Styling scrollbars within Ionic mode in Ionic 6: A step-by-step guide

Question

ion-modal has a default scrollbar that appears if the content overflows. I want to style the scrollbar.

I can style the scrollbar in the application using ::-webkit-scrollbar, ::-webkit-scrollbar-track and ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb, but it doesn't seem to work in modal. I tried applying these elements to multiple components inside the modal, such as ion-content::-webkit-scrollbar, but it doesn't work.

Answer 1

Here's the general way to style scrollbars within Ionic mode in Ionic 6.

1. Wrap the ionic mode content inside

Tag as shown below

<ion-content>
    //modal content goes here
</ion-content>

2. Then add the following css of the scrollbar in the global css file

   ion-content {
        --offset-bottom: auto !important;
        --overflow: auto;
        background: var(--ion-toolbar-background, var(--ion-background-color, 
                     #000000)) !important;
        overflow: auto;
   
    &::-webkit-scrollbar {
        width: 5px;
        height: 5px;
    }
   
    &::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
        background: rgb(0, 0, 0);
    }
   
    &::-webkit-scrollbar-track:hover {
        background: #35d703;
    }
   
    &::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
        background: rgb(75, 75, 75);
    }
   
     &::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
         background: #94173a
     }
   
     .inner-scroll {
         scrollbar-width: thin;
     }
   }

Your scrolling will look like this in ion-modal