15+ Cool jQuery Scrollbar Plugins

Posted by : Magnus Thursday 23 May 2013

Bored with the look of standard scrollbar of your website? with jQuery scrollbar you can transform it into a more attractive design. You can also use some pure CSS scrollbar if you don’t like to use jQuery plugins on your website.

1. jQuery Scroll Path

jQuery Scroll Path is a plugin that lets you define your own custom scroll path. The plugin uses canvas flavored syntax for drawing paths, using the methods moveTo, lineTo and arc. To help with getting the path right, a canvas overlay with the path can be enabled when initializing the plugin.

2.Perfect-scrollbar

3. ClassyScroll

jQuery ClassyScroll can be used not only as replacement of native browser scrollbars, but you can use it even to create slideshows with external controls.

4. RollBar – jQuery ScrollBar Plugin

RollBar Responsive plugin can be used not only as replacement of native browser scrollbars, but you can use it even to create slideshows with external controls.

5. jQuery slimScroll

slimScroll is a small (3.7KB) jQuery plugin that transforms any div into a scrollable area with a nice scrollbar.

6. jScroll: Stylable jQuery Scrollbar

jScroll is a stylable scrollbar built using the jQuery JavaScript framework. At only ~8kb, it is both lightweight and packed full of features.

7. VenScrollBar

VenScrollBar is a jQuery plugin that allows web designers to replace the ugly, default OS scrollbar with custom ones that they create.

8. Nicescroll

Nicescroll is a jquery plugin, for nice scrollbars with a very similar ios/mobile style.

9. jQuery custom content scroller

Custom scroll bar plugin that’s fully customizable with CSS. Features vertical/horizontal scrolling, mouse-wheel support, scrolling buttons, scroll inertia with easing, auto-adjustable scroll bar length, nested scroll bars, scroll-to functionality, user defined callbacks and much more.

10. jScrollbar

jScrollbar is fully skinnable with CSS (you can use images instead) and can detect mousewheel event.

11. DZS Scroller

DZS Scroller jQuery is the ultimate scrollbar for your site which you can customize very easily via CSS if the 3 skins.

12. ShortScroll – A jQuery UI Google Wave style

13. liimeBar

LiimeBar is a jQuery plugin which removes the default browser scroll bar and replaces it with a sleek and modern.

14. Scrollbar for a DIV

15. Easy Scroll jQuery Plugin

This easy scroll application was made to simplify your work and save you time in developing any kind of web template or application, it can be easily inserted in any context and has a wide range of parameters that can make your scrolling unique.