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CSS: Horizontally Scrolling Cards with a Snap-to Feature

Create cards with a horizontal scroll and a snap-to feature.

This example is an HTML page with a number of cards that scroll horizontally and have a snap-to function. See code for comments.

Related: Format Images with Varying Aspect Ratios to a Common Aspect Ratio and Customize Scrollbars on Chrome/Edge and Firefox.

HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
	<title>How to Create Cards with a Horizontal Scroll and a Snap-to Feature</title>
	<style>
		body {
			background-color: dimgray;
			color: lightgray;
		}
		.cards {                                  /* NOTE: this selects the container for the cards */
			overscroll-behavior-inline: contain;  /* NOTE: this means the when someone scrolls to the end then it will not scroll the whole page, too */
			scroll-snap-type: inline mandatory;   /* NOTE: this will make the first visible card snap */
			display: grid;                        /* NOTE: use grid, not flex */
			grid-auto-flow: column;
			grid-auto-columns: 13%;               /* NOTE: use an odd percentage */
			overflow-x: auto;
		}
		.cards > div {                            /* NOTE: this selects the card */
			scroll-snap-align: start;             /* NOTE: this works in conjunction with "scroll-snap-type: inline mandatory;" from above */
			scroll-padding-inline: 5px;           /* NOTE: this optionally adds some padding but it is already present because of the "margin: 5px;" below */
			border-radius: 7px;
			margin: 5px;                          /* NOTE: this adds some spacing to the cards */
			padding: 5px;
			background-color: white;
			color: dimgray;
			overflow: hidden;
			border: 2px solid black;
		}
		.cards > div > img {
			inline-size: 100%;
			aspect-ratio: 16/9;
			object-fit: cover;
			border-top-left-radius: 5px;
			border-top-right-radius: 5px;
		}
		/* NOTE: style the scrollbar (CHROME/EDGE only) */
		.cards::-webkit-scrollbar {
			height: 15px;
		}
		.cards::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
			background-color: black;
			margin-block: 5px;
			border-radius: 100vmax;
		}
		.cards::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
			background-color: white;
			border: 3px solid black;
			border-radius: 100vmax;
		}
		.cards::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover {
			background-color: lightgray;
		}

	</style>
</head>
<body>
	<h1>Lorem Ipsum</h1>
	<div class="cards">
		<div>                                                 <!-- NOTE: each DIV inside of the "cards" class is one card -->
			<img src="https://picsum.photos/id/237/157/88" /> <!-- NOTE: all of these cards use differently sized images -->
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		</div>
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	</div>
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