Horizontal scroll with css grid

Question

I'm having a problem when I am trying to make a horizontal scroll when the grid complete four columns. See

#series {
    display: grid;
    grid-gap: 16px;
    overflow-x: scroll;
    padding: 16px;
    grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
    grid-auto-flow: column;
}

Using this I get below output

But, you know, I want to get same like "four columns" and a scroll bar for see more.

What's the problem.

Solution 1

Try it with this:

display: grid;
grid-gap: 16px;
padding: 16px;
grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill,minmax(160px,1fr));
grid-auto-flow: column;
grid-auto-columns: minmax(160px,1fr);
overflow-x: auto;

grid-auto-flow: column; will force the grid to add your elements as column instead of following the free space.

grid-auto-columns: minmax(160px,1fr); the items added outside the viewport do not match auto-fit, so they won't get the size defined in your template. So you have to define it again with grid-auto-columns.

overflow-x: auto; auto will add the scrollbar

Solution 2

Horizontal scrolling containers the right way! Source

:root {
  --gutter: 20px;
}

.app {
  padding: var(--gutter) 0;
  display: grid;
  grid-gap: var(--gutter) 0;
  grid-template-columns: var(--gutter) 1fr var(--gutter);
  align-content: start;
}

.app > * {
  grid-column: 2 / -2;
}

.app > .full {
  grid-column: 1 / -1;
}

.hs {
  display: grid;
  grid-gap: calc(var(--gutter) / 2);
  grid-template-columns: 10px repeat(6, calc(50% - var(--gutter) * 2)) 10px;
  grid-template-rows: minmax(150px, 1fr);
  
  overflow-x: scroll;
  scroll-snap-type: x proximity;
  padding-bottom: calc(.75 * var(--gutter));
  margin-bottom: calc(-.5 * var(--gutter));
}

.hs:before,
.hs:after {
  content: '';
}

/* Hide scrollbar */
.hide-scroll {
  overflow-y: hidden;
  margin-bottom: calc(-.1 * var(--gutter));
}


/* Demo styles */

html,
body {
  height: 100%;
}

body {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  background: #456173;
}

ul {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
}

h1,
h2,
h3 {
  margin: 0;
}

.app {
  width: 375px;
  height: 667px;
  background: #DBD0BC;
  overflow-y: scroll;
}

.hs > li,
.item {
  scroll-snap-align: center;
  padding: calc(var(--gutter) / 2 * 1.5);
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 8px;
}

<div class="app">
  <h1>Some headline</h1>

  <div class="full hide-scroll">

    <ul class="hs">
      <li class="item">test</li>
      <li class="item">test</li>
      <li class="item">test</li>
      <li class="item">test</li>
      <li class="item">test</li>
      <li class="item">test</li>
    </ul>

  </div>

  <div class="container">
    <div class="item">
      <h3>Block for context</h3>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Solution 3

Your problem is that you are using 1fr unit. Instead put 25% (use calc to accommodate for any gaps). This will size your columns relative to available screen width. Of course you must apply 25% to grid-auto-columns also.

Comments

[Diego Cardona]

Bro, I´ve tried with grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fill, minmax(160px, 1fr)); but I'm not getting the scroll bar, is same like the others items does not exists

[eddy]

When I tried to do this inside a div that is placed in a header with position:sticky the whole page is scrolled

[Th3S4mur41]

@eddy not sure this could apply to your problem without more details. But check out the following link for some tips about the combination between position: sticky and grid melanie-richards.com/blog/css-grid-sticky/?ref=heydesigner

[Alexandre Piva]

I'm sorry, I don't like this approach because need to use JavaScript to set the number of grid items. Just set grid-auto-flow: column; and grid-auto-columns with the same value as grid-template-columns and will work!

[ISS]

Try overflow:scroll!important on parent element.

[mrchestnut]

This solution worked for what I was trying to accomplish: A scrollable, single row column.