How to add arrows with -webkit-scrollbar-button

Question

I have a custom scrollbar. Since I did that, the arrows of the scrollbar are not shown anymore.

.scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background-color: ##00a7e0;
  }

  .scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background-color: #F5F5F5;
  }

  .scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-button {
    ????;
  }

What do I have to add in .scrollbar::-webkit-scrollbar-button that my arrows are shown again?

Similar --> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16761611/adding-arrows-to-scrollbar — sol, Nov 30 '17 at 15:28
@ovokuro I've seen this post too, but is it really the only solution? Can you only add the arrows by an image? — BlueCat, Nov 30 '17 at 15:51

score 35 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 17 '18 at 05:40

(Super late to the party, but still)

You can style scrollbar buttons using ::-webkit-scrollbar-button selector (see this blog post for a full breakdown on the webkit scrollbar pseudo selectors), but getting them to show arrows is much trickier, and most people seem to either use background images or skip buttons altogether.

Here's a solution using CSS triangles for arrows:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/46229219/1202275

and another one (based on the one above, vertical scrollbar only but the idea is the same):

::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 16px;
  border: 5px solid white;

}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background-color: #b0b0b0;
  background-clip: padding-box;
  border: 0.05em solid #eeeeee;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background-color: #bbbbbb;
}
/* Buttons */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button {
  background-color: #bbbbbb;
  display: block;
  border-style: solid;
  height: 13px;
  width: 16px;
}
/* Up */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement {
  border-width: 0 8px 8px 8px;
  border-color: transparent transparent #555555 transparent;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement:hover {
  border-color: transparent transparent #777777 transparent;
}
/* Down */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:increment {
  border-width: 8px 8px 0 8px;
  border-color: #555555 transparent transparent transparent;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:vertical:single-button:increment:hover {
  border-color: #777777 transparent transparent transparent;
}

(https://codepen.io/DarthVeyda/pen/eLLbXa)

It looks like `-webkit-scrollbar-button` no longer works? I'm on a Mac and it's not showing at least — Zach Saucier, Feb 25 '23 at 15:55

score 17 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 24 '22 at 16:44

A newer version and better is this: How do I switch to Chromes dark scrollbar like GitHub does?

here is complete scrollbar with buttons with dark mode:

https://codepen.io/patrikx3/pen/ZEBQQyV

::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-corner,
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background-color: rgb(64, 64, 64);
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background-color: rgb(96, 96, 96);
    background-clip: padding-box;
    border: 2px solid transparent;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
    background-color: rgb(112, 112, 112);
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:active {
    background-color: rgb(128, 128, 128);
}

/* Buttons */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button {
    background-color: rgb(64, 64, 64);

    display: block;
    background-size: 10px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

/* Up */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement {
    height: 12px;
    width: 16px;
    background-position: center 4px;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(96, 96, 96)'><polygon points='50,00 0,50 100,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement:hover {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(112, 112, 112)'><polygon points='50,00 0,50 100,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement:active {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(128, 128, 128)'><polygon points='50,00 0,50 100,50'/></svg>");
}

/* Down */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:increment {
    height: 12px;
    width: 16px;
    background-position: center 2px;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(96, 96, 96)'><polygon points='0,0 100,0 50,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:increment:hover {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(112, 112, 112)'><polygon points='0,0 100,0 50,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:increment:active {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(128, 128, 128)'><polygon points='0,0 100,0 50,50'/></svg>");
}

/* Left */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:horizontal:decrement {
    height: 12px;
    width: 12px;
    background-position: 3px 3px;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(96, 96, 96)'><polygon points='0,50 50,100 50,0'/></svg>");

}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:horizontal:decrement:hover {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(112, 112, 112)'><polygon points='0,50 50,100 50,0'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:horizontal:decrement:active {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(128, 128, 128)'><polygon points='0,50 50,100 50,0'/></svg>");
}

/* Right */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:horizontal:increment {
    height: 12px;
    width: 12px;
    background-position: 3px 3px;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(96, 96, 96)'><polygon points='0,0 0,100 50,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:horizontal:increment:hover {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(112, 112, 112)'><polygon points='0,0 0,100 50,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:horizontal:increment:active {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(128, 128, 128)'><polygon points='0,0 0,100 50,50'/></svg>");
}

A newer version an better is this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65940522/how-do-i-switch-to-chromes-dark-scrollbar-like-github-does — Patrik Laszlo, Feb 07 '22 at 19:54
Your SVG coding on the scroller triangles helped me on [this post](https://stackoverflow.com/a/72511916/105539). — Volomike, Jun 06 '22 at 00:16
It looks like `-webkit-scrollbar-button` is no longer supported in Chrome? I'm on a Mac and it's not showing at least — Zach Saucier, Feb 25 '23 at 15:56

score 6 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '21 at 19:45

Here's a light version.

::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 16px;
    height: 16px;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-corner,
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
    background-color:#eee;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    background-color: #8f8e8e;
    background-clip: padding-box;
    border: 2px solid transparent;
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
    background-color: rgb(112, 112, 112);
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:active {
    background-color: rgb(128, 128, 128);
}

/* Buttons */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button {
    background-color: #eee;
    display: block;
    background-size: 10px;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

/* Up */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement {
    height: 12px;
    width: 16px;
    background-position: center 4px;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(73, 73, 73)'><polygon points='50,00 0,50 100,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement:hover {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(112, 112, 112)'><polygon points='50,00 0,50 100,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement:active {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(128, 128, 128)'><polygon points='50,00 0,50 100,50'/></svg>");
}

/* Down */
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:increment {
    height: 12px;
    width: 16px;
    background-position: center 2px;
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(73, 73, 73)'><polygon points='0,0 100,0 50,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:increment:hover {
    background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(112, 112, 112)'><polygon points='0,0 100,0 50,50'/></svg>");
}

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:increment:active {
    background-image

how about horizontal arrows – suhailvs Mar 29 '21 at 06:21 — suhailvs, Mar 29 '21 at 06:21
copy the vertical and just change it to horizontal. – Ram Alcantara Apr 13 '21 at 23:47 — Ram Alcantara, Apr 13 '21 at 23:47

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 03 '21 at 16:55

Here's a more awesome design Codepen

Used Triangle SVG coverted to data URI

::-webkit-scrollbar-button:single-button:vertical:decrement {
  border-radius: 5px 5px 0 0;
  height: 16px;
  width: 16px;
  background-position: center 4px;
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg 
  xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='100' height='100' fill='rgb(121, 
  255, 108)'><polygon points='50,00 0,50 100,50'/></svg>");
}

How to add arrows with -webkit-scrollbar-button

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