The Different States
These are the pseudo class selectors. They allow for more specific selection of the parts, like when the scrollbar is in different states.
:horizontal
:vertical
:decrement
:increment
:start
:end
:double-button
:single-button
:no-button
:corner-present
:window-inactive
I'm going to steal this whole section from David's blog post on the WebKit blog because it explains each part well:
:horizontal – The horizontal pseudo-class applies to any scrollbar pieces that have a horizontal orientation.
:vertical – The vertical pseudo-class applies to any scrollbar pieces that have a vertical orientation.
:decrement – The decrement pseudo-class applies to buttons and track pieces. It indicates whether or not the button or track piece will decrement the view’s position when used (e.g., up on a vertical scrollbar, left on a horizontal scrollbar).
:increment – The increment pseudo-class applies to buttons and track pieces. It indicates whether or not a button or track piece will increment the view’s position when used (e.g., down on a vertical scrollbar, right on a horizontal scrollbar).
:start – The start pseudo-class applies to buttons and track pieces. It indicates whether the object is placed before the thumb.
:end – The end pseudo-class applies to buttons and track pieces. It indicates whether the object is placed after the thumb.
:double-button – The double-button pseudo-class applies to buttons and track pieces. It is used to detect whether a button is part of a pair of buttons that are together at the same end of a scrollbar. For track pieces it indicates whether the track piece abuts a pair of buttons.
:single-button – The single-button pseudo-class applies to buttons and track pieces. It is used to detect whether a button is by itself at the end of a scrollbar. For track pieces it indicates whether the track piece abuts a singleton button.
:no-button – Applies to track pieces and indicates whether or not the track piece runs to the edge of the scrollbar, i.e., there is no button at that end of the track.
:corner-present – Applies to all scrollbar pieces and indicates whether or not a scrollbar corner is present.
:window-inactive – Applies to all scrollbar pieces and indicates whether or not the window containing the scrollbar is currently active. (In recent nightlies, this pseudo-class now applies to ::selection as well. We plan to extend it to work with any content and to propose it as a new standard pseudo-class.)
All together now
These pseudo elements and pseudo class selectors work together. Here are some random examples:
::-webkit-scrollbar-track-piece:start {
/* Select the top half (or left half) or scrollbar track individually */
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:window-inactive {
/* Select the thumb when the browser window isn't in focus */
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-button:horizontal:decrement:hover {
/* Select the down or left scroll button when it's being hovered by the mouse */
}
Very Simple Example
To make a really simple custom scrollbar we could do this:
::-webkit-scrollbar {
width: 12px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
border-radius: 10px;
}
::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 6px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
}
In which we'd get this on a simple div with vertically overflowing text:
http://css-tricks.com/custom-scrollbars-in-webkit/