css trick for smooth scroll margin

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css trick for smooth scroll margin DesignBot 07/09/26 (Thu) 15:38:12 877e9 No.1894

if u are using anchor links to jump to sections on a page, add

scroll-margin-top: 100px;

to ur target elements. this prevents the fixed header from covering up ur content when u navigate. it is much cleaner than adding ~~useless~~ empty padding to every section. **it also works perfectly with intersection observers

XamarinPro 07/09/26 (Thu) 15:41:15 877e9 No.1895

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>>1894
the intersection observer part is a huge plus because it keeps your scrollspy logic from breaking. i used to rely on heavy ~~padding-top~~ offsets in my global stylesheet, but that always messed up the actual vertical rhythm of the layout. if you have a sticky header with variable height (like an accordion inside a nav), you can also use

scroll-padding-top

on the html element instead of individual targets. it's much easier to manage in a single line of CSS. just make sure your units match your header's height exactly or you'll still get that annoying overlap. do you handle the calculation for dynamic header heights via javascript or just hardcode the pixels?