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Chrome: custom scrollbar problem when both scroll bars are applied

Check the following snippet in Chrome/Safari/new Edge, and scroll the container to the very bottom:

body { background-color: #fff }

section {
  background-color: #f8f8f8;
  width: 400px;
  height: 150px;
  padding: 10px;
  overflow: overlay;
}

.force-overflow {
  background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, orange, yellow, orange);
  height: 600px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  height: 10px;
  width: 10px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: #999;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
  background: #444;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-corner {
  background: transparent;
}
<section>
  <div class="force-overflow"></div>
</section>

This works as expected.

Now if we add a horizontal overflow as well:

body { background-color: #fff }

section {
  background-color: #f8f8f8;
  width: 400px;
  height: 150px;
  padding: 10px;
  overflow: overlay;
}

.force-overflow {
  background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, orange, yellow, orange);
  height: 600px;
  width: 1200px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  height: 10px;
  width: 10px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: #999;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
  background: #444;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-corner {
  background: transparent;
}
<section>
  <div class="force-overflow"></div>
</section>

and scroll to the very right/bottom, we get this:

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I know I can fix this using overflow: auto; instead of overflow: overlay;, but I really would like to stick with overlay because it prevents your layout from "jumping" as soon as a scrollbar shows up/vanishes.

Does anyone know how to fix the issue?

Solution

  • a hacky solution is to add some box-shadow to cover this part:

    ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:horizontal {
  box-shadow: 3px 0 0 0;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:vertical {
  box-shadow: 0 3px 0 0;
}


    body { background-color: #fff }

section {
  background-color: #f8f8f8;
  width: 400px;
  height: 200px;
  padding: 10px;
  overflow: overlay;
}

.force-overflow {
  background-image: linear-gradient(45deg, orange, yellow, orange);
  height: 800px;
  width: 1200px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  height: 10px;
  width: 10px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background-color: #F5F5F5;
  box-shadow: inset 0 0 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: #999;
  color:#999;
  transition-duration: 2s;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:horizontal {
  box-shadow: 3px 0 0 0;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:vertical {
  box-shadow: 0 3px 0 0;
}


::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
  background: #444;
  color:#444;
  transition-duration: 2s;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-corner {
  background: transparent;
}
    <section>
  <div class="force-overflow"></div>
</section>