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Creating a horizontal scrollbar is always visible, even if the bottom is not displayed

I will start this question with a snippet showing almost what I'm trying to accomplish.

.wrapper { overflow: hidden; display: flex; } .sidebar { min-width: 200px; background: #333; color: #FFF; } .container { flex: 1; overflow-x: scroll; } .long { width: 2000px; } .header { background: #666; } 
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As you can see, I have .sidebar (left), .content (right).

The problem is that I want the horizontal scrollbar on .content always be visible, even if the body doesn't scroll vertically down.

As you can see in the figures, when there is no visible scrollbar on .content at the top of the body .content

Current result

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Expected Result

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You can make sure that the scroll bar is always visible at the bottom of the page by setting the height in the container.

 .wrapper { overflow: hidden; display: flex; } .sidebar { min-width: 200px; background: #333; color: #FFF; } .container { flex: 1; overflow-x: scroll; height: 92vh; } .long { width: 2000px; } .header { background: #666; } 
 <div class="wrapper"> <div class="sidebar"> Sidebar </div> <div class="container"> <div class="header long"> Header </div> <div class="content"> <div class="long"> I am long </div> Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/> </div> </div> </div>

Please note that I set the height to 92vh . I could not use 100vh , as this will partially hide the scroll bar due to the field automatically added to the fragment body

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 .wrapper { overflow: hidden; display: flex; } .sidebar { min-width: 200px; background: #333; color: #FFF; } .container { flex: 1; overflow-x: scroll; height:95vh; } .content { width: 2000px; } .header { background: #666; } 
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This works, but may also create other problems for you. Since the absolute position is used.

  .wrapper { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; right: 0; bottom: 0; } .sidebar { position: absolute; top:0; left: 0; bottom:0; width: 200px; background: #333; color: #FFF; } .container { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 200px; right:0; bottom:0; overflow-x: scroll; } .long { width: 2000px; } .header { background: #666; } 
  <div class="wrapper"> <div class="sidebar"> Sidebar </div> <div class="container"> <div class="header long"> Header </div> <div class="content"> <div class="long"> I am long </div> Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/> </div> </div> </div>
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Something like that:

 body { margin: 0; } .wrapper { overflow: hidden; display: flex; } .sidebar { min-width: 200px; background: #333; color: #FFF; } .container { flex: 1; overflow-y: hidden; height: 100vh; } .long { width: 2000px; } .header { background: #666; } .content-wrapper { height: 100vh; overflow: auto; } 
 <div class="wrapper"> <div class="sidebar"> Sidebar </div> <div class="container"> <div class="content-wrapper"> <div class="header long"> Header </div> <div class="content"> <div class="long"> I am long </div> Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/> </div> </div> </div> </div>
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Please check it.

 .wrapper { overflow: hidden; display: flex; } .sidebar { min-width: 200px; background: #333; color: #FFF; } .container { flex: 1; overflow-x: scroll; } .long { width: 2000px; } .header { background: #666; } .content{height:93vh;} 
 <div class="wrapper"> <div class="sidebar"> Sidebar </div> <div class="container"> <div class="header long"> Header </div> <div class="content"> <div class="long"> I am long </div> Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/>Long text<br/> </div> </div> </div>
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Try adding this CSS to the body.

 body, html { height: calc(100vh); overflow-x: scroll; } .element_with_minWidth { min-width: 1000px; }
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