`scroll-snap-align` CSS property

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It's been available across browsers since January 2020.

The scroll-snap-align CSS property specifies the box's snap position as an alignment of its snap area.

Try it

scroll-snap-align: start;

scroll-snap-align: end;

scroll-snap-align: center;

<section class="default-example" id="default-example">
  <div id="example-parent">
    <div>1</div>
    <div id="example-element">2</div>
    <div>3</div>
  </div>
  <div class="info">Scroll »</div>
</section>

.default-example {
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.default-example .info {
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0.5em 0;
  font-size: 90%;
}

#example-parent {
  text-align: left;
  width: 250px;
  height: 250px;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  display: flex;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  border: 1px solid black;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
}

#example-parent > div {
  flex: 0 0 66%;
  width: 250px;
  background-color: rebeccapurple;
  color: white;
  font-size: 30px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
}

#example-parent > div:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: white;
  color: rebeccapurple;
}

Syntax

/* Single keyword value */
scroll-snap-align: none;
scroll-snap-align: center;
scroll-snap-align: start;
scroll-snap-align: end;

/* Two keyword values */
scroll-snap-align: start end;
scroll-snap-align: end center;
scroll-snap-align: center start;

/* Global values */
scroll-snap-align: inherit;
scroll-snap-align: initial;
scroll-snap-align: revert;
scroll-snap-align: revert-layer;
scroll-snap-align: unset;

Values

This property is specified as one or two of the following keyword values, space-separated:

none: The box does not define a snap position in that axis.
start: The start alignment of this box's scroll snap area, within the scroll container's snapport is a snap position in this axis.
end: The end alignment of this box's scroll snap area, within the scroll container's snapport is a snap position in this axis.
center: The center alignment of this box's scroll snap area, within the scroll container's snapport is a snap position in this axis.

Description

The scroll-snap-align property specifies the box's snap position as an alignment of its snap area (as the alignment subject) within its snap container's snap port (as the alignment container).

One or two values can be specified for the scroll-snap-align property. If one value is set, it is applied to both the block and inline axes. If two values are set, the first value controls the block axis and the second value controls the inline axis.

Formal definition

Initial value	none
Applies to	all elements
Inherited	no
Computed value	as specified
Animation type	discrete

Formal syntax

scroll-snap-align = 
  [ none | start | end | center ]{1,2}

Specifications

Specification
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1 # scroll-snap-align

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`scroll-snap-align`	69	79	68	56	11	69	68	48	11	10.0	69	11
`center`	69	79	68	56	11	69	68	48	11	10.0	69	11
`end`	69	79	68	56	11	69	68	48	11	10.0	69	11
`none`	69	79	68	56	11	69	68	48	11	10.0	69	11
`start`	69	79	68	56	11	69	68	48	11	10.0	69	11