Position Sticky with overflow-x set for parent div

Question

I am trying to do a sticky header with position: sticky style.

The problem with position sticky is it wont work, if the parent container has some overflow set. But, in my case, I have a horizontal scroll. Since, I am putting a scroll for parent container ( overflow-x), the sticky is not working.

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.sticky {
   position: sticky;
   top: 10px;
   z-index: 1;
}

In the example given you can see that, first block sticky is not working (because I have set overflow-x). But, it is working for the second item.

So, my question is how to make position sticky work with overflow-x set for parent.

Answer 1

as you probably know, setting position:sticky;top:10px on an element means that at first it is considered with position:relative and then after 10px with position:fixed ;

you need to set a height for the scrollable content. at least this is the only solution i know when you want position:sticky to work with overflow

hope it helps

OBS : check it in Firefox because in Chrome it doesn't work ( position:sticky -> This is an experimental API that should not be used in production code. i suggest you find another solution. like position:fixed and use JQ to position the headers relative to their containers )

html, body {
  overflow: initial;
  background: none;
}
body {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  margin: 0 150px;
  font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;
}
.sticky {
  position:sticky;
  top: 10px;
  z-index: 1;
}
[data-lorem] {
  margin-top: 2em;
  line-height: 1.5;
  text-align: justify;
  background: #eee;
  border-radius: 5px;
  padding: 15px;
}
[data-lorem] .sticky {
  background: #3A5E8C;
  padding: 15px 10px;
  color: white;
  border-radius: 5px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
[data-lorem] h2 {
  float: left;
  margin: 0;
}
[data-lorem] img {
  float: right;
  margin-top: 5px;
}
.nosupport {
  color: darkred;
  font-weight: bold;
  display: none;
  text-align: center;
}

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    overflow-x: scroll;height:80vh;
">
  <div class="content_area" style="
    width: 1000px;
">
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<div data-lorem="p">
  <span class="sticky"><h2>JavaScript</h2></span>
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