using variant modifiers. For example, use hover:scroll-p-0 to only apply the scroll-p-0 utility on hover.

<div class="scroll-p-8 hover:scroll-p-0">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

For a complete list of all available state modifiers, check out the Hover, Focus, & Other States documentation.

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Breakpoints and media queries

You can also use variant modifiers to target media queries like responsive breakpoints, dark mode, prefers-reduced-motion, and more. For example, use md:scroll-p-0 to apply the scroll-p-0 utility at only medium screen sizes and above.

<div class="scroll-p-8 md:scroll-p-0">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

To learn more, check out the documentation on Responsive Design, Dark Mode and other media query modifiers.

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Using custom values

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Customizing your theme

By default, Tailwind’s scroll padding scale uses the default spacing scale. You can customize your spacing scale by editing theme.spacing or theme.extend.spacing in your tailwind.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      spacing: {
        '96': '24rem',
      }
    }
  }
}

Alternatively, you can customize just the scroll padding scale by editing theme.scrollPadding or theme.extend.scrollPadding in your tailwind.config.js file.

module.exports = {
  theme: {
    extend: {
      scrollPadding: {
        '96': '24rem',
      },
    }
  }
}

Learn more about customizing the default theme in the theme customization documentation.

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Arbitrary values

If you need to use a one-off scroll-padding value that doesn’t make sense to include in your theme, use square brackets to generate a property on the fly using any arbitrary value.

<div class="scroll-p-[24rem]">
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

Learn more about arbitrary value support in the arbitrary values documentation.