scroll-snap-destination

The scroll-snap-destination CSS property defines the position in x and y coordinates within the scroll container's visual viewport which element snap points align with.

Initial value	0px 0px
Applies to	scroll containers
Inherited	no
Percentages	relative to same axis of the padding-box of the scroll container
Media	interactive
Computed value	as specified, but with relative lengths converted into absolute lengths
Animation type	a position
Canonical order	the unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

/* <position> value */
scroll-snap-destination: 400px 600px;

/* Global values */
scroll-snap-destination: inherit;
scroll-snap-destination: initial;
scroll-snap-destination: unset;

Values

<position>

Specifies the offset of the snap destination from the start edge of the scroll container’s visual viewport. The first value gives the x coordinate of the snap destination, the second value its y coordinate.

Formal syntax

<position>
where 
<position> = [[ left | center | right | top | bottom | <length-percentage> ] | [ left | center | right | <length-percentage> ] [ top | center | bottom | <length-percentage> ] | [ center | [ left | right ] <length-percentage>? ] && [ center | [ top | bottom ] <length-percentage>? ]]
where 
<length-percentage> = <length> | <percentage>

Example

HTML Content

<div id="container">
  <div>
    <p>At coordinate (0, 0)</p>
    <div class="scrollContainer destination0">
      <div>1</div>
      <div>2</div>
      <div>3</div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div>
    <p>At coordinate (25, 0)</p>
    <div class="scrollContainer destination25">
      <div>1</div>
      <div>2</div>
      <div>3</div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <div>
    <p>At coordinate (50, 0)</p>
    <div class="scrollContainer destination50">
      <div>1</div>
      <div>2</div>
      <div>3</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

CSS Content

#container {
  display: flex;
}

#container > div:nth-child(-n+2) {
  margin-right: 20px;  
}

.scrollContainer {
  width: 100px;
  overflow: auto;
  white-space: nowrap;
  scroll-snap-points-x: repeat(100%);
  scroll-snap-type: mandatory;
  scroll-snap-destination: 20px 0;
  font-size: 0;
}

.destination0 {
  scroll-snap-destination: 0 0;
}

.destination25 {
  scroll-snap-destination: 25px 0;
}

.destination50 {
  scroll-snap-destination: 50px 0;
}

.scrollContainer > div {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  display: inline-block;
  line-height: 100px;
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 50px;
}

.scrollContainer > div:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: #87EA87;
}

.scrollContainer > div:nth-child(odd) {
  background-color: #87CCEA;
}

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
CSS Scroll Snap Module Level 1 The definition of 'scroll-snap-destination' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition

Browser compatibility

[1] On Firefox Mobile, available since Gecko 39, but behind the preference layout.css.vertical-text.enabled, disabled by default.