How to create: horizontal scrollable menu

Learn how to use CSS to create a horizontal scrollable menu.

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How to create a horizontal scrollable menu

Step 1 - Add HTML:

<div class="scrollmenu">
  <a href="#home">Home</a>
  <a href="#news">News</a>
  <a href="#contact">Contact</a>
  <a href="#about">About</a>
  ...
</div>

Step 2 - Add CSS:

The trick to making the navigation bar scrollable is to use overflow:auto and white-space:nowrap:

div.scrollmenu {
  background-color: #333;
  overflow: auto;
  white-space: nowrap;
}
div.scrollmenu a {
  display: inline-block;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 14px;
  text-decoration: none;
}
div.scrollmenu a:hover {
  background-color: #777;
}

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Related pages

Tutorial:CSS navigation bar