Question

I am new to pseudo-elements that are prefixed with a double colon. I came across a blog article discussing styling of scrollbars using some webkit only css. Can the pseudo-element CSS be applied to individual elements?

/* This works by applying style to all scroll bars in window */
::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 12px;
}

/* This does not apply the scrollbar to anything */
div ::-webkit-scrollbar {
    width: 12px;
}

In this fiddle, I would like to make the div’s scrollbar customized, but the main window’s scrollbar stay at the default.

http://jsfiddle.net/mrtsherman/4xMUB/1/

Answer 1

Your idea was correct. However, the notation div ::-webkit-scrollbar with a space after div is actually the same as div *::-webkit-scrollbar; this selector means “scrollbar of any element inside <div>“. Use div::-webkit-scrollbar.

See demo at http://jsfiddle.net/4xMUB/2/