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- What is horizontal scroll used for?
- Why are vertical scrolls are preferred to horizontal scroll?
- Is horizontal scroll good?
- Why does the horizontal scrollbar appear?
What is horizontal scroll used for?
Horizontal scrolling is a one-page navigation method designers can use. In this method, users can use different functionalities on a page to scroll right or left, to see more information within the container or window. Users scroll horizontally by clicking on a scroll bar and dragging it with their mouse or finger.
Why are vertical scrolls are preferred to horizontal scroll?
A study presented at WWW2009 (PDF) found that users preferred vertical scrolling because they were used to it as opposed to horizontal scrolling and some pointed out that horizontal scrolling because it "forced them to move their eyes vertically up and down the full height of the screen", which isn't the case with ...
Is horizontal scroll good?
Horizontal scrolling involves more effort since users typically have to move their mouse pointer to a specifically designated area on the screen and drag (while holding the mouse button) or click. In addition to this, some horizontal scrolling implementations make the design judder and hence impair user experience.
Why does the horizontal scrollbar appear?
Web browsers do not take into account the width of the scrollbar on the side of a page when computing width values, so since we have a page that is longer than a single viewport, part of our page is being rendered behind the vertical scroll bar, causing the browser to display a horizontal scroll bar.
