SimpleBar does only one thing: replace the browser's default scrollbar with a custom CSS-styled one without losing performances. Unlike some popular plugins, SimpleBar doesn't mimic scroll with Javascript, causing janks and strange scrolling behaviours... You keep the awesomeness of native scrolling...with a custom scrollbar!
SimpleBar does NOT implement a custom scroll behaviour. It keeps the native overflow: auto scroll and only replace the scrollbar visual appearance.
SimpleBar uses pure CSS to style the scrollbar. You can easily customize it as you want! Or even have multiple style on the same page...or just keep the default style ("Mac OS" scrollbar style).
SimpleBar doesn't use Javascript to handle scrolling. You keep the performances/behaviours of the native scroll. There is known issue with bundle size but this should be solved in v6.
SimpleBar has been tested on the following browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, IE11.
The easiest way to use SimpleBar is with the default dependency-free version: npm install simplebar.
If you are using a framework, SimpleBar also supports the most popular ones: Vue, Angular and React.
You can check our demo page (which is also the one we use for automated tests).
Before using SimpleBar it's important to know its limitations!
See changelog here : https://github.com/Grsmto/simplebar/releases
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