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jQuery custom content scroller

jQuery custom content scroller

Highly customizable custom scrollbar jQuery plugin. Features include vertical and/or horizontal scrollbar(s), adjustable scrolling momentum, mouse-wheel (via jQuery mousewheel plugin), keyboard and touch support, ready-to-use themes and customization via CSS, RTL direction support, option parameters for full control of scrollbar functionality, methods for triggering actions like scroll-to, update, destroy etc., user-defined callbacks and more.

Current version 3.1.5 (Changelog)
Upgrading from version 2

When upgrading from version 2.x to 3.x it’s important to use version 3 CSS and .png files. Version 3 is backwards compatible but it’s also a huge overhaul. One significant change is that you don’t need to call the update method manually (the script does it automatically). For more info see changelog.

Version 2 is still maintained and updated here.


How to use it

Get started by downloading the archive which contains the plugin files (and a large amount of HTML demos and examples). Extract and upload jquery.mCustomScrollbar.concat.min.js, jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css and mCSB_buttons.png to your web server (alternatively you can load plugin files from a CDN).

Instead of hosting the plugin files on your web server, you can load them directly from a CDN like jsdelivr, Github etc.

  • jsdelivr versioned/minified
    • //cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.mcustomscrollbar/3.0.6/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.concat.min.js
    • //cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.mcustomscrollbar/3.0.6/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.min.css
    • //cdn.jsdelivr.net/jquery.mcustomscrollbar/3.0.6/mCSB_buttons.png
  • Github latest/minified
    • //malihu.github.io/custom-scrollbar/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.concat.min.js
    • //malihu.github.io/custom-scrollbar/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.min.css
    • //malihu.github.io/custom-scrollbar/mCSB_buttons.png


HTML

Include jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css in the head tag your HTML document (more info)

jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css contains the styling of the custom scrollbar and themes. It should normally be included in the head tag of your html (typically before any script tags). If you wish to reduce http requests and/or have all your website stylesheet in a single file, you should move/copy scrollbars styling in your main CSS document.

mCSB_buttons.png contains all the button arrows (up, down, left and right) as image sprites for all scrollbar themes. The plugin archive contains the PSD source (source-files/mCSB_buttons.psd) so you can change them or add your own. This file should be in the same directory with plugin stylesheet.


<link rel="stylesheet" href="/path/to/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css" />

Include jQuery library (if your project doesn’t use it already) and jquery.mCustomScrollbar.concat.min.js in the head tag or at the very bottom of your document, just before the closing body tag

Some frameworks and CMS include jQuery library in the head tag to make sure it’s loaded when other scripts request it. Usually, including .js files on the bottom of the HTML document (just before the closing body tag) is recommended for better performance. In any case, jQuery must be included first, before plugin scripts.


<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="/path/to/jquery.mCustomScrollbar.concat.min.js"></script>

CSS

The element(s) you want to add scrollbar(s) should have the typical CSS properties of an overflowed block which are a height (or max-height) value, an overflow value of auto (or hidden) and content long enough to require scrolling. For horizontal scrollbar, the element should have a width (or max-width) value set.

If you prefer to set your element’s height/width via javascript, you can use the setHeight/setWidth option parameters.

Initialization

Initialize via javascript

After files inclusion, call mCustomScrollbar function on the element selector you want to add the scrollbar(s)

<script>
    (function($){
        $(window).on("load",function(){
            $(".content").mCustomScrollbar();
        });
    })(jQuery);
</script>

more info

The code is wrapped in (function($){ ... })(jQuery);. This ensures no conflict between jQuery and other libraries using $ shortcut (see Avoiding Conflicts with Other Libraries for more info). The plugin function is called in $(window).on("load") so it executes after all page elements (like images) are loaded.

You can change the function selector ".content" to any selector you want (an element id, class name, js variable etc.). For instance, if you want custom scrollbars to apply on the element with id content-1, you simply do:

$("#content-1").mCustomScrollbar();

You may also have multiple selectors by inserting comma separated values

$(".content,#content-1").mCustomScrollbar();

The above code adds custom scrollbars to a)every element with class name content and b)the element with id content-1.

Additionally, you may want to call mCustomScrollbar multiple times within a page in order to set different options (configuration and option parameters explained below) for each selector

<script>
  (function($){
    $(window).on("load",function(){
      $("#vertical-content").mCustomScrollbar({
        theme:"light-3",
        scrollButtons:{
          enable:true
        }
      });
      $("#horizontal-content").mCustomScrollbar({
        axis:"x",
        theme:"3d"
      });
    });
  })(jQuery);
</script>

Initialize via HTML

Add the class mCustomScrollbar to any element you want to add custom scrollbar(s) with default options. Optionally, set its axis via the HTML data attribute data-mcs-axis (e.g. "x" for horizontal and "y" for vertical) and its theme via data-mcs-theme. For example:

<div class="mCustomScrollbar" data-mcs-theme="dark">
  <!-- your content -->
</div>

Basic configuration & option parameters

axis

By default, the script applies a vertical scrollbar. To add a horizontal or 2-axis scrollbars, invoke mCustomScrollbar function with the axis option set to "x" or "yx" respectively

$(".content").mCustomScrollbar({
    axis:"x" // horizontal scrollbar
});
$(".content").mCustomScrollbar({
    axis:"yx" // vertical and horizontal scrollbar
});

theme

To quickly change the appearance of the scrollbar, set the theme option parameter to any of the ready-to-use themes available in jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css, for example:

$(".content").mCustomScrollbar({
    theme:"dark"
});

Configuration

You can configure your scrollbar(s) using the following option parameters on mCustomScrollbar function
Usage $(selector).mCustomScrollbar({ option: value });

setWidth: false
Set the width of your content (overwrites CSS width), value in pixels (integer) or percentage (string).
setHeight: false
Set the height of your content (overwrites CSS height), value in pixels (integer) or percentage (string).
setTop: 0
Set the initial css top property of content, accepts string values (css top position).
Example: setTop: "-100px".
setLeft: 0
Set the initial css left property of content, accepts string values (css left position).
Example: setLeft: "-100px".
axis: "string"
Define content’s scrolling axis (the type of scrollbars added to the element: vertical and/of horizontal).
Available values: "y", "x", "yx".

  • axis: "y" – vertical scrollbar (default)
  • axis: "x" – horizontal scrollbar
  • axis: "yx" – vertical and horizontal scrollbars
scrollbarPosition: "string"
Set the position of scrollbar in relation to content.
Available values: "inside", "outside".
Setting scrollbarPosition: "inside" (default) makes scrollbar appear inside the element. Setting scrollbarPosition: "outside" makes scrollbar appear outside the element. Note that setting the value to "outside" requires your element (or parent elements) to have CSS position: relative (otherwise the scrollbar will be positioned in relation to document’s root element).
scrollInertia: integer
Set the amount of scrolling momentum as animation duration in milliseconds.
Higher value equals greater scrolling momentum which translates to smoother/more progressive animation. Set to 0 to disable.
autoDraggerLength: boolean
Enable or disable auto-adjusting scrollbar dragger length in relation to scrolling amount (same bahavior with browser’s native scrollbar).
Set autoDraggerLength: false when you want your scrollbar to (always) have a fixed size.
autoHideScrollbar: boolean
Enable or disable auto-hiding the scrollbar when inactive.
Setting autoHideScrollbar: true will hide the scrollbar(s) when scrolling is idle and/or cursor is out of the scrolling area.
Please note that some special themes like “minimal” overwrite this option.
autoExpandScrollbar: boolean
Enable or disable auto-expanding the scrollbar when cursor is over or dragging the scrollbar.
alwaysShowScrollbar: integer
Always keep scrollbar(s) visible, even when there’s nothing to scroll.

  • alwaysShowScrollbar: 0 – disable (default)
  • alwaysShowScrollbar: 1 – keep dragger rail visible
  • alwaysShowScrollbar: 2 – keep all scrollbar components (dragger, rail, buttons etc.) visible
snapAmount: integer
Make scrolling snap to a multiple of a fixed number of pixels. Useful in cases like scrolling tabular data, image thumbnails or slides and you need to prevent scrolling from stopping half-way your elements. Note that your elements must be of equal width or height in order for this to work properly.
To set different values for vertical and horizontal scrolling, use an array: [y,x]
snapOffset: integer
Set an offset (in pixels) for the snapAmount option. Useful when for example you need to offset the snap amount of table rows by the table header.
mouseWheel:{ enable: boolean }
Enable or disable content scrolling via mouse-wheel.
mouseWheel:{ scrollAmount: integer }
Set the mouse-wheel scrolling amount (in pixels). The default value "auto" adjusts scrolling amount according to scrollable content length.
mouseWheel:{ axis: "string" }
Define the mouse-wheel scrolling axis when both vertical and horizontal scrollbars are present.
Set axis: "y" (default) for vertical or axis: "x" for horizontal scrolling.
mouseWheel:{ preventDefault: boolean }
Prevent the default behaviour which automatically scrolls the parent element when end or beginning of scrolling is reached (same bahavior with browser’s native scrollbar).
mouseWheel:{ deltaFactor: integer }
Set the number of pixels one wheel notch scrolls. The default value “auto” uses the OS/browser value.
mouseWheel:{ normalizeDelta: boolean }
Enable or disable mouse-wheel (delta) acceleration. Setting normalizeDelta: true translates mouse-wheel delta value to -1 or 1.
mouseWheel:{ invert: boolean }
Invert mouse-wheel scrolling direction. Set to true to scroll down or right when mouse-wheel is turned upwards.
mouseWheel:{ disableOver: [array] }
Set the tags that disable mouse-wheel when cursor is over them.
Default value:
["select","option","keygen","datalist","textarea"]
scrollButtons:{ enable: boolean }
Enable or disable scrollbar buttons.
scrollButtons:{ scrollAmount: integer }
Set the buttons scrolling amount (in pixels). The default value "auto" adjusts scrolling amount according to scrollable content length.
scrollButtons:{ scrollType: "string" }
Define the buttons scrolling type/behavior.

  • scrollType: "stepless" – continuously scroll content while pressing the button (default)
  • scrollType: "stepped" – each button click scrolls content by a certain amount (defined in scrollAmount option above)
scrollButtons:{ tabindex: integer }
Set a tabindex value for the buttons.
keyboard:{ enable: boolean }
Enable or disable content scrolling via the keyboard.
The plugin supports the directional arrows (top, left, right and down), page-up (PgUp), page-down (PgDn), Home and End keys.
keyboard:{ scrollAmount: integer }
Set the keyboard arrows scrolling amount (in pixels). The default value "auto" adjusts scrolling amount according to scrollable content length.
keyboard:{ scrollType: "string" }
Define the keyboard arrows scrolling type/behavior.

  • scrollType: "stepless" – continuously scroll content while pressing the arrow key (default)
  • scrollType: "stepped" – each key release scrolls content by a certain amount (defined in scrollAmount option above)
contentTouchScroll: integer
Enable or disable content touch-swipe scrolling for touch-enabled devices.
To completely disable, set contentTouchScroll: false.
Integer values define the axis-specific minimum amount required for scrolling momentum (default: 25).
documentTouchScroll: boolean
Enable or disable document touch-swipe scrolling for touch-enabled devices.
advanced:{ autoExpandHorizontalScroll: boolean }
Auto-expand content horizontally (for "x" or "yx" axis).
If set to true, content will expand horizontally to accommodate any floated/inline-block elements.
Setting its value to 2 (integer) forces the non scrollHeight/scrollWidth method. A value of 3 forces the scrollHeight/scrollWidth method.
advanced:{ autoScrollOnFocus: "string" }
Set the list of elements/selectors that will auto-scroll content to their position when focused.
For example, when pressing TAB key to focus input fields, if the field is out of the viewable area the content will scroll to its top/left position (same bahavior with browser’s native scrollbar).
To completely disable this functionality, set autoScrollOnFocus: false.
Default:
"input,textarea,select,button,datalist,keygen,a[tabindex],area,object,[contenteditable='true']"
advanced:{ updateOnContentResize: boolean }
Update scrollbar(s) automatically on content, element or viewport resize.
The value should be true (default) for fluid layouts/elements, adding/removing content dynamically, hiding/showing elements etc.
advanced:{ updateOnImageLoad: boolean }
Update scrollbar(s) automatically each time an image inside the element is fully loaded.
Default value is auto which triggers the function only on "x" and "yx" axis (if needed).
The value should be true when your content contains images and you need the function to trigger on any axis.
advanced:{ updateOnSelectorChange: "string" }
Update scrollbar(s) automatically when the amount and size of specific selectors changes.
Useful when you need to update the scrollbar(s) automatically, each time a type of element is added, removed or changes its size.
For example, setting updateOnSelectorChange: "ul li" will update scrollbars each time list-items inside the element are changed.
Setting the value to true, will update scrollbars each time any element is changed.
To disable (default) set to false.
advanced:{ extraDraggableSelectors: "string" }
Add extra selector(s) that’ll release scrollbar dragging upon mouseup, pointerup, touchend etc.
Example: extraDraggableSelectors: ".myClass, #myID"
advanced:{ releaseDraggableSelectors: "string" }
Add extra selector(s) that’ll allow scrollbar dragging upon mousemove/up, pointermove/up, touchend etc.
Example: releaseDraggableSelectors: ".myClass, #myID"
advanced:{ autoUpdateTimeout: integer }
Set the auto-update timeout in milliseconds.
Default timeout: 60
theme: "string"
Set the scrollbar theme.
View all ready-to-use themes
All themes are contained in plugin’s CSS file (jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css).
Default theme: "light"
callbacks:{
      onCreate: function(){}
}
A function to call when plugin markup is created.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onCreate:function(){
      console.log("Plugin markup generated");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onInit: function(){}
}
A function to call when scrollbars have initialized (demo).
Example:
callbacks:{
    onInit:function(){
      console.log("Scrollbars initialized");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onScrollStart: function(){}
}
A function to call when scrolling starts (demo).
Example:
callbacks:{
    onScrollStart:function(){
      console.log("Scrolling started...");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onScroll: function(){}
}
A function to call when scrolling is completed (demo).
Example:
callbacks:{
    onScroll:function(){
      console.log("Content scrolled...");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      whileScrolling: function(){}
}
A function to call while scrolling is active (demo).
Example:
callbacks:{
    whileScrolling:function(){
      console.log("Scrolling...");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onTotalScroll: function(){}
}
A function to call when scrolling is completed and content is scrolled all the way to the end (bottom/right) (demo).
Example:
callbacks:{
    onTotalScroll:function(){
      console.log("Scrolled to end of content.");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onTotalScrollBack: function(){}
}
A function to call when scrolling is completed and content is scrolled back to the beginning (top/left) (demo).
Example:
callbacks:{
    onTotalScrollBack:function(){
      console.log("Scrolled back to the beginning of content.");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onTotalScrollOffset: integer
}
Set an offset for the onTotalScroll option.
For example, setting onTotalScrollOffset: 100 will trigger the onTotalScroll callback 100 pixels before the end of scrolling is reached.
callbacks:{
      onTotalScrollBackOffset: integer
}
Set an offset for the onTotalScrollBack option.
For example, setting onTotalScrollBackOffset: 100 will trigger the onTotalScrollBack callback 100 pixels before the beginning of scrolling is reached.
callbacks:{
      alwaysTriggerOffsets: boolean
}
Set the behavior of calling onTotalScroll and onTotalScrollBack offsets.
By default, callback offsets will trigger repeatedly while content is scrolling within the offsets.
Set alwaysTriggerOffsets: false when you need to trigger onTotalScroll and onTotalScrollBack callbacks once, each time scroll end or beginning is reached.
callbacks:{
      onOverflowY: function(){}
}
A function to call when content becomes long enough and vertical scrollbar is added.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onOverflowY:function(){
      console.log("Vertical scrolling required");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onOverflowX: function(){}
}
A function to call when content becomes wide enough and horizontal scrollbar is added.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onOverflowX:function(){
      console.log("Horizontal scrolling required");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onOverflowYNone: function(){}
}
A function to call when content becomes short enough and vertical scrollbar is removed.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onOverflowYNone:function(){
      console.log("Vertical scrolling is not required");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onOverflowXNone: function(){}
}
A function to call when content becomes narrow enough and horizontal scrollbar is removed.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onOverflowXNone:function(){
      console.log("Horizontal scrolling is not required");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onBeforeUpdate: function(){}
}
A function to call right before scrollbar(s) are updated.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onBeforeUpdate:function(){
      console.log("Scrollbars will update");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onUpdate: function(){}
}
A function to call when scrollbar(s) are updated.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onUpdate:function(){
      console.log("Scrollbars updated");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onImageLoad: function(){}
}
A function to call each time an image inside the element is fully loaded and scrollbar(s) are updated.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onImageLoad:function(){
      console.log("Image loaded");
    }
}
callbacks:{
      onSelectorChange: function(){}
}
A function to call each time a type of element is added, removed or changes its size and scrollbar(s) are updated.
Example:
callbacks:{
    onSelectorChange:function(){
      console.log("Scrollbars updated");
    }
}
live: "string"
Enable or disable applying scrollbar(s) on all elements matching the current selector, now and in the future.
Set live: true when you need to add scrollbar(s) on elements that do not yet exist in the page. These could be elements added by other scripts or plugins after some action by the user takes place (e.g. lightbox markup may not exist untill the user clicks a link).
If you need at any time to disable or enable the live option, set live: "off" and "on" respectively.
You can also tell the script to disable live option after the first invocation by setting live: "once".
liveSelector: "string"
Set the matching set of elements (instead of the current selector) to add scrollbar(s), now and in the future.

Plugin methods

Ways to execute various plugin actions programmatically from within your script(s).

update

Usage $(selector).mCustomScrollbar("update");

Call the update method to manually update existing scrollbars to accommodate new content or resized element(s). This method is by default called automatically by the script (via updateOnContentResize option) when the element itself, its content or scrollbar size changes.

view examples

/* initialize plugin with auto-update options disabled */
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar({
  advanced:{
    updateOnContentResize: false,
    updateOnImageLoad: false
  }
});

/* at some point in your js script/code update scrollbar manually */
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("update");

scrollTo

Usage $(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo",position,options);

Call the scrollTo method to programmatically scroll the content to the position parameter (demo).

position parameter

Position parameter can be:

  • "string"
    • e.g. element selector: "#element-id"
    • e.g. special pre-defined position: "bottom"
    • e.g. number of pixels less/more: "-=100"/"+=100"
  • integer
    • e.g. number of pixels: 100
  • [array]
    • e.g. different y/x position: [100,50]
  • object/function
    • e.g. jQuery object: $("#element-id")
    • e.g. js object: document.getelementbyid("element-id")
    • e.g. function: function(){ return 100; }

Pre-defined position strings:

  • "bottom" – scroll to bottom
  • "top" – scroll to top
  • "right" – scroll to right
  • "left" – scroll to left
  • "first" – scroll to the position of the first element within content
  • "last" – scroll to the position of the last element within content

view examples

Scroll to element with id “#el-1″

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","#el-1");

Scroll to top

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","top");

Scroll by 100 pixels down or right

var val=100;
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","-="+val);

Scroll by 100 pixels up or left

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","+=100");

Scroll by 100 pixels down and by 50 pixels right

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo",["-=100","-=50"]);

Scroll to the fifth paragraph

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo",$("p:eq(4)"));

Scroll to the last element within your content

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","last");

Scroll to some variable value

var val=document.getelementbyid("element-id");
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo",val);

Scroll to 300 pixels

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo",300);

Method options

scrollInertia: integer
Scroll-to duration, value in milliseconds.
Example:
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","bottom",{
    scrollInertia:3000
});
scrollEasing: "string"
Scroll-to animation easing, values: "linear", "easeOut", "easeInOut".
Example:
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","bottom",{
    scrollEasing:"easeOut"
});
moveDragger: boolean
Scroll scrollbar dragger (instead of content).
Example:
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo",80,{
    moveDragger:true
});
timeout: integer
Set a timeout for the method (the default timeout is 60 ms in order to work with automatic scrollbar update), value in milliseconds.
Example:
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","top",{
    timeout:1000
});
callbacks: boolean
Trigger user defined callbacks after scroll-to completes.
Example:
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo","left",{
    callbacks:false
});

stop

Usage $(selector).mCustomScrollbar("stop");

Stops any running scrolling animations (usefull when you wish to interupt a previously scrollTo method call).

disable

Usage $(selector).mCustomScrollbar("disable");

Calling disable method will temporarily disable the scrollbar (demo). Disabled scrollbars can be re-enable by calling the update method.

To disable the scrollbar and reset its content position, set the method’s reset parameter to true

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("disable",true);

view examples

/* initialize plugin */
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar();

/* at some point in your js script/code disable scrollbar */
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("disable");

/* re-enable scrollbar as needed */
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("update");

destroy

Usage $(selector).mCustomScrollbar("destroy");

Calling destroy method will completely remove the custom scrollbar and return the element to its original state (demo).

view examples

/* initialize plugin */
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar();

/* at some point in your js script/code destroy scrollbar */
$(selector).mCustomScrollbar("destroy");

Scrollbar styling & themes

You can design and visually customize your scrollbars with pure CSS, using jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css which contains the default/basic styling and all scrollbar themes.

The easiest/quickest way is to select a ready-to-use scrollbar theme. For example:

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar({
  theme:"dark"
});

View all ready-to-use themes

You can modify the default styling or any theme either directly in jquery.mCustomScrollbar.css or by overwriting the CSS rules in another stylesheet.

Creating a new scrollbar theme

Create a name for your theme (e.g. “my-theme”) and set it as the value of the theme option

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar({
    theme:"my-theme"
});

Your element will get the class “mCS-my-theme” (your theme-name with “mCS” prefix), so you can create your CSS using the .mCS-my-theme in your rules. For instance:

.mCS-my-theme.mCSB_scrollTools .mCSB_dragger .mCSB_dragger_bar{ background-color: red; }
.mCS-my-theme.mCSB_scrollTools .mCSB_draggerRail{ background-color: white; } 
/* and so on... */

In the same manner you can clone any existing theme (e.g. “dark”), change its selector (e.g. .mCS-dark) to your own theme name (e.g. .mCS-my-theme) and modify its CSS rules.

Scrollbar markup

The plugin applies specific id (unique) and/or classes to every scrollbar element/component, meaning that you can target and modify any scrollbar in more than one ways.

For example, every element with a scrollbar gets a unique class in the form of _mCS_1, _mCS_2 etc. Every scrollbar container element gets a unique id in the form of mCSB_1_scrollbar_vertical, mCSB_2_scrollbar_vertical etc. Every scrollbar dragger gets a unique id in the form of mCSB_1_dragger_vertical, mCSB_2_dragger_vertical etc. in addition to the class mCSB_dragger. All these mean that you can do stuff like:

._mCS_1 .mCSB_dragger .mCSB_dragger_bar{ background-color: red; }

._mCS_2 .mCSB_dragger .mCSB_dragger_bar{ background-color: green; }

#mCSB_3_dragger_vertical .mCSB_dragger_bar{ background-color: blue; }

#mCSB_1_scrollbar_vertical .mCSB_dragger{ height: 100px; }

#mCSB_1_scrollbar_horizontal .mCSB_dragger{ width: 100px; }

.mCSB_1_scrollbar .mCSB_dragger .mCSB_draggerRail{ width: 4px; }

Custom scrollbar layout

User-defined callbacks

You can trigger your own js function(s) by calling them inside mCustomScrollbar callbacks option parameter

$(".content").mCustomScrollbar({
    callbacks:{
        onScroll:function(){
            myCustomFn(this);
        }
    }
});

function myCustomFn(el){
    console.log(el.mcs.top);
}

In the example above, each time a scroll event ends and content has stopped scrolling, the content’s top position will be logged in browser’s console. There are available callbacks for each step of the scrolling event:

  • onScrollStart – triggers the moment a scroll event starts
  • whileScrolling – triggers while scroll event is running
  • onScroll – triggers when a scroll event completes
  • onTotalScroll – triggers when content has scrolled all the way to bottom or right
  • onTotalScrollBack – triggers when content has scrolled all the way back to top or left

You can set an offset value (pixels) for both onTotalScroll and onTotalScrollBack by setting onTotalScrollOffset and onTotalScrollBackOffset respectively (view example).

The following will trigger the callback function when content has scrolled to bottom minus 100 pixels

$(".content").mCustomScrollbar({
    callbacks:{
        onTotalScroll:function(){
            console.log("scrolled to bottom");
        },
    onTotalScrollOffset:100
    }
});

By default, onTotalScroll and onTotalScrollBack callbacks are triggered repeatedly. To prevent multiple calls when content is within their offset, set alwaysTriggerOffsets option to false (view example).

$(".content").mCustomScrollbar({
    callbacks:{
        onTotalScroll:function(){
            console.log("scrolled to bottom");
        },
    onTotalScrollOffset:100,
    alwaysTriggerOffsets:false
    }
});

Additional callbacks:

Returning values

The script returns a number of values and objects related to scrollbar that you can use in your own functions

  • this – the original element containing the scrollbar(s)
  • this.mcs.content – the original content wrapper as jquery object
  • this.mcs.top – content’s top position (pixels)
  • this.mcs.left – content’s left position (pixels)
  • this.mcs.draggerTop – scrollbar dragger’s top position (pixels)
  • this.mcs.draggerLeft – scrollbar dragger’s left position (pixels)
  • this.mcs.topPct – content vertical scrolling percentage
  • this.mcs.leftPct – content horizontal scrolling percentage
  • this.mcs.direction – content’s scrolling direction (y or x)

view examples

Load more content when scrolled to bottom

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar({
    callbacks:{
        onTotalScroll:function(){
            this.mcs.content.append("...");
        }
    }
});

Run code when at least half of the content is scrolled

$(selector).mCustomScrollbar({
    callbacks:{
        whileScrolling:function(){
            var pct=this.mcs.topPct;
            if(pct>=50){
              /* do something... */
            }
        }
    }
});

Plugin-specific jQuery expressions

$("#myID:mcsInView")
Select element(s) in your content that are within scrollable viewport.
As condition: $("#myID").is(":mcsInView");
$(".content:mcsOverflow")
Select overflowed element(s) with visible scrollbar.
As condition: $(".content").is(":mcsOverflow");
$("#myID:mcsInSight")
$("#myID:mcsInSight(exact)")
Select element(s) in your content that are in view of the scrollable viewport. Using the exact parameter will include elements that have any part of them (even 1 pixel) in view of the scrollable viewport.
As condition: $("#myID").is(":mcsInSight");, $("#myID").is(":mcsInSight(exact)");

Plugin dependencies & requirements

License

This work is released under the MIT License.
You are free to use, study, improve and modify it wherever and however you like.
https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

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  1. Aarjav Chauhan
    Posted on April 29, 2016 at 22:18 Permalink

    On IE 11, the drag and scroll functionality isn’t working. While it does work on previous versions of IE. Any fix for this?

    Reply
  2. Reef.Hezel
    Posted on April 29, 2016 at 17:05 Permalink

    Hi,

    I’m trying to use this scroll bar on the back of a flipcard, but the mouse wheel will not scroll even though mouseWheel is enable: true. Please help!

    Reply
  3. Ashvinder
    Posted on April 29, 2016 at 08:04 Permalink

    Hi, I wanted to synchronise two scroll bars such that both move together. I have used the scrollto method to set it to the same percentage however it seems push the scroll bar too far

    onScroll: function ()
    {
    secondPosition = this.mcs.leftPct;

    if (firstPosition != secondPosition)
    {
    firstElement.mCustomScrollbar(“scrollTo”, secondPosition);

    }
    }

    Reply
  4. Rayan
    Posted on April 21, 2016 at 19:10 Permalink

    Awesome website !! Very helpful content. Keep it up…

    Sr. Web Developer

    Reply
  5. Jhon
    Posted on April 21, 2016 at 19:05 Permalink

    can anyone help Smooth Scroll not working at my site

    Reply
  6. sasa
    Posted on April 17, 2016 at 13:08 Permalink

    $(“#contents”).mCustomScrollbar(“scrollTo”,floor_div,{
    callbacks:{
    onScroll:function(){
    alert(‘test’)
    }
    }
    });

    It is invalid

    Reply
    • malihu
      Posted on April 26, 2016 at 11:13 Permalink

      Apply the callbacks when initializing the scrollbar (not on the scrollTo method). For example:

      //scrollbar initializiation $("#contents").mCustomScrollbar({ callbacks:{ onScroll:function(){ alert("test"); } } }); //scrollTo method call $("#contents").mCustomScrollbar("scrollTo",floor_div);

      and if you want to run the callback only on scrollTo method, you can use $(selector).data("mCS").trigger like this:
      http://manos.malihu.gr/jquery-custom-content-scroller/4/#faq-2

      Reply
  7. Amit
    Posted on April 15, 2016 at 19:33 Permalink

    I want to use horizontal RTL scrolling,
    I am using
    $(".table_scroll").mCustomScrollbar({ axis:"x", advanced:{ autoExpandHorizontalScroll:true, updateOnContentResize:true } });
    But, it does not work on RTL. Please help me.

    Reply
    • malihu
      Posted on April 26, 2016 at 11:17 Permalink

      Is your page set to RTL, either by html attribute (dir="rtl" or CSS)?
      Have you checked the RTL example?

      Reply
      • Ohminik
        Posted on April 26, 2016 at 13:57 Permalink

        Is it possible to set scrollbar on the right side of content using css selector. I mean

        rtl for .nth-child(even)
        ltr for .nth-child(odd)

        Thanks

        Reply
        • malihu
          Posted on April 26, 2016 at 23:20 Permalink

          You can set the direction via CSS like:

          .nth-child(odd){ direction: rtl; }

          Or you can simply define scrollbar position and margins in the CSS.

          Reply
  8. Ravi Shah
    Posted on April 14, 2016 at 16:34 Permalink

    Hi, I am using this plugin in my site. I am facing one issue. When I click on button I am showing a div with list. I want to have a scroll inside the div after the title content only. By default when page loads, that div content is set to display: none. When clicked on button we are removing whole content from html and then refilling the content and setting it to display: block. What happens is first time it binds the class with div and then when html is cleared and regenerated, in that case it is not working.

    Reply
  9. Jayesh
    Posted on April 14, 2016 at 14:05 Permalink

    Hi malihu,

    Gr8 Plugin, Thanks.

    I have used horizontal scroll bar for grid. I want horizontal scroll bar should appear at TOP and BOTTOM of grid as grid is containing large number of rows. Is there is any way to show same scroll bar at top and bottom.

    Please guide.

    Thank you in advance

    Reply
  10. Amardeep
    Posted on April 13, 2016 at 14:06 Permalink

    Hi,

    For horizontal scrollbar ,
    scroll bar automatically scrolls when focus on textbox and set “left: -100px;”

    my code:
    $(".mvauto").mCustomScrollbar({ theme:"dark", axis:"x" });

    .mvauto class for my div.

    Found a solution <a href="https://github.com/malihu/malihu-custom-scrollbar-plugin/issues/49" title="">here</a>

    but not working for me.

    Reply
  11. jTee
    Posted on April 13, 2016 at 13:40 Permalink

    Mano, are you still alive?

    Reply
    • malihu
      Posted on April 14, 2016 at 00:31 Permalink

      Yes :p
      Sorry but I’ve been extremely busy. I’ll try to find time to reply to as many comments as possible.

      Reply
  12. Kim Boender
    Posted on April 13, 2016 at 10:27 Permalink

    Hi there,

    Is there a way to not have vertical scrollbars in smaller screens? I only need horizontal scrollbars on mobile screens.

    Thanks in advance!

    Reply
  13. Richard
    Posted on April 8, 2016 at 17:03 Permalink

    scrollTo bug when x and y are both zero:

    https://github.com/malihu/malihu-custom-scrollbar-plugin/issues/414

    BTW, very neat plugin.

    Reply
  14. maryam
    Posted on April 5, 2016 at 13:06 Permalink

    I have problem with this plugin, when I use it to scroll a dropdown in bootstrap, all links inside dropdown menu will become inactive, what should I do?

    Reply
  15. George Hozendorf
    Posted on April 4, 2016 at 17:24 Permalink

    Thanks for a great script. I’m having trouble getting the yx configuration to work with Bootstrap 3.3. The horizontal bar is not visible. Any suggestions?

    Reply
  16. Kirill
    Posted on April 4, 2016 at 09:37 Permalink

    Hi guys,
    Thank you very much for this plugin.
    I encountered a problem. I need to have only horizontal scrolling, however on touch-device I can’t scroll document vertically, it was trying to scroll content, not the document (while I have axis: “x” only). What should I do? Help me please!

    Reply
  17. Giuseppe Pilato
    Posted on March 31, 2016 at 16:07 Permalink

    Goodmorning
    We’re using your “jQuery custom content scroller” in a PC with embedded windows 8 OS with touch screen.
    Is it possible to reverse the scroll by touching like in a mobile device?
    How could I do it?

    regard Beppe

    Reply
  18. Larin
    Posted on March 30, 2016 at 19:03 Permalink

    SOMEBODY HELP ME!

    Wow js does not work with mcustomscrollbar and the reason is
    .mCustomScrollBox{
    height: 100%; <—–
    But i cant remove it…
    All libs like wow does not work, pls help me

    Reply
  19. promise
    Posted on March 29, 2016 at 14:42 Permalink

    hello Malihu, great great plugin. Thank you for giving us for free.

    How can I set the #mCSB_1_scrollbar_horizontal to a lesser width, i know i can reduce the width of the drag bar but how can I reduce the width of the scrollbar itself. I tried reducing the width from the css but that did not work correctly.

    Reply
  20. Yvan COYAUD
    Posted on March 24, 2016 at 16:43 Permalink

    Bonjour,
    I use the “3d-thick” scrollBar on a tag.

    HTML :

    JAVASCRIPT :
    $(“#idContCRSDET”).mCustomScrollbar({scrollButtons: {enable: true}, theme: “3d-thick”});

    In this div tag, there is a with many row.
    All is OK

    But the “3d-thick” scrollbar disappears when the div is resized and it is the standard scrollbar that appears. (for example if I resize the browser)

    Can you tell me, please how to fix this little bug.
    Thank you for your reply.

    Yvan COYAUD.

    Reply
  21. gulsah
    Posted on March 23, 2016 at 18:01 Permalink

    hi,

    Thanks for jquery plugin but i have a problem.
    I refresh the page comes from the old look. After it works

    Is there a solution?

    I dont speak English very well sorry.

    Reply
    • gulsah
      Posted on March 23, 2016 at 20:23 Permalink

      problem solved

      Reply
      • Mohamed
        Posted on April 7, 2016 at 16:00 Permalink

        I am interested to know how did you fix it please? I am stuck in this issue.

        Should I use cookie or something to keep track of scroll bar location.

        Reply
        • Mohamed
          Posted on May 25, 2016 at 16:29 Permalink

          I solved it by using Session Storage provided by HTML5. It is supposed to be a replacement of Cookies.

          What I did is as follows:

          var x = sessionStorage.getItem( "scrollbarX" ); callbacks:{ whileScrolling:function() { num = $("#mCSB_1_container").css("left"); sessionStorage.setItem("scrollbarX", num); } }

          As shown above, this code preserves x location of horizontal scrollbar even after refreshing the whole page. For sure, I needed to play with CSS to get it done.

          Reply
          • gulsah
            Posted on July 26, 2016 at 11:27 Permalink

            thankyou, if I need elsewhere, I’ll try it 🙂

            I used “overflow:hidden” in the following classes

            .mCustomScrollbar {
            max-height: 170px;
            overflow: hidden;
            }
            .mCustomScrollBox
            .mCSB_container

            I’m sorry for the late reply

      • dshrout
        Posted on May 3, 2016 at 17:13 Permalink

        It is not polite to just say “problem solved”. Please post your solution for others to see as well. Who knows, you may even get a few “thanks!”

        Reply
        • gulsah
          Posted on July 26, 2016 at 11:12 Permalink

          sorry, you’re right,

          i used this css code.

          “overflow:hidden”

          that’s good enough for me 🙂

          I’m sorry for the late reply

          Reply
          • gulsah
            Posted on July 26, 2016 at 11:21 Permalink

            I used it in the following classes

            .mCustomScrollbar {
            max-height: 170px;
            overflow: hidden;
            }
            .mCustomScrollBox
            .mCSB_container

  22. Ujjaval Srivastav
    Posted on March 23, 2016 at 14:46 Permalink

    I have twitter embed code in my website. Issue is as scrollbar code is getting added to the container. Its removing the twitter embeded. The biggest problem is its happening randomly some time in all browser some time in mac safari. I don’t know how to resolve this. Please help me with this ASAP.

    Reply
  23. leomn
    Posted on March 23, 2016 at 11:04 Permalink

    Hello,can you tell me how can I get “this.mcs.right” in callbacks?For example,I want to set the position of some contents according to “this.mcs.right”,onScroll
    $('.allList').mCustomScrollbar({ axis: "x", callbacks: { onScroll: function () { $('.allList').find('.operations').css('left', this.msc.right); } } });

    Reply
    • leomn
      Posted on March 24, 2016 at 02:53 Permalink

      only “this.mcs.left” works , but “this.mcs.right” gets “undefined”

      Reply
      • js ninja
        Posted on April 23, 2016 at 07:56 Permalink

        you have a typo in your reference:

        change:
        $(‘.allList’).find(‘.operations’).css(‘left’, this.msc.right);

        to:
        $(‘.allList’).find(‘.operations’).css(‘left’, this.mcs.right);

        ^ should be no longer undefined.

        Reply
  24. Raghav
    Posted on March 21, 2016 at 09:34 Permalink

    can possible to fixed header.

    Reply
  25. Airidas
    Posted on March 20, 2016 at 14:42 Permalink

    how to make script with media?
    Example, if 480+px use y, else use x

    var mq = window.matchMedia(‘all and (min-width: 480px)’);

    …..
    if (mq.matches) {
    axis:”y”
    } else {
    axis:”x”
    }

    Reply
  26. Shane
    Posted on March 18, 2016 at 00:22 Permalink

    I LOVE this plugin. Keep up the good work!

    Reply
  27. sumochen
    Posted on March 17, 2016 at 20:08 Permalink

    Scroll bars works really great..!!

    In my application we have scroll bars on both x and y direction.. Is it possible to have mouseWheel:{ axis: “string” } in both x AND y direction?

    One more issue we are facing is the scroll bars are resetting everytime the parent div’s visibility is changed.. (User can hide and show the div.)..

    Thanks

    Reply
  28. Ashwini Kumar
    Posted on March 17, 2016 at 13:52 Permalink

    Hi,
    i am using your plugin thank its working fine with IE 9+ and firefox browser very well.
    But in latest chrome browser Version 49.0.2623.87 m once i upload 80 thumbnail images and close and open the browser it shows only 20 images rest images are going below i have my code applied in img src=”some id” />img src=”some id” />img src=”some id” />img src=”some id” />…
    previous version of chrome it was working fine. Applying css for height and width for this in css. Please let me know the solution for this.

    Reply
  29. Josh
    Posted on March 17, 2016 at 12:53 Permalink

    Amazing component Manos!! How exactly does mouseWheel:{ disableOver... work?

    When a textarea within the scrollable div is focused, the mousewheel suddenly starts to operate on the main window, not on the area which your component is added to.

    I put mouseWheel:{ disableOver: [] in an attempt to remove this behaviour, but it doesn’t work.

    Reply
  30. Senjalkumar
    Posted on March 15, 2016 at 14:58 Permalink

    I want to used your plugin but I have faced on problem to use it. I have used another plugin for stick div and its working on window scroll event but when trying to use your plugin stick plugin not worked so is there any solutions so I can use your plugin.

    Many thanks in advance.

    Reply

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