Horizontal Scroll Categories Using CSS

Learn how to scroll categories horizontally in your Website or App:

  1. Create a file test-scroll.html 
  2. Copy below code and paste into it.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="UTF-8" />
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
        <title>Scroll</title>
        <style>
            .category-block:focus {
                background-color:yellow;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div>
            <h1>Horizontal Scroll Categories</h1>
            <div>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>reiciendis voluptatibus maiores</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>denouncing pleasure</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Finibus Bonorum et</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>voluptate velit esse</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Informatica e Tecnologia</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Lorem Ipsum is</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>unknown printer took</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Hampden-Sydney College</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Extremes of Good and Evil</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>repeat predefined chunks</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Contrary to popular belief</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>desktop publishing software</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>discovered the undoubtable</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Letraset sheets containing</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>Finibus Bonorum et Malorum</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
                <a href="#">
                    <span>
                        <span>aliquam quaerat voluptatem</span>
                    </span>
                </a>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>
 
  1. Create a file style.css 
  2. Copy below code and paste into it.
.scroll-block {
  padding-top: 50px;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: sans-serif;
}
.category-block {
  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
  padding-top: 5px;
}
.category-block:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
}
.scroll-category {
  color: #646080;
  background-color: #e9e9e9;
  padding: 6px 14px;
  border-radius: 20px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  border: 1px solid #b0b0bd;
}
.scroll-category.active {
  background: rgb(173, 95, 169);
  color: rgb(255, 255, 255);
}
.categories-block {
  margin-top: 10px;
  overflow: auto;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
.categories-block::-webkit-scrollbar {
  height: 8px;
  background-color: #e9e9e9;
  margin-top: 5px;
}
.categories-block::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  border-radius: 10px;
  -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
  background-color: #e9e9e9;
}