Tailwind CSS overscroll Behavior
Last Updated :
23 Jul, 2025
This class accepts more than one value in tailwind CSS. It is the alternative to the CSS Overscroll-behavior property. This class is used to set the behavior of the browser when the boundary of a scrolling area is reached. This property can be used to prevent unwanted scrolling in pages where there are multiple scroll areas.
There is separate property in CSS for CSS Overscroll-behavior-x and CSS Overflow-behavior-y, but we will cover it in this single article.
Overscroll Behavior class:
- overscroll-auto
- overscroll-contain
- overscroll-none
- overscroll-y-auto
- overscroll-y-contain
- overscroll-y-none
- overscroll-x-auto
- overscroll-x-contain
- overscroll-x-none
overscroll-auto: It is used to set the scrolling behavior to default. The whole page along with the element will scroll even if the boundary of the element is reached. It is the default value.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-auto">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href="https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS Overscroll Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well
written, well thought and well explained
solutions for selected questions. An IIT
Roorkee alumnus and founder of GeeksforGeeks.
He loves to solve programming problems in
most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks,
he has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a
software developer and JIIT Noida as an
assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-auto overflow-y-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior can
be used to control if the main content
behind would scroll when this element's
vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
overscroll-contain: It is used to set the scrolling behavior to default only on the element used. Scrolling the element further after it has reached the boundary will not scroll the elements behind it. No scroll-chaining would occur in the neighboring scrolling areas.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-contain">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS Overscroll Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-contain overflow-y-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
overscroll-none: It is used to prevent scroll-chaining on all elements. The default scroll overflow behavior is also prevented.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-none">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS Overscroll Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-none overflow-y-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Overscroll-behavior-y: This class is used to set the behavior of the browser when the vertical boundary of a scrolling area is reached. This can be used in websites where there are multiple scrolling areas and scrolling one area does not affect the page as a whole. This effect is known as scroll-chaining which can be enabled or disabled accordingly.
overscroll-y-auto: This is used to set the scrolling behavior on the y-axis to default on all the elements. The whole page will scroll even if the boundary of the element is reached. It is the default value.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-y-auto">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS overscroll-behavior-y Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-behavior-y-auto overflow-y-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
overscroll-y-contain: It is used to set the scrolling behavior on the y-axis to default only on the element used. No scroll-chaining would occur on the neighboring scrolling areas and the elements behind will not scroll.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-y-contain">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS overscroll-behavior-y Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-behavior-y-contain overflow-y-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
overscroll-y-none: It is used to prevent scroll-chaining on the y-axis on all elements. The default scroll overflow behavior is also prevented.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-y-none">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS overscroll-behavior-y Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-behavior-y-none overflow-y-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Overscroll-behavior-x: This class used to set the behavior of the browser when the horizontal boundary of a scrolling area is reached. This can be used in websites where there are multiple scrolling areas and scrolling one area does not affect the page as a whole.
overscroll-x-auto: It is used to set the scrolling behavior on the x-axis to default on all the elements. The whole page will scroll even if the boundary of the element is reached. It is the default value.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-x-auto">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS overscroll-behavior-x Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-behavior-x-auto overflow-x-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
overscroll-x-contain: It is used to set the scrolling behavior on the x-axis to default only on the element used. No scroll-chaining would occur on the neighboring scrolling areas and the elements behind will not scroll.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-x-contain">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS overscroll-behavior-x Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-behavior-x-contain overflow-x-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
overscroll-x-none: It is used to prevent scroll-chaining on the x-axis on all elements. The default scroll overflow behavior is also prevented.
Syntax:
<element class="overscroll-x-none">...</element>
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link href=
"https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/tailwind.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body class="text-center">
<center>
<h1 class="text-green-600 text-5xl font-bold">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>Tailwind CSS overscroll-behavior-x Class</b>
<div class="flex">
<div class="overscroll-contain bg-green-200 p-4
mx-24 w-1/3 text-justify">
This portal has been created to provide well written,
well thought and well explained solutions for selected
questions. An IIT Roorkee alumnus and founder of
GeeksforGeeks. He loves to solve programming problems
in most efficient ways. Apart from GeeksforGeeks, he
has worked with DE Shaw and Co. as a software developer
and JIIT Noida as an assistant professor.
</div>
<div class="overscroll-behavior-x-none overflow-x-scroll
bg-green-400 p-2 w-1/4 h-24">
This is a smaller element that is also
scrollable. The overscroll behavior
can be used to control if the main
content behind would scroll when this
element's vertical boundary is reached.
</div>
</div>
</center>
</body>
</html>
Output:
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