Overflow-y: Scroll not showing scrollbar in Chrome

Question

I am generating a list of organisations of the left hand side of this page: http://www.ihhub.org/member-map/

This list is generated through appending <span> tags that are linked to the corresponding map.

My issue is - the scroll bar does not appear in CHROME but does appear in Firefox and Safari.

Any solutions?

UPDATE:

This issue appears to be isolated to MAC OS.

SOLUTION:

::-webkit-scrollbar {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    width: 7px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    border-radius: 4px;
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.5);
}

What other `overflow` rules do you have? Some browsers don't play nice when you set `overflow-x` along the `overflow-y` — putvande, Feb 04 '16 at 12:57

score 55 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

55

According to CSS - Overflow: Scroll; - Always show vertical scroll bar?: OSx Lion hides scrollbars while not in use to make it seem more "slick", but at the same time the issue you addressed comes up: people sometimes cannot see whether a div has a scroll feature or not.

CSS fix:

::-webkit-scrollbar {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    width: 7px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
    border-radius: 4px;
    background-color: rgba(0,0,0,.5);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 1px rgba(255,255,255,.5);
}

edited May 23 '17 at 11:46

Community

1
1

answered Feb 04 '16 at 14:03

Graham Cairns

961
1
7
10

3

This is almost a great solution, problem is it adds space for the scrollbar gutter that wouldn't otherwise be there. I wish there was a way to show it without taking up extra space. – Yarin Oct 16 '18 at 19:22

score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 12:58

11

I am seeing scroll bar well. If you are using Mac, you may want to make sure that scrollbars are always shown

answered Feb 04 '16 at 12:58

Timo

727
5
15

Hi Timo - unfortunately the scroll bar does not appear on the list of organisations when I changed the mac settings. Furthermore - I believe - that this is an issue on Chrome for Mac and Windows. – Graham Cairns Feb 04 '16 at 13:07
Great Timo - looks like it is just Mac that this is not appearing on automatically. I am still seeking for this solution. I have changed overflow-y:scroll to overflow:auto and no change. – Graham Cairns Feb 04 '16 at 13:30

Timo · Answer 3 · 2016-02-04T13:51:14.427

2

Add this to your css

.list::-webkit-scrollbar {
    -webkit-appearance: scrollbartrack-vertical;
}

or

.list::-webkit-scrollbar {
   -webkit-appearance: scrollbarthumb-vertical;
}

edited Feb 04 '16 at 13:51

answered Feb 04 '16 at 13:39

Timo

727
5
15

Hi Timo - many thanks for pointing this out. Unfortunately it was not what I was looking for however i did come across the solution thanks to your ::-webkit-scrollbar selector. – Graham Cairns Feb 04 '16 at 14:02
I have shared above @Timo and I have added to the website link too. Many thanks for your input. – Graham Cairns Feb 04 '16 at 14:11
Thanks. No problem :) – Timo Feb 04 '16 at 14:45
@Timo It's not working now and coming as Invalid property value. – Akansh Apr 02 '20 at 09:39

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '16 at 08:47

1

I am using Windows 8 and Google Chrome version is 48.0.2564.97. And its working perfect. See in image highlighted area.

answered Feb 05 '16 at 08:47

Ajay Gupta

2,867
23
28

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 13:08

0

I am using Crome Version 48.0.2564.97 m

And it is working just fine.. Change it to overflow-y:auto in case if there are not enough items it will not show scroll.

answered Feb 04 '16 at 13:08

naman

52
1
10

I am glad to see this is working on Chrome - is this on Windows. If so the issue is still on Mac. I have changed to overflow:auto as per a few comments. Please advise. – Graham Cairns Feb 04 '16 at 13:29

Overflow-y: Scroll not showing scrollbar in Chrome

5 Answers5

Linked