Creating horizontal scrolling pages in HTML / CSS

A very short description of how to create horizontal scrolling pages using HTML and CSS style sheets. Original inspiration is from this YouTube tutorial by Todd Shelton, which I have even further simplified for my needs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXto4uITMCY At this point I am a total beginner in using CSS and do not fully understand all the concepts. I am working on overcoming this. I just need to post this somewhere for my own needs... HTML content Html page with two div items containing two separate page views: index.html [code language="html"] <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"/> </head> <body> <!-- div that contains horizonal scroll items --> <div class="surroundContainer"> <div class="hPage">View 1</div> <div class="hPage">View 2</div> </div> </body> </html> [/code] CSS style sheet style.css A further stripped down version of Todd Shelton's example: [code language="css"] * { margin: 0; } html, body { height: 100%; } .surroundContainer { height: 100%; overflow: auto; white-space: nowrap; } .hPage { display: inline-block; height: 100%; width: 100%; background-color: blue; } [/code] When viewing in FireFox the first view ("View 1") is shown, together with horizontal scrollbar: Scrolling to the right, "View 2" then becomes visible, as shown: The two essentials to note are: i. Use of the 'nowrap' inside the surrounding container to ensure the elements contained inside it do not wrap - they are allowed to spill over. ii. Use of 'display: inline-block' to fill the available width with the elements as inline - that is from left to right, and not on top of each other.

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