'Set mouse wheel to horizontal scroll using css

I want to design a horizontal page. When I use mouse wheel it just scrolls content vertically. How can I use horizontal scroll by mouse wheel? Does CSS support this property?

For example any thing like this:

mouse-wheel:horizontal;

I dont want jQuery solutions.

htmlcssscrollmouse


Solution 1:[1]

We can scroll the page horizontally by SHIFT key + scroll through mouse.

Solution 2:[2]

Rotate the container by –90 degrees, then rotate its child element by 90 degrees.

.container {
  width: 180px;
  height: 600px;
  overflow-y: scroll;

  transform: rotate(-90deg);
}

.content {
  width: 140px;
  height: 140px;
  margin: 10px;

  background-color: #a8a8df;
  
  transform: rotate(90deg);
}
<div class="container">
  <div class="content">Content 1</div>
  <div class="content">Content 2</div>
  <div class="content">Content 3</div>
  <div class="content">Content 4</div>
  <div class="content">Content 5</div>
  <div class="content">Content 6</div>
  <div class="content">Content 7</div>
</div>

See Pieter Biesemans’ article on CSS Tricks about it; he also lists browser compatibility.

Solution 3:[3]

CSS does not support manipulation of mouse or keyboard inputs; input controls can only be manipulated via JavaScript.

Solution 4:[4]

var item = document.getElementById("MAIN");

  window.addEventListener("wheel", function (e) {
    if (e.deltaY > 0) item.scrollLeft += 100;
    else item.scrollLeft -= 100;
  });

Where "MAIN" is your container

Solution 5:[5]

Microsoft IE 10 has a prefixed property, take a look at -ms-scroll-translation... but just to you know... it is not widely supported yet, but still a good idea :(

Solution 6:[6]

There is no style like this in css

div {
  scroll-direction: horizontal;
}

That could have been very handy. But YET, You have a way to do it
You can also create your own.
Easy With JavaScript

const container = document.getElementById("container");
// where "container" is the id of the container
  container.addEventListener("wheel", function (e) {
    if (e.deltaY > 0) {
      container.scrollLeft += 100;
      e.preventDefault();
// prevenDefault() will help avoid worrisome 
// inclusion of vertical scroll 
    }
    else {
      container.scrollLeft -= 100;
      e.preventDefault();
    }
  });
// That will work perfectly

Or if you like to do CSS, this will create the container, rotate it, rotate the items, and scroll.
The steps:

  1. Create the container item and add css:
<!------ HTML ------>

<div class="container">
 <div>item 1</div>
 <div>item 2</div>
 <div>item 3</div>
 <div>item 4</div>
 <div>item 5</div>
 <div>item 6</div>
 <div>item 7</div>
 <div>item 8</div>
</div>

/** CSS **/

.container {
  width: 100px;
  height: 300px;
  overflow-y: auto;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  transform: rotate(-90deg);
  transform-origin: right top;
  transform:rotate(-90deg) translateY(-100px);
}

.container > div {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  transform: rotate(90deg);
  transform-origin: right top;
}

Does that help you?

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Solution 1 panwar
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Solution 3 micjamking
Solution 4 Calvin Guillot
Solution 5 Herbert Pimentel
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