# Enable scrolling sidebar

**URL:** <https://community.weweb.io/t/enable-scrolling-sidebar/3332>\
**Category:** Ask us anything\
**Created:** [July 3, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/enable-scrolling-sidebar/3332 "2023-07-03T12:42:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rory](https://community.weweb.io/u/rory)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/enable-scrolling-sidebar/3332/1 "2023-07-03T12:42:51Z")

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Is it possible to enable scrolling of a sidebar?  
I can’t seem to get it to work. The page in the background scrolls instead.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/c/c41f468c62b918ba385cc214d93935062614fe60.png)

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**Author:** ![Joyce](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.weweb.io/joyce/32/13232_2.png) [@Joyce](https://community.weweb.io/u/Joyce)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/enable-scrolling-sidebar/3332/2 "2023-07-04T12:04:52Z")

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Yes, it is.

You can set the “Overflow” property on the container inside the sidebar to `Auto` or `Scroll`:

 ![CleanShot 2023-07-04 at 14.03.15@2x](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/weweb/original/2X/7/7311bfdbc9fa6accf692e72916c219e03eb14e47.png)

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**Author:** ![rory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rory](https://community.weweb.io/u/rory)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.weweb.io/t/enable-scrolling-sidebar/3332/3 "2023-07-04T12:27:39Z")

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Thanks Joyce, that’s perfect.