HTML-CSS: Horizontal scroll snap

Last update on April 20 2022 12:37:02 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

HTML-CSS : Exercise-16 with Solution

Using HTML, CSS creates a horizontally scrollable container that will snap on elements when scrolling.

Use display: grid and grid-auto-flow: column to create a horizontal layout.
Use scroll-snap-type: x mandatory and overscroll-behavior-x: contain to create a snap effect on horizontal scroll.
Change scroll-snap-align to either start, stop or center to change the snap alignment.

HTML Code:

<!--License: https://bit.ly/3GjrtVF-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>Using HTML, CSS creates a horizontally scrollable container that will snap on elements when scrolling</title>
</head>
<body>
 <div class="horizontal-snap">
  <a href="#"><img src="/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-1.jpeg"></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-2.jpeg"></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-3.jpeg"></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-4.jpeg"></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-5.jpeg"></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="/html-css-exercise/html-css-practical-exercises/flower-6.jpeg"></a>
  </div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:

<style> 
.horizontal-snap {
  margin: 0 auto;
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-flow: column;
  gap: 1rem;
  height: calc(180px + 1rem);
  padding: 1rem;
  width: 480px;
  overflow-y: auto;
  overscroll-behavior-x: contain;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
}

.horizontal-snap > a {
  scroll-snap-align: center;
}

.horizontal-snap img {
  width: 180px;
  max-width: none;
  object-fit: contain;
  border-radius: 1rem;
}
</style>

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