---
title: "Scroll Area"
description: "Scrollable container with custom scrollbars"
source: "Equality"
---
import { ScrollArea } from "@eqtylab/equality";

## Overview

Scroll Area is a container that adds a styled, cross-browser scrollbar to overflowing content, replacing the inconsistent native one. It's built on [Radix UI Scroll Area](https://www.radix-ui.com/primitives/docs/components/scroll-area), so the scrollbar is themable and unobtrusive while normal wheel, touch, and keyboard scrolling continue to work.

Give the Scroll Area a constrained height (via `className` or `style`); when its content is taller, a vertical scrollbar appears. Use it for long lists, panels, and menus where you want a consistent scrollbar treatment.

## Usage

Import the component:

```tsx
import { ScrollArea } from "@eqtylab/equality";
```

Set a height on the Scroll Area and place your content inside:

```tsx
<ScrollArea className="h-48 max-w-lg">
  <div>{/* long content */}</div>
</ScrollArea>
```

## Example

<ScrollArea client:only="react" className="h-48 max-w-lg">
  <div className="pr-4">
    <p>
      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod
      tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim
      veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea
      commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate
      velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat
      cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id
      est laborum.
    </p>
    <p>
      Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium
      doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo
      inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo.
      Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut
      fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui ratione voluptatem
      sequi nesciunt.
    </p>
    <p>
      Neque porro quisquam est, qui dolorem ipsum quia dolor sit amet,
      consectetur, adipisci velit, sed quia non numquam eius modi tempora
      incidunt ut labore et dolore magnam aliquam quaerat voluptatem. Ut enim ad
      minima veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit
      laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea commodi consequatur.
    </p>
    <p>
      Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate velit esse quam
      nihil molestiae consequatur, vel illum qui dolorem eum fugiat quo voluptas
      nulla pariatur. At vero eos et accusamus et iusto odio dignissimos ducimus
      qui blanditiis praesentium voluptatum deleniti atque corrupti quos dolores
      et quas molestias excepturi sint occaecati cupiditate non provident.
    </p>
    <p>
      Similique sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est
      laborum et dolorum fuga. Et harum quidem rerum facilis est et expedita
      distinctio. Nam libero tempore, cum soluta nobis est eligendi optio cumque
      nihil impedit quo minus id quod maxime placeat facere possimus, omnis
      voluptas assumenda est, omnis dolor repellendus.
    </p>
  </div>
</ScrollArea>

## Slots

| Name         | Description                                                                           |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ScrollArea` | The scrollable container. Wraps your content and renders a styled vertical scrollbar. |
| `ScrollBar`  | The scrollbar element, exported for advanced composition (e.g. a horizontal bar).     |

## Props

Scroll Area forwards the underlying [Radix Scroll Area Root](https://www.radix-ui.com/primitives/docs/components/scroll-area#root) props (such as `type` and `scrollHideDelay`) in addition to the props below.

| Name        | Description                                           | Type        | Default | Required |
| ----------- | ----------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------- | -------- |
| `children`  | The content to render inside the scrollable viewport. | `ReactNode` | —       | ✅       |
| `className` | Additional CSS classes applied to the container.      | `string`    | —       | ❌       |