--- title: Get the width of the scrollbar using only CSS | daily.dev description: Learn how to determine the width of the scrollbar using modern CSS without JavaScript. This technique uses a CSS property and defines the value at the :root... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/get-the-width-of-the-scrollbar-using-only-css-kewwlthha twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Get the width of the scrollbar using only CSS | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to determine the width of the scrollbar using modern CSS without JavaScript. This technique uses a CSS property and defines the value at the :root... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/get-the-width-of-the-scrollbar-using-only-css-kewwlthha og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kewWlTHHA.png og:image:alt: Get the width of the scrollbar using only CSS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get the width of the scrollbar using only CSS **[CSS Tip](https://daily.dev/sources/csstip)** · 1 min read · 32 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary Learn how to determine the width of the scrollbar using modern CSS without JavaScript. This technique uses a CSS property and defines the value at the :root level, but it's currently supported only in Chrome. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@sajithrenalin** · 0 upvotes > Good **@petecapecod** · 0 upvotes > Cool way to do it with CSS. Definitely going to have to bookmark this for later 👍🏻 **@chandrapantachhetri** · 0 upvotes > This is the first time I'm seeing '@property' syntax. Looked into a bit and it looks useful for animations. Where can I see which browsers support this syntax? I know you said it's only Chrome for now. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#frontend](https://daily.dev/tags/frontend) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/get-the-width-of-the-scrollbar-using-only-css-kewwlthha) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Get the width of the scrollbar using only CSS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/get-the-width-of-the-scrollbar-using-only-css-kewwlthha","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/get-the-width-of-the-scrollbar-using-only-css-kewwlthha"},"datePublished":"2024-07-31T10:41:46.582Z","dateModified":"2024-07-31T10:41:57.322Z","description":"Learn how to determine the width of the scrollbar using modern CSS without JavaScript. 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Definitely going to have to bookmark this for later 👍🏻","datePublished":"2024-08-19T18:40:29.999Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kewWlTHHA#c-Hx3MNICjt","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Peter Cruckshank","url":"https://daily.dev/petecapecod","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--ZJhQyKws--/f_auto/v1721235024/avatars/avatar_A9xh33q0QoxtkGoJRCosp"}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is the first time I’m seeing ‘@property’ syntax. Looked into a bit and it looks useful for animations. Where can I see which browsers support this syntax? I know you said it’s only Chrome for now.","datePublished":"2024-10-22T18:19:08.508Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kewWlTHHA#c-QQZ0yfUwo","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Chandra Panta Chhetri","url":"https://daily.dev/chandrapantachhetri","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--jyEItTbl--/f_auto/v1731874940/avatars/avatar_7bMGMXLqZfcWec4Z1CnGC"}}]} ```