Global options

To override the default scrollbar options for all scrollbar components across the application, import the provideScrollbarOptions function in your providers, here is an example:

import { ApplicationConfig } from '@angular/core';
import { provideScrollbarOptions } from 'ngx-scrollbar';

export const appConfig: ApplicationConfig = {
  providers: [
    provideScrollbarOptions({
      visibility: 'hover',
      appearance: 'compact'
    })
  ]
};

NgScrollbarOptions API

Name	Default value	Description
orientation	auto	The scroll axis of the viewport auto, horizontal, vertical.
position	native	Invert scrollbar position native,invertX,invertY, invertAll.
visibility	native	Scrollbar visibility native, hover, always.
appearance	native	Scrollbar appearance native, compact.
trackClass	null	Add a class to scrollbar track elements.
thumbClass	null	Add a class to scrollbar thumbnail elements.
buttonClass	null	Add a class to scrollbar button elements.
buttons	false	Show scrollbar buttons.
trackClickDuration	50	The smooth scroll step duration when a scrollbar is clicked in ms.
minThumbSize	20	The minimum scrollbar thumb size in px.
sensorThrottleTime	0	The throttle time used for detecting size changes.
disableSensor	false	Whether ResizeObserver is disabled.
disableInteraction	false	Disables scrollbar interaction like dragging thumb and jumping by track click.

Types aliases

ScrollbarOrientation

Sets the scroll axis of the viewport.

• auto: Scrollbars are displayed for both vertical and horizontal scrolling.
• vertical: Scrollbars are displayed for vertical scrolling.
• horizontal: Scrollbars are displayed for horizontal scrolling.

Defaults to 'auto'.

type ScrollbarOrientation = 'auto' | 'vertical' | 'horizontal';

ScrollbarAppearance

Sets the appearance of the scrollbar.

• native: Scrollbar space is reserved within the viewport, similar to native scrollbars.
• compact: Scrollbars do not reserve any space and are placed over the viewport.

Defaults to 'native'.

type ScrollbarAppearance = 'native' | 'compact';

ScrollbarVisibility

Determines when to show the scrollbar.

• native: Scrollbar is visible when the viewport is scrollable, similar to native scrollbars.
• hover: Scrollbars are hidden by default and become visible on scrolling or hovering.
• visible: Scrollbars are always visible, even if the viewport is not scrollable.

Defaults to 'native'.

type ScrollbarVisibility = 'native' | 'hover' | 'visible';

ScrollbarPosition

Sets the position of each scrollbar.

• native: Uses the default position as in native scrollbars.
• invertY: Inverts the vertical scrollbar position.
• invertX: Inverts the horizontal scrollbar position.
• invertAll: Inverts the positions of both vertical and horizontal scrollbars.

Defaults to 'native'.

type ScrollbarPosition = 'native' | 'invertY' | 'invertX' | 'invertAll';