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I want to customize a scrollbar with CSS.

I use this WebKit CSS code, which works well for Safari and Chrome:

::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 15px;
  height: 15px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece {
  background-color: #c2d2e4;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:vertical {
  height: 30px;
  background-color: #0a4c95;
}

How can I do the same thing in Firefox?

I know I can easily do it using jQuery, but I would prefer to do it with pure CSS if it's doable.

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    Please share how you can do it using jQuery. I'm faced with the same problem but used CSS to fix it for Webkit. However, Firefox poses a problem that your jQuery solution may be able to help with.
    – Igbanam
    Commented Jun 9, 2012 at 3:37
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    I recommend using jscrollpane jQuery plugin. Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 12:58
  • There is an issue with jScrollPane in Firefox. jScrollPane works perfectly in Chrome but in Firefox you have an empty system scrollbar to the right of the jScrollPane scrollbar. There should only be one scrollbar
    – Igbanam
    Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 15:33
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    Not true. If you have that, you did something wrong somewhere. Commented Aug 19, 2012 at 10:05
  • See my answer here: stackoverflow.com/questions/7357203/custom-scrollbars/…
    – Buzinas
    Commented Sep 6, 2015 at 15:34

18 Answers 18

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As of late 2018, there is now limited customization available in Firefox!

See these answers:

And this for background info: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1460109


There's no Firefox equivalent to ::-webkit-scrollbar and friends.

You'll have to stick with JavaScript.

Plenty of people would like this feature, see: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790


As far as JavaScript replacements go, you can try:

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    Thank you, ThirtyDot. One question though: what about -moz-appearance:scrollbartrack-vertical - and other related CSS extensions? Perhaps they can be used in some way? Commented May 29, 2011 at 2:01
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    No. Unfortunately, none of the possible values for -moz-appearance can help. "The -moz-appearance CSS property is used in Gecko (Firefox) to display an element using a platform-native styling based on the operating system's theme." - you'll just get a native scrollbar.
    – thirtydot
    Commented May 29, 2011 at 2:04
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    Just in case anyone reading this needs a practical solution, I ended up using jscrollpane jQuery plugin. Commented Jun 2, 2011 at 15:09
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    @JacquesMathieu, I see what you mean. Though that is not Baron's fault, if I download the page and prevent baron from initialising, the bug still occurs. So it looks like Chrome it at fault here.
    – thephpdev
    Commented Apr 3, 2018 at 10:55
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    drafts.csswg.org/css-scrollbars-1 is the stage 1 start of the spec, but it's enabled in Firefox Nightly now out of the box by default.
    – wegry
    Commented Nov 2, 2018 at 15:09
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Firefox 64 adds support for the spec draft CSS Scrollbars Module Level 1, which adds two new properties of scrollbar-width and scrollbar-color which give some control over how scrollbars are displayed.

You can set scrollbar-color to one of the following values (descriptions from MDN):

  • auto Default platform rendering for the track portion of the scrollbar, in the absence of any other related scrollbar color properties.
  • <color> <color> Applies the first color to the scrollbar thumb, the second to the scrollbar track.

Previously the spec included dark and light values that were not implemented in Firefox. These values have since been removed from the spec.

On stock Android with mobile Firefox the thumb can be colored, but there is no track to color.

Additionally in macOS Firefox version prior to 99.0, the auto-hiding semi-transparent scrollbars that are the macOS default could not be styled by these rules. As of Firefox 99.0 all macOS scrollbar modes (configured under System Preferences > Show Scroll Bars) can be colored.

Visual Demo:

.scroll {
  width: 20%;
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  overflow: scroll;
  display: inline-block;
}
.scroll-color-auto {
  scrollbar-color: auto;
}
.scroll-color-colors {
  scrollbar-color: orange lightyellow;
}
<div class="scroll scroll-color-auto">
  <p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p>
</div>

<div class="scroll scroll-color-colors">
  <p>colors</p><p>colors</p><p>colors</p><p>colors</p><p>colors</p><p>colors</p>
</div>

You can set scrollbar-width to one of the following values (descriptions from MDN):

  • auto The default scrollbar width for the platform.
  • thin A thin scrollbar width variant on platforms that provide that option, or a thinner scrollbar than the default platform scrollbar width.
  • none No scrollbar shown, however the element will still be scrollable.

You can also set a specific length value, according to the spec. Both thin and a specific length may not do anything on all platforms, and what exactly it does is platform-specific. In particular, Firefox doesn't appear to be currently support a specific length value (this comment on their bug tracker seems to confirm this). The thin keywork does appear to be well-supported however, with macOS and Windows support at-least.

On stock Android with mobile Firefox the auto width thumb is already rather thin, and thin does not make it thinner.

It's probably worth noting that the length value option and the entire scrollbar-width property are being considered for removal in a future draft, and if that happens this particular property may be removed from Firefox in a future version.

Visual Demo:

.scroll {
  width: 30%;
  height: 100px;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  overflow: scroll;
  display: inline-block;
}
.scroll-width-auto {
  scrollbar-width: auto;
}
.scroll-width-thin {
  scrollbar-width: thin;
}
.scroll-width-none {
  scrollbar-width: none;
}
<div class="scroll scroll-width-auto">
<p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p><p>auto</p>
</div>

<div class="scroll scroll-width-thin">
<p>thin</p><p>thin</p><p>thin</p><p>thin</p><p>thin</p><p>thin</p>
</div>

<div class="scroll scroll-width-none">
<p>none</p><p>none</p><p>none</p><p>none</p><p>none</p><p>none</p>
</div>

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    Thanks for this answer. I've updated my accepted answer to promote this (and the other relevant answer) so that people are more likely to see it.
    – thirtydot
    Commented Jan 9, 2019 at 17:05
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    This essentially duplicates Luca's answer from three weeks prior.
    – vhs
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 5:26
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    @JoshHabdas That answer does not contain nearly as much compatibility or usage information. I created this answer because the other answer didn't have the important information I was looking for. Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 7:22
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    You could give them credit, suggest feedback or consider editing their answer.
    – vhs
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 7:43
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    @JoshHabdas Well, 5 people already found it useful, and it contains information not found anywhere else on the web, so I disagree. Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 7:51
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Since Firefox 64, is possible to use new specs for a simple Scrollbar styling (not as complete as in Chrome with vendor prefixes).

In this example is possible to see a solution that combine different rules to address both Firefox and Chrome with a similar (not equal) final result (example use your original Chrome rules):

The key rules are:

For Firefox

.scroller {
  overflow-y: scroll;
  scrollbar-color: #0A4C95 #C2D2E4;
}

For Chrome

.scroller::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 15px;
    height: 15px;
}

.scroller::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece  {
    background-color: #C2D2E4;
}

.scroller::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:vertical {
    height: 30px;
    background-color: #0A4C95;
}

Please note that respect to your solution, is possible to use also simpler Chrome rules as the following:

.scroller::-webkit-scrollbar-track  {
    background-color: #C2D2E4;
}

.scroller::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    height: 30px;
    background-color: #0A4C95;
}

Finally, in order to hide arrows in scrollbars also in Firefox, currently is necessary to set it as "thin" with the following rule scrollbar-width: thin;

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    Looks like IE 5.5 may have gotten something right after all. :)
    – vhs
    Commented Feb 7, 2019 at 7:55
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May I offer an alternative?

No scripting whatsoever, only standardized css styles and a little bit of creativity. Short answer - masking parts of the existing browser scrollbar, which means you retain all of it's functionality.

.scroll_content {
    position: relative;
    width: 400px;
    height: 414px;
    top: -17px;
    padding: 20px 10px 20px 10px;
    overflow-y: auto;
}

For demo and a little bit more in-depth explanation, check here...

jsfiddle.net/aj7bxtjz/1/

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    This doesn't answer the question, unfortunately. Dimitri is trying to style the scrollbar, not hide it.
    – stvnrynlds
    Commented May 26, 2015 at 17:32
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    That was 4 years ago (I'm aware of that) so I'm sure he already did something by now. But the topic is still relevant today - while other browsers allow some type of "illegal" modification of scrollbars, FF doesn't. That's why I decided to post it.And the front-end result is visually styling scrollbar, regardless of the fact that the way to do it is hiding part of it.
    – Tomaz
    Commented May 27, 2015 at 17:18
  • i love this solution except for all the extra markup with absolute positioning (makes variable size stuff a nightmare) plus you cannot actually change the style, you are simply masking/hiding elements of the existing scroller - too bad if i want a green bar!
    – RozzA
    Commented Oct 1, 2015 at 22:38
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    yea, after four years, it's not about answering the OP's question as much as it is contributing to the community.
    – tmthyjames
    Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 19:44
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    The essence of the problem is that the solutions provided by some rendering engines are non-standard. This is the question that best addresses my concerns and this is the answer I was scrolling for. Commented Apr 5, 2016 at 10:23
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Year 2020 this works

/* Thin Scrollbar */
:root{
  scrollbar-color: rgb(210,210,210) rgb(46,54,69) !important;
  scrollbar-width: thin !important;
}

https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/160

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  • Good news, but how can we change the outline? Commented Mar 30, 2020 at 9:39
  • This Works on Wordpress Guys, Thanks <3
    – Adam
    Commented Feb 19, 2022 at 22:54
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I thought I would share my findings in case someone is considering a jQuery plugin to do the job.

I gave jQuery Custom Scrollbar a go. It's pretty fancy and does some smooth scrolling (with scrolling inertia) and has loads of parameters you can tweak, but it ended up being a bit too CPU intensive for me (and it adds a fair amount to the DOM).

Now I'm giving Perfect Scrollbar a go. It's simple and lightweight (6 KB) and it's doing a decent job so far. It's not CPU intensive at all (as far as I can tell) and adds very little to your DOM. It's only got a couple of parameters to tweak (wheelSpeed and wheelPropagation), but it's all I need and it handles updates to the scrolling content nicely (such as loading images).

P.S. I did have a quick look at JScrollPane, but @simone is right, it's a bit dated now and a PITA.

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    There's also trackpad scroll emulator -- it's what twitch.tv uses.
    – forivall
    Commented Mar 26, 2014 at 19:03
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    Perfect Scrollbar is actually really good. After exhausting many other options, I found it to be the best solution. Thanks for suggesting it. Commented Jul 16, 2014 at 20:38
  • nanoScroller is also really good, and relatively lean. jamesflorentino.github.io/nanoScrollerJS Opposed to the heavy JS plugins, this one simply hides the native scroller, and shows an alternate scroller using the native 'scroll' event
    – Danny R
    Commented Aug 19, 2015 at 16:20
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    i've been avoiding all of the jquery solutions, since they all lag out on slower machines or machines under stress, but PS looks like a winner
    – RozzA
    Commented Oct 2, 2015 at 11:05
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Year 2022

Tested with the latest Firefox and Chrome versions

The following snippet will display the same scrollbar styles on Chrome and Firefox, try it out.

html {
  /* For Firefox */
  overflow-y: scroll;
  scrollbar-color: #008de4 #0d3b97;
  scrollbar-width: thin;
}

/* For Chrome and other browsers except Firefox */
body::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 0.5em;
    background-color: #0d3b97;
}
body::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background-color: #008de4;
}
<html>
<body style="height: 600px"></body>
</html>

You can also customize the scrollbar track using the following (but it will not work for Firefox)

::-webkit-scrollbar-track
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    But still there are few things which needs improvement from firefox side. Like, When you have the overflow content, scrollbar is coming inside the control. this effects the inner elements width, where as in chrome the control size will be unaltered and the scrollbar will get added at the edge of control. Commented Mar 15, 2022 at 10:34
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As of now, 2021, there are just two properties for Firefox scrollbar customization available; scrollbar-color and scrollbar width.

scrollbar-color: red yellow; /* track thumb */
scrollbar-width: 5px; /* none, thin, or auto */

.demo {
  overflow-y: scroll;
}

.demo {
  scrollbar-color: red yellow;
  scrollbar-width: 10px;
}
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  <p>
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HTML

<div class="demo">

CSS

.demo {
    overflow-y: scroll;
}

.demo {
    scrollbar-color: red yellow;
    scrollbar-width: 5px;
}
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  • 3
    scrollbar-width only supports 3 values: none, thin and auto - developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/scrollbar-width Commented Oct 8, 2020 at 8:13
  • the right order is (thumb , track) not (track,thumb)
    – Ahmed Taha
    Commented Oct 20, 2021 at 1:12
  • And the position of scrollbar inside element effects the inner elements width.it will take 15px when scrollbar presents. This makes inner elements width related styles inconsistent when we set the overflow to auto. :( Commented Mar 15, 2022 at 10:36
6

Here I have tried this CSS for all major browser & tested: Custom color are working fine on scrollbar.

Yes, there are limitations on several versions of different browsers.

/* Only Chrome */
html::-webkit-scrollbar {width: 17px;}
html::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {background-color: #0064a7; background-clip: padding-box; border: 1px solid #8ea5b5;}
html::-webkit-scrollbar-track {background-color: #8ea5b5; }
::-webkit-scrollbar-button {background-color: #8ea5b5;}
/* Only IE */
html {scrollbar-face-color: #0064a7; scrollbar-shadow-color: #8ea5b5; scrollbar-highlight-color: #8ea5b5;}
/* Only FireFox */
html {scrollbar-color: #0064a7 #8ea5b5;}
/* View Scrollbar */
html {overflow-y: scroll;overflow-x: hidden;}
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en" class="no-js">
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Keyword values scrollbar-width: auto|thin|none;

Global values scrollbar-width: inherit|initial|revert|revert-layer; scrollbar-width: unset;

Firefox 84 was released on December 15, 2020. Removed Properties are as follows:

Removed proprietary -moz-default-appearance property values scrollbar-small (scrollbar-width: thin is used instead) and scrollbar (macOS only; scrollbar-horizontal and scrollbar-vertical are used instead) (bug 1673132).

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2021

Firefox

.nav{
scrollbar-width: 0px;
scrollbar-width: none;}

Chrome

::-webkit-scrollbar {
  height: 0;  /* Remove scrollbar space */
  background: transparent;  
/* Optional: just make scrollbar invisible */
}

for vertical and horizontal scrollbar change the width or height attribute

2

This feature is heavily experimental and I guess Mozilla has a lot to do until it becomes usable for everyone on every page. I have tested many solutions but the following code is working perfectly.

CSS

:root {
  scrollbar-color: #333333 #999999 !important;
  scrollbar-width: thin !important;
}

OR

#ClassName {
  scrollbar-color: #333333 #999999 !important;
  scrollbar-width: thin !important;
}

Reference: LINK 1 LINK 2

2

Firefox only accepts:

scrollbar-color: #F8F8F8 // Add your color
scroll-bar-width: thin/auto/none
2

The short answer:

Only the following work(s)

in firefox (as of JAN 2022):

:

property (not pseudo element!) allowed values
scrollbar-width thin (actually very thin)
auto (standard thick version)
none (hides the scrollbar)
scrollbar-color color color

:

You have to set both color values, first scrollbar thumb , second the scrollbar background. It takes any normal color values, using names like "black", hex-values like "#000000", functions like "rgb(0,0,0) as well as variables like "var(--previouslydefinedblack)". BUT it does not take linear gradients as input, neither normally nor via css variable. The order of the properties is unimportant by the way.

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2

As in 2024 scrollbar-color is applying also for chrome. To ensure a cross-browser solution, it's advisable to separate the styles for Firefox using the @-moz-document rule.

@-moz-document url-prefix() {
  * {
    scrollbar-color: green white;
  }
}

::-webkit-scrollbar,
*::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 14px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track,
*::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background-color: white;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb,
*::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  border-radius: 8px;
  background-color: red;
  border: 4px solid red;
}
<div style="overflow: scroll; width: 200px; height: 150px;">
  <span style="color: green;">GREEN</span> scrollbar in Firefox, <span style="color: red">RED</span> scrollbar in Chrome. 
<div style="color: #ccc;">
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0

It works in user-style, and it seems not to work in web pages. I have not found official direction from Mozilla on this. While it may have worked at some point, Firefox does not have official support for this. This bug is still open https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=77790

scrollbar {
/*  clear useragent default style*/
   -moz-appearance: none !important;
}
/* buttons at two ends */
scrollbarbutton {
   -moz-appearance: none !important;
}
/* the sliding part*/
thumb{
   -moz-appearance: none !important;
}
scrollcorner {
   -moz-appearance: none !important;
   resize:both;
}
/* vertical or horizontal */
scrollbar[orient="vertical"] {
    color:silver;
}

check http://codemug.com/html/custom-scrollbars-using-css/ for details.

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  • 2
    i tried as same as you written, but its not working for my in FF, check the jsfiddle.net/gGbkY/1 am i missing something ? Commented Aug 1, 2013 at 7:25
  • It works in user-style, and it seems not to work in web pages. I have not found official direction from Mozilla on this.
    – ipirlo
    Commented Aug 2, 2013 at 10:26
  • 1
    please check out the same link: it doesn't work any more Commented Sep 3, 2014 at 7:21
  • 4
    What's the user-style?
    – Marecky
    Commented Aug 31, 2017 at 22:38
  • The bug you linked was reported 17 years ago and still hasn't been assigned. I think it's safe to say that FF will never support the hiding of native scrollbars. Commented Apr 20, 2018 at 16:36
0

This Works on Wordpress Guys Custom CSS

/* Fire-Fox Scrollbar */
:root{
  scrollbar-face-color: rgb(176, 88, 54); /* Firefox 63 compatibility */
  scrollbar-track-color: rgb(51, 62, 72); /* Firefox 63 compatibility */
  scrollbar-color: rgb(176, 88, 54) rgb(51, 62, 72);
  scrollbar-width: auto;
}

Ref: https://github.com/Aris-t2/CustomCSSforFx/issues/160

0
.mat-tab-header {
   overflow-x: scroll !important;
   // For Firefox
   scrollbar-color: transparent transparent;
   border-bottom: none; 
}
    
.mat-tab-header::-webkit-scrollbar { // TO Remove horizontal scrollbar in tabs
   display: none !important;
}
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    – Community Bot
    Commented May 15, 2022 at 19:40
0

My solution: add for other browsers what you want, and for firefox add:

@-moz-document url-prefix() {
    div {
        scrollbar-width: thin;
    }
}

This is conditioned. So affects only firefox. It makes the scrollbar thin.

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