---
title: Drag Auto Scroll
subtitle: A component that enables and configures drag auto-scroll.
description: An unstyled React component for enabling drag auto-scroll, configuring scroll containers, and implementing custom scrolling.
---

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>
> The package was previously published as `@base-ui-components/react` and has since been renamed to `@base-ui/react`. Use `@base-ui/react` in all imports and installation instructions, regardless of any older references you may have seen.

# Drag Auto Scroll

An unstyled React component for enabling drag auto-scroll, configuring scroll containers, and implementing custom scrolling.

## Demo

### Tailwind

This example shows how to implement the component using Tailwind CSS.

```tsx
/* index.tsx */
'use client';
import * as React from 'react';
import { Draggable } from '@base-ui/react/draggable';
import { DropTarget } from '@base-ui/react/drop-target';
import { DragAutoScroll } from '@base-ui/react/drag-auto-scroll';

type Zone = 'plain' | 'slow';

interface Task {
  id: string;
  label: string;
}

const taskKind = Draggable.createKind<Task>('task');

const INITIAL_TASKS: Record<Zone, Task[]> = {
  plain: [
    { id: 'plants', label: 'Water the plants' },
    { id: 'reply', label: 'Reply to Alex' },
    { id: 'dentist', label: 'Book a dentist' },
    { id: 'invoice', label: 'Send the invoice' },
    { id: 'sprint', label: 'Plan the sprint' },
    { id: 'bank', label: 'Call the bank' },
    { id: 'groceries', label: 'Buy groceries' },
    { id: 'desk', label: 'Clean the desk' },
    { id: 'flights', label: 'Book the flights' },
    { id: 'draft', label: 'Review the draft' },
    { id: 'budget', label: 'Update the budget' },
    { id: 'standup', label: 'Move the standup' },
    { id: 'keys', label: 'Copy the keys' },
    { id: 'photos', label: 'Sort the photos' },
    { id: 'router', label: 'Reboot the router' },
    { id: 'gift', label: 'Wrap the gift' },
  ],
  slow: [
    { id: 'rent', label: 'Pay the rent' },
    { id: 'resume', label: 'Update resume' },
    { id: 'backup', label: 'Back up the laptop' },
    { id: 'docs', label: 'Read the docs' },
    { id: 'bug', label: 'Fix the bug' },
    { id: 'tests', label: 'Write the tests' },
    { id: 'team', label: 'Email the team' },
    { id: 'supplies', label: 'Order supplies' },
    { id: 'changelog', label: 'Write the changelog' },
    { id: 'deps', label: 'Bump the deps' },
    { id: 'flaky', label: 'Fix the flaky test' },
    { id: 'release', label: 'Tag the release' },
    { id: 'metrics', label: 'Check the metrics' },
    { id: 'onboard', label: 'Onboard the intern' },
    { id: 'retro', label: 'Book the retro' },
    { id: 'archive', label: 'Archive the branch' },
  ],
};

const UPCOMING = ['Renew passport', 'Cancel the trial', 'Refill the coffee', 'Label the boxes'];

// Resolve the insertion slot closest to the pointer, including positions outside
// the currently visible portion of the list.
function resolveDrop(container: HTMLElement, clientY: number): { index: number; slotY: number } {
  // The dragged card's preview is a clone and carries the same `data-card`.
  // Skip it: it follows the pointer and is not a real slot.
  const cards = Array.from(
    container.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-card]:not([data-drag-preview])'),
  );
  if (cards.length === 0) {
    return { index: 0, slotY: container.getBoundingClientRect().top };
  }

  const slotYs = [cards[0].getBoundingClientRect().top];
  for (let i = 1; i < cards.length; i += 1) {
    const prev = cards[i - 1].getBoundingClientRect();
    const curr = cards[i].getBoundingClientRect();
    slotYs.push((prev.bottom + curr.top) / 2);
  }
  slotYs.push(cards[cards.length - 1].getBoundingClientRect().bottom);

  let index = 0;
  let bestDy = Infinity;
  for (let i = 0; i < slotYs.length; i += 1) {
    const dy = Math.abs(clientY - slotYs[i]);
    if (dy < bestDy) {
      bestDy = dy;
      index = i;
    }
  }
  return { index, slotY: slotYs[index] };
}

function Grip() {
  return (
    <svg
      className="shrink-0 text-neutral-400 dark:text-neutral-500"
      width="8"
      height="14"
      viewBox="0 0 8 14"
      aria-hidden="true"
    >
      <g fill="currentColor">
        <circle cx="2" cy="2" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="6" cy="2" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="2" cy="7" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="6" cy="7" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="2" cy="12" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="6" cy="12" r="1.2" />
      </g>
    </svg>
  );
}

// The preview is a clone of the card, so it keeps these classes: `data-dragging`
// dims the source, `data-drag-preview` lifts the clone above the board.
const CARD_CLASS =
  'inline-flex items-center gap-2 box-border border border-neutral-950 bg-white px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm leading-5 text-neutral-950 dark:border-white dark:bg-neutral-950 dark:text-white cursor-grab transition data-[dragging]:opacity-40 motion-safe:data-[drag-preview]:data-ending-style:transition-[translate] motion-safe:data-[drag-preview]:data-ending-style:duration-200 motion-safe:data-[drag-preview]:data-ending-style:ease-[cubic-bezier(0.2,0,0,1)] data-[drag-preview]:shadow-[0.25rem_0.25rem_0_rgb(0_0_0_/_12%)] dark:data-[drag-preview]:shadow-none hover:bg-neutral-100 dark:hover:bg-neutral-800 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-1 focus-visible:outline-neutral-950 dark:focus-visible:outline-white';

const LIST_CLASS = 'relative flex min-h-0 flex-1 flex-col items-start gap-1.5 overflow-y-auto';

function Card({ task, draggable }: { task: Task; draggable?: boolean }) {
  if (!draggable) {
    return (
      <div data-card className={CARD_CLASS}>
        <Grip />
        {task.label}
      </div>
    );
  }
  return (
    <Draggable.Root
      label={task.label}
      kind={taskKind}
      payload={task}
      data-card
      data-id={task.id}
      role="button"
      className={CARD_CLASS}
    >
      <Grip />
      {task.label}
    </Draggable.Root>
  );
}

function DropZone({
  label,
  tasks,
  maxSpeed,
  onInsert,
}: {
  label: string;
  tasks: Task[];
  // Left out on the plain list, so it keeps the engine's default speed.
  maxSpeed?: number;
  onInsert: (task: Task, index: number) => void;
}) {
  const listRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  // Y offset (in the list's scrolled content) of the line previewing the drop.
  const [dropLineTop, setDropLineTop] = React.useState<number | null>(null);

  const cards = (
    <React.Fragment>
      {tasks.map((task) => (
        <Card key={task.id} task={task} />
      ))}
      {dropLineTop != null && (
        <div
          style={{ top: dropLineTop }}
          className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-x-0 h-0.5 -translate-y-1/2 bg-neutral-950 dark:bg-white"
          aria-hidden="true"
        />
      )}
    </React.Fragment>
  );
  const scrollRegion =
    maxSpeed === undefined ? (
      <div ref={listRef} className={LIST_CLASS}>
        {cards}
      </div>
    ) : (
      // @highlight-start
      <DragAutoScroll.Root ref={listRef} className={LIST_CLASS} maxSpeed={maxSpeed}>
        {cards}
      </DragAutoScroll.Root>
      // @highlight-end
    );

  return (
    <DropTarget.Root
      className="box-border flex h-52 flex-col gap-2 border border-neutral-200 p-3 transition-colors data-[drag-over]:border-neutral-950 data-[drag-over]:bg-neutral-100 dark:border-neutral-700 dark:data-[drag-over]:border-white dark:data-[drag-over]:bg-neutral-800"
      label={label}
      accept={taskKind}
      onDrag={({ location }) => {
        const container = listRef.current;
        if (!container) {
          return;
        }
        const { slotY } = resolveDrop(container, location.current.input.clientY);
        setDropLineTop(slotY - container.getBoundingClientRect().top + container.scrollTop);
      }}
      onDragLeave={() => setDropLineTop(null)}
      onDrop={({ source, location }) => {
        const container = listRef.current;
        if (container) {
          const { index } = resolveDrop(container, location.current.input.clientY);
          onInsert(source.payload, index);
        }
        setDropLineTop(null);
      }}
    >
      <span className="text-[0.75rem] leading-4 font-semibold text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
        {label}
      </span>
      {scrollRegion}
    </DropTarget.Root>
  );
}

export default function AutoScrollBoard() {
  const [tasks, setTasks] = React.useState<Record<Zone, Task[]>>(INITIAL_TASKS);
  // Index into `UPCOMING`, so the tray always holds another card to drag.
  const [handedOut, setHandedOut] = React.useState(0);
  const rootRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  // Id of the card just dropped; scrolled back into view after the commit.
  const droppedIdRef = React.useRef<string | null>(null);

  const pending: Task = {
    id: `new-${handedOut}`,
    label: UPCOMING[handedOut % UPCOMING.length],
  };

  function insert(zone: Zone, task: Task, index: number) {
    droppedIdRef.current = task.id;
    setTasks((prev) => ({
      ...prev,
      [zone]: [...prev[zone].slice(0, index), task, ...prev[zone].slice(index)],
    }));
    setHandedOut((count) => count + 1);
  }

  // The drop can land the card outside the visible window, since the list
  // reflows around it. Reveal it so the insertion is never invisible.
  React.useEffect(() => {
    const id = droppedIdRef.current;
    if (id == null) {
      return;
    }
    droppedIdRef.current = null;
    rootRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-id="${id}"]`)?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
  }, [tasks]);

  return (
    // @highlight-start
    <DragAutoScroll.Provider>
      {/* @highlight-end */}
      <div ref={rootRef} className="flex w-full flex-col gap-4 select-none">
        <p className="m-0 text-sm leading-5 text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400">
          Drag the card into either list, at the slot you want. The provider enables both; only the
          second list configures its region.
        </p>
        <div className="flex items-center gap-3">
          <Card task={pending} draggable />
        </div>
        <div className="grid grid-cols-1 gap-4 sm:grid-cols-2">
          <DropZone
            label="Default"
            tasks={tasks.plain}
            onInsert={(task, index) => insert('plain', task, index)}
          />
          <DropZone
            label="maxSpeed={150}"
            tasks={tasks.slow}
            maxSpeed={150}
            onInsert={(task, index) => insert('slow', task, index)}
          />
        </div>
      </div>
    </DragAutoScroll.Provider>
  );
}
```

### CSS Modules

This example shows how to implement the component using CSS Modules.

```tsx
/* index.tsx */
'use client';
import * as React from 'react';
import { Draggable } from '@base-ui/react/draggable';
import { DropTarget } from '@base-ui/react/drop-target';
import { DragAutoScroll } from '@base-ui/react/drag-auto-scroll';
import styles from './hero.module.css';

type Zone = 'plain' | 'slow';

interface Task {
  id: string;
  label: string;
}

const taskKind = Draggable.createKind<Task>('task');

const INITIAL_TASKS: Record<Zone, Task[]> = {
  plain: [
    { id: 'plants', label: 'Water the plants' },
    { id: 'reply', label: 'Reply to Alex' },
    { id: 'dentist', label: 'Book a dentist' },
    { id: 'invoice', label: 'Send the invoice' },
    { id: 'sprint', label: 'Plan the sprint' },
    { id: 'bank', label: 'Call the bank' },
    { id: 'groceries', label: 'Buy groceries' },
    { id: 'desk', label: 'Clean the desk' },
    { id: 'flights', label: 'Book the flights' },
    { id: 'draft', label: 'Review the draft' },
    { id: 'budget', label: 'Update the budget' },
    { id: 'standup', label: 'Move the standup' },
    { id: 'keys', label: 'Copy the keys' },
    { id: 'photos', label: 'Sort the photos' },
    { id: 'router', label: 'Reboot the router' },
    { id: 'gift', label: 'Wrap the gift' },
  ],
  slow: [
    { id: 'rent', label: 'Pay the rent' },
    { id: 'resume', label: 'Update resume' },
    { id: 'backup', label: 'Back up the laptop' },
    { id: 'docs', label: 'Read the docs' },
    { id: 'bug', label: 'Fix the bug' },
    { id: 'tests', label: 'Write the tests' },
    { id: 'team', label: 'Email the team' },
    { id: 'supplies', label: 'Order supplies' },
    { id: 'changelog', label: 'Write the changelog' },
    { id: 'deps', label: 'Bump the deps' },
    { id: 'flaky', label: 'Fix the flaky test' },
    { id: 'release', label: 'Tag the release' },
    { id: 'metrics', label: 'Check the metrics' },
    { id: 'onboard', label: 'Onboard the intern' },
    { id: 'retro', label: 'Book the retro' },
    { id: 'archive', label: 'Archive the branch' },
  ],
};

const UPCOMING = ['Renew passport', 'Cancel the trial', 'Refill the coffee', 'Label the boxes'];

// Resolve the insertion slot closest to the pointer, including positions outside
// the currently visible portion of the list.
function resolveDrop(container: HTMLElement, clientY: number): { index: number; slotY: number } {
  // The dragged card's preview is a clone and carries the same `data-card`.
  // Skip it: it follows the pointer and is not a real slot.
  const cards = Array.from(
    container.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-card]:not([data-drag-preview])'),
  );
  if (cards.length === 0) {
    return { index: 0, slotY: container.getBoundingClientRect().top };
  }

  const slotYs = [cards[0].getBoundingClientRect().top];
  for (let i = 1; i < cards.length; i += 1) {
    const prev = cards[i - 1].getBoundingClientRect();
    const curr = cards[i].getBoundingClientRect();
    slotYs.push((prev.bottom + curr.top) / 2);
  }
  slotYs.push(cards[cards.length - 1].getBoundingClientRect().bottom);

  let index = 0;
  let bestDy = Infinity;
  for (let i = 0; i < slotYs.length; i += 1) {
    const dy = Math.abs(clientY - slotYs[i]);
    if (dy < bestDy) {
      bestDy = dy;
      index = i;
    }
  }
  return { index, slotY: slotYs[index] };
}

function Grip() {
  return (
    <svg className={styles.Grip} width="8" height="14" viewBox="0 0 8 14" aria-hidden="true">
      <g fill="currentColor">
        <circle cx="2" cy="2" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="6" cy="2" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="2" cy="7" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="6" cy="7" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="2" cy="12" r="1.2" />
        <circle cx="6" cy="12" r="1.2" />
      </g>
    </svg>
  );
}

function Card({ task, draggable }: { task: Task; draggable?: boolean }) {
  if (!draggable) {
    return (
      <div data-card className={styles.Card}>
        <Grip />
        {task.label}
      </div>
    );
  }
  return (
    <Draggable.Root
      label={task.label}
      kind={taskKind}
      payload={task}
      data-card
      data-id={task.id}
      role="button"
      className={styles.Card}
    >
      <Grip />
      {task.label}
    </Draggable.Root>
  );
}

function DropZone({
  label,
  tasks,
  maxSpeed,
  onInsert,
}: {
  label: string;
  tasks: Task[];
  // Left out on the plain list, so it keeps the engine's default speed.
  maxSpeed?: number;
  onInsert: (task: Task, index: number) => void;
}) {
  const listRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  // Y offset (in the list's scrolled content) of the line previewing the drop.
  const [dropLineTop, setDropLineTop] = React.useState<number | null>(null);

  const cards = (
    <React.Fragment>
      {tasks.map((task) => (
        <Card key={task.id} task={task} />
      ))}
      {dropLineTop != null && (
        <div className={styles.DropLine} style={{ top: dropLineTop }} aria-hidden="true" />
      )}
    </React.Fragment>
  );
  const scrollRegion =
    maxSpeed === undefined ? (
      <div ref={listRef} className={styles.Cards}>
        {cards}
      </div>
    ) : (
      // @highlight-start
      <DragAutoScroll.Root ref={listRef} className={styles.Cards} maxSpeed={maxSpeed}>
        {cards}
      </DragAutoScroll.Root>
      // @highlight-end
    );

  return (
    <DropTarget.Root
      className={styles.Zone}
      label={label}
      accept={taskKind}
      onDrag={({ location }) => {
        const container = listRef.current;
        if (!container) {
          return;
        }
        const { slotY } = resolveDrop(container, location.current.input.clientY);
        setDropLineTop(slotY - container.getBoundingClientRect().top + container.scrollTop);
      }}
      onDragLeave={() => setDropLineTop(null)}
      onDrop={({ source, location }) => {
        const container = listRef.current;
        if (container) {
          const { index } = resolveDrop(container, location.current.input.clientY);
          onInsert(source.payload, index);
        }
        setDropLineTop(null);
      }}
    >
      <span className={styles.Label}>{label}</span>
      {scrollRegion}
    </DropTarget.Root>
  );
}

export default function AutoScrollBoard() {
  const [tasks, setTasks] = React.useState<Record<Zone, Task[]>>(INITIAL_TASKS);
  // Index into `UPCOMING`, so the tray always holds another card to drag.
  const [handedOut, setHandedOut] = React.useState(0);
  const rootRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
  // Id of the card just dropped; scrolled back into view after the commit.
  const droppedIdRef = React.useRef<string | null>(null);

  const pending: Task = {
    id: `new-${handedOut}`,
    label: UPCOMING[handedOut % UPCOMING.length],
  };

  function insert(zone: Zone, task: Task, index: number) {
    droppedIdRef.current = task.id;
    setTasks((prev) => ({
      ...prev,
      [zone]: [...prev[zone].slice(0, index), task, ...prev[zone].slice(index)],
    }));
    setHandedOut((count) => count + 1);
  }

  // The drop can land the card outside the visible window, since the list
  // reflows around it. Reveal it so the insertion is never invisible.
  React.useEffect(() => {
    const id = droppedIdRef.current;
    if (id == null) {
      return;
    }
    droppedIdRef.current = null;
    rootRef.current?.querySelector(`[data-id="${id}"]`)?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
  }, [tasks]);

  return (
    // @highlight-start
    <DragAutoScroll.Provider>
      {/* @highlight-end */}
      <div ref={rootRef} className={styles.Root}>
        <p className={styles.Hint}>
          Drag the card into either list, at the slot you want. The provider enables both; only the
          second list configures its region.
        </p>
        <div className={styles.Tray}>
          <Card task={pending} draggable />
        </div>
        <div className={styles.Columns}>
          <DropZone
            label="Default"
            tasks={tasks.plain}
            onInsert={(task, index) => insert('plain', task, index)}
          />
          <DropZone
            label="maxSpeed={150}"
            tasks={tasks.slow}
            maxSpeed={150}
            onInsert={(task, index) => insert('slow', task, index)}
          />
        </div>
      </div>
    </DragAutoScroll.Provider>
  );
}
```

```css
/* hero.module.css */
.Root {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 1rem;
  width: 100%;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
  .Card[data-drag-preview][data-ending-style] {
    transition: translate 0.2s cubic-bezier(0.2, 0, 0, 1);
  }
}

/*
 * CSS Modules demos revert Tailwind's preflight with `all: revert-layer`, which
 * also drops the page's font smoothing and renders text heavier than the
 * Tailwind variant. Restore it so both variants render text identically.
 */
.Root,
.Root * {
  font-synthesis: none;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

.Hint {
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.875rem;
  line-height: 1.25rem;
  color: oklch(55.6% 0 0deg);

  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    color: oklch(70.8% 0 0deg);
  }
}

/* Holds the one card waiting to be dragged into a list. */
.Tray {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.75rem;
}

.Columns {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: 1fr;
  gap: 1rem;

  @media (min-width: 640px) {
    grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
  }
}

.Zone {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  gap: 0.5rem;
  /* Fixed height so the list overflows and the column scrolls on mount. */
  height: 13rem;
  padding: 0.75rem;
  border: 1px solid oklch(92.2% 0 0deg);
  transition:
    border-color 0.15s,
    background-color 0.15s;

  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    border-color: oklch(37.1% 0 0deg);
  }

  &[data-drag-over] {
    border-color: oklch(14.5% 0 0deg);
    background-color: oklch(97% 0 0deg);

    @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
      border-color: white;
      background-color: oklch(26.9% 0 0deg);
    }
  }
}

.Label {
  font-size: 0.75rem;
  line-height: 1rem;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: oklch(55.6% 0 0deg);

  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    color: oklch(70.8% 0 0deg);
  }
}

.Cards {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  flex: 1;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: flex-start;
  gap: 0.375rem;
  /* The scroll container the auto-scroller drives; `min-height: 0` lets this
   * flex child shrink below its content height so it can actually scroll. */
  min-height: 0;
  overflow-y: auto;
}

/* Previews where the dragged card will land: the slot closest to the pointer. */
.DropLine {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  right: 0;
  height: 2px;
  background-color: oklch(14.5% 0 0deg);
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  pointer-events: none;

  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    background-color: white;
  }
}

.Empty {
  font-size: 0.875rem;
  line-height: 1.25rem;
  color: oklch(55.6% 0 0deg);

  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    color: oklch(70.8% 0 0deg);
  }
}

.Card {
  display: inline-flex;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 0.5rem;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 0.375rem 0.625rem;
  border: 1px solid oklch(14.5% 0 0deg);
  background-color: white;
  /* Inherit the page font; CSS Modules demos revert Tailwind's preflight. */
  font: inherit;
  font-size: 0.875rem;
  line-height: 1.25rem;
  color: oklch(14.5% 0 0deg);
  cursor: grab;
  transition:
    background-color 0.15s,
    opacity 0.15s;

  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    border-color: white;
    background-color: oklch(14.5% 0 0deg);
    color: white;
  }

  @media (hover: hover) {
    &:hover {
      background-color: oklch(97% 0 0deg);

      @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
        background-color: oklch(26.9% 0 0deg);
      }
    }
  }

  &:focus-visible {
    outline: 2px solid oklch(14.5% 0 0deg);
    outline-offset: -1px;

    @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
      outline-color: white;
    }
  }

  &[data-dragging] {
    opacity: 0.4;
  }

  /* The preview is a clone of the card and keeps its classes. */
  &[data-drag-preview] {
    box-shadow: 0.25rem 0.25rem 0 rgb(0 0 0 / 12%);

    @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
      box-shadow: none;
    }
  }
}

.Grip {
  flex: none;
  color: oklch(70.8% 0 0deg);

  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    color: oklch(55.6% 0 0deg);
  }
}
```

Auto-scroll is opt-in. The board above uses one `DragAutoScroll.Provider` to enable automatic scrolling for both lists. The second list also uses `DragAutoScroll.Root` to reduce its speed.

Once a provider is mounted, Base UI detects nested scroll containers around drag sources, the pointer, and drop targets. Scrollable elements need no additional props. Use `DragAutoScroll.Root` to [configure an existing scroll container](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md) or [implement custom scrolling](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md), such as panning a canvas with a CSS `transform`.

It pairs with [Draggable](/react/components/draggable.md) and [DropTarget](/react/components/drop-target.md). For auto-scroll inside a reorderable list, see the [collections guide](/react/drag-and-drop/collections.md). Auto-scroll runs for pointer drags only; a keyboard drag scrolls the focused target into view instead.

## Anatomy

Import the component and wrap the application area whose lifetime should enable auto-scroll:

```jsx title="Anatomy"
import { DragAutoScroll } from '@base-ui/react/drag-auto-scroll';

<DragAutoScroll.Provider>{children}</DragAutoScroll.Provider>;
```

The provider renders no element and does not scope drag and drop through React context. Base UI uses one drag manager per page, so mounting any provider enables automatic scrolling for every Base UI drag source. Set `disabled` to disable this provider without removing it from the React tree. Another mounted provider or root can still keep auto-scroll active.

## Which containers scroll

While a `DragAutoScroll.Provider`, `DragAutoScroll.Root`, or imperative auto-scroller registration is mounted, scrollable ancestors under the pointer and around the dragged element can auto-scroll, including the page.

An element participates on axes whose computed `overflow` is `auto`, `scroll`, or `overlay`. Use `hidden` or `clip` to exclude an axis.

A container scrolls while the pointer is in an **edge zone** and more content remains in that direction. Each edge zone is one quarter of the container's size on that axis, capped at 180px.

Use [`canScroll`](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md) to exclude a scrollable container. Use [`applyScroll`](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md) to implement scrolling without element scroll offsets.

Drop targets are resolved again as content scrolls, so a target that moves under a stationary pointer can receive the drop.

## Customize a container that already scrolls

`DragAutoScroll.Root` can enable auto-scroll for one region without a provider. Inside a provider, use it to configure the accepted drags, allowed axes, speed, or disabled state for one container.

### Control when it scrolls

Use `disabled` to exclude a container from auto-scroll. An ancestor can then scroll on the excluded axes. This is useful for code blocks, embedded maps, and small scroll containers that should not move while the pointer crosses them.

```tsx title="A code block that stays put"
<DragAutoScroll.Root disabled className={styles.CodeBlock}>
  <pre>{snippet}</pre>
</DragAutoScroll.Root>
```

You can also pass an expression. The registration remains active, so changing the value during a drag pauses or resumes scrolling without re-registering the container.

```tsx title="Off while the list is filtered"
<DragAutoScroll.Root disabled={isFiltered} />
```

Use `canScroll` when the decision depends on the drag source. It runs on every frame.

```tsx title="Scrolling only for unpinned cards"
<DragAutoScroll.Root accept={card} canScroll={({ source }) => source.payload.pinned === false} />
```

Use `accept` to limit the element to one or more drag kinds. Other drags do not use the container. The accepted kinds determine the payload type passed to per-frame callbacks.

```tsx title="Scrolling for cards, not for anything else"
<DragAutoScroll.Root accept={card} />
```

### Constrain the direction

Use `allowedAxis` to limit scrolling to one axis.

CSS usually determines the scrollable axes. A lane with `overflow-x: auto` scrolls horizontally and never vertically. Use `allowedAxis` for an `applyScroll` implementation without scrollable CSS, or for a container that can scroll on both axes but should only use one. The lane below sets `allowedAxis="horizontal"` explicitly.

```tsx title="Horizontal only"
<DragAutoScroll.Root allowedAxis="horizontal" className={styles.Lane} />
```

You can also pass a callback that runs every frame. For example, a grid can scroll vertically for row drags and horizontally for column drags:

```tsx title="An axis that follows the drag"
<DragAutoScroll.Root
  allowedAxis={({ source }) => (row.matches(source) ? 'vertical' : 'horizontal')}
/>
```

### Tune the speed

Use `maxSpeed` to set the speed at the container edge in CSS pixels per second. The default is `900`. Increase it for a large scroll range or reduce it for a short list.

`maxSpeed` is reached at the container edge. Speed increases with the pointer's depth in the edge zone and ramps up over the first 400ms of continuous scrolling.

```tsx title="Slower in a short list"
<DragAutoScroll.Root maxSpeed={300} />
```

You can also pass a callback that runs on every scrolling frame. For example, derive the speed from the remaining scroll distance.

```tsx title="Faster the more there is to cross"
<DragAutoScroll.Root maxSpeed={({ element }) => Math.min(2400, element.scrollHeight / 4)} />
```

Set it to `0` to stop the container and let an ancestor scroll on those axes. Returning `false` from `canScroll` has the same effect.

## Implement custom scrolling

Use `applyScroll` when Base UI cannot scroll an element directly. For example, a canvas panned with a CSS `transform` has no scroll offsets to update. The callback receives the scroll delta for the current frame, which you can apply to the canvas camera.

The element does not need scrollable `overflow`, and Base UI does not read its scroll extent. Edge zones, speed ramping, and nesting work as they do for a scroll container.

Register the element that clips the canvas, not the transformed content inside it. The content's bounding rect moves with the camera, which would also move the edge zones.

```tsx title="A canvas that pans itself"
<DragAutoScroll.Root
  applyScroll={({ x, y }) => {
    camera.current = { x: camera.current.x + x, y: camera.current.y + y };
    content.current.style.transform = `translate(${-camera.current.x}px, ${-camera.current.y}px)`;
  }}
/>
```

The `x` and `y` values match the arguments Base UI would pass to `element.scrollBy()`. A positive `x` moves the view right, so the content moves left. Both values use CSS pixels and include the speed ramp and elapsed frame time.

Apply the movement synchronously before returning. Base UI resolves the drop target again on the next frame. Updating the camera through React state would make hit testing one frame late, while writing the transform from a ref keeps it current.

Return the axes that moved, either `'horizontal'`, `'vertical'`, or `'all'`. An ancestor can then scroll on any remaining axis. Returning nothing claims every active axis, which suits an unbounded canvas. Return `false`, `'none'`, or `null` when neither axis moved. A bounded canvas should release an axis at its limit so an ancestor can scroll instead.

```tsx title="A canvas with bounds"
<DragAutoScroll.Root
  applyScroll={({ x, y }) => {
    const moved = panBy(x, y);
    if (!moved.x && !moved.y) {
      return false;
    }
    return moved.x ? (moved.y ? 'all' : 'horizontal') : 'vertical';
  }}
/>
```

Use [`allowedAxis`](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md) and [`accept`](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md) to define how a custom implementation responds. Base UI cannot infer this behavior from CSS, and a canvas may receive drags that should not pan it.

## Nested containers

The innermost container scrolls first and consumes the axes it moves on; an ancestor takes over only on the axes left unconsumed. A card dragged to the bottom of an inner list scrolls that list, and reaches the page only once the list hits its end. A column that scrolls vertically inside a board that scrolls horizontally therefore splits the two axes between them.

Nesting follows the DOM tree and requires no separate configuration. Detected scroll containers and `DragAutoScroll.Root` elements use the same ancestor order.

## Both a scroll container and a drop target

You can pass a `DragAutoScroll.Root` to a `DropTarget.Root`'s `render` prop when one element needs both roles:

```tsx title="One element, both roles"
<DropTarget.Root
  accept={card}
  label="Board"
  onDrop={handleDrop}
  render={<DragAutoScroll.Root maxSpeed={400} />}
/>
```

## Scrolling the page

The inferred walk ends at the document root, so dragging near the viewport edge can scroll the page after auto-scroll has been enabled by a mounted provider, root, or imperative registration. Its edge zones follow the viewport, and inner containers still win.

You can stop page auto-scroll on an axis with `overflow: hidden` or `clip` on `<html>` or `<body>`.

```css title="A page that never scrolls sideways"
html {
  overflow-x: hidden;
}
```

That is also why a scroll lock holds during a drag: modal `Dialog` and `Popover` configurations that apply `overflow: hidden` prevent the page behind them from auto-scrolling.

Use [`useDragDropManager`](/react/utils/use-drag-drop-manager.md) to customize page auto-scroll or a scroll container rendered by code you do not control.

```tsx title="A page that only ever scrolls down"
import { useDragDropManager } from '@base-ui/react/use-drag-drop-manager';

const manager = useDragDropManager();
React.useEffect(
  () =>
    manager.registerAutoScroller(document.documentElement, () => ({
      allowedAxis: 'vertical',
      maxSpeed: 1600,
    })),
  [manager],
);
```

You can add `disabled: true` to the same call to switch the page off entirely.

## API reference

The `accept` value types the drag the per-frame callbacks see: `accept={card}`
hands `canScroll` and `allowedAxis` a source carrying the card's payload. The
generated table below renders those signatures at the _default_ type (`unknown`),
because the reference is extracted without concrete type arguments.

### Root

Configures how its element scrolls during a drag. It enables auto-scroll if no
`DragAutoScroll.Provider` is mounted.
Renders a `<div>` element.

`DragAutoScroll.Provider` enables automatic scrolling without adding props to
each container. Use this root to configure one region. `applyScroll`
implements custom scrolling, `disabled` and `canScroll` turn scrolling off,
and `allowedAxis`, `maxSpeed`, and `accept` set the remaining behavior.

Nested containers scroll from the innermost to the outermost. An outer
container scrolls only on axes that the inner container does not use.

**Root Props:**

| Prop        | Type                                                                                                                                                                                           | Default | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| :---------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :------ | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| accept      | `DragAccept<TSourceData> \| DragAccept<TPayload \| unknown> \| DragKind \| DragKind[]`                                                                                                         | -       | One or more drag source kinds that can scroll this element. Omit it to scroll&#xA;for every drag. An unaccepted drag does not scroll this element, even when it is a detected&#xA;scroll container. The accepted kinds determine the payload type passed to&#xA;per-frame callbacks.                                                                                                                                    |
| allowedAxis | `DragAutoScrollAxis \| ((parameters: DragAutoScrollFrameContext<TSourceData>) => DragAutoScrollAxis) \| ((parameters: DragAutoScrollFrameContext<TPayload \| unknown>) => DragAutoScrollAxis)` | `'all'` | Which axis to scroll on. Accepts a static value or a callback evaluated every frame.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| applyScroll | `DragAutoScrollApply<TSourceData> \| DragAutoScrollApply<TPayload \| unknown>`                                                                                                                 | -       | Applies the frame's scroll delta with custom logic. Use it for a canvas moved&#xA;by a CSS `transform`. The element does not need scrollable overflow, and Base UI&#xA;does not read its scroll extent. Apply the movement synchronously before returning. Base UI resolves the drop&#xA;target under the pointer again on the next frame.                                                                              |
| canScroll   | `((parameters: DragAutoScrollFrameContext<TSourceData>) => boolean) \| ((parameters: DragAutoScrollFrameContext<TPayload \| unknown>) => boolean)`                                             | -       | Return `false` to disable scrolling on this element for the current drag.&#xA;Evaluated every frame, so scrolling can be suspended dynamically.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| maxSpeed    | `number \| ((parameters: DragAutoScrollFrameContext<TSourceData>) => number) \| ((parameters: DragAutoScrollFrameContext<TPayload \| unknown>) => number)`                                     | `900`   | How fast the container moves at the deepest point of an edge zone, in CSS&#xA;pixels per second. Accepts a static value or a callback evaluated every&#xA;frame the container is engaged. The default is `900`. Increase it for a large scroll range or reduce it for a&#xA;short list. A value of `0` stops this container and lets an ancestor scroll,&#xA;which is equivalent to returning `false` from `canScroll`. |
| disabled    | `boolean`                                                                                                                                                                                      | `false` | Whether to disable auto-scroll for this element, including when Base UI detects&#xA;it as a scroll container. An ancestor can scroll on the excluded axes. Base UI reads this value every frame and keeps the registration active. Changing&#xA;it during a drag pauses or resumes scrolling without re-registering the element. For a decision that depends on the drag, use `canScroll` instead.                      |
| className   | `string \| ((state: DragAutoScroll.Root.State) => string \| undefined)`                                                                                                                        | -       | CSS class applied to the element, or a function that&#xA;returns a class based on the component's state.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| style       | `React.CSSProperties \| ((state: DragAutoScroll.Root.State) => React.CSSProperties \| undefined)`                                                                                              | -       | Style applied to the element, or a function that&#xA;returns a style object based on the component's state.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| render      | `ReactElement \| ((props: HTMLProps, state: DragAutoScroll.Root.State) => ReactElement)`                                                                                                       | -       | Allows you to replace the component's HTML element&#xA;with a different tag, or compose it with another component. Accepts a `ReactElement` or a function that returns the element to render.                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |

**Root Data Attributes:**

| Attribute     | Type | Description                               |
| :------------ | :--- | :---------------------------------------- |
| data-disabled | -    | Present while auto-scrolling is disabled. |

### Root.Props

Re-export of [Root](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md) props.

### Root.State

```typescript
type DragAutoScrollRootState = {
  /** Whether auto-scrolling is disabled. */
  disabled: boolean;
};
```

### Provider

Enables automatic scrolling for every drag source managed by Base UI.
Renders no element.

Scrollable containers do not need to be registered individually. Use
`DragAutoScroll.Root` only to configure a particular region or implement
custom scrolling.

**Provider Props:**

| Prop     | Type              | Default | Description                                                          |
| :------- | :---------------- | :------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| disabled | `boolean`         | `false` | Whether this provider's inferred auto-scroll activation is disabled. |
| children | `React.ReactNode` | -       | The application subtree rendered by this provider.                   |

### Provider.Props

Re-export of [Provider](/react/components/drag-auto-scroll.md) props.

### DragAutoScrollApply

Applies one frame's scroll delta instead of using element scrolling.

Return the axes that moved so an ancestor can scroll on any remaining axis.
Return `false`, `'none'`, or `null` when neither axis moved. Returning nothing
claims every active axis.

**Parameters:**

| Parameter  | Type                                      | Default | Description |
| :--------- | :---------------------------------------- | :------ | :---------- |
| parameters | `DragAutoScrollApplyContext<TSourceData>` | -       | -           |

**Return Value:**

```tsx
type ReturnValue = false | void | DragAutoScrollAxis | 'none' | null;
```

## Additional Types

### DragAutoScrollApplyContext

The frame's scroll delta, passed to `applyScroll` with the live drag context.

```typescript
type DragAutoScrollApplyContext<TSourceData = unknown> = {
  /**
   * How far to move horizontally this frame, in CSS pixels, using `scrollBy`
   * semantics. A positive value moves the view right, so the content moves left.
   * The value includes the speed ramp and elapsed frame time.
   * `0` when the horizontal axis isn't engaged this frame.
   */
  x: number;
  /** How far to move vertically this frame, in CSS pixels. A positive value moves the view down. */
  y: number;
  /**
   * The position used to measure this container's edge zones. Base UI uses the
   * physical pointer while it is inside the container. Because a modifier can
   * separate the reported drag position from the pointer, Base UI checks both and
   * returns the position it used.
   */
  input: DragInput;
  source: DragSource<TSourceData>;
  element: HTMLElement;
};
```

### DragAutoScrollAxis

Which axis (or axes) an auto-scroll container may scroll on.

```typescript
type DragAutoScrollAxis = 'vertical' | 'horizontal' | 'all';
```

### DragAutoScrollFrameContext

Live drag context passed to the per-frame callbacks.

```typescript
type DragAutoScrollFrameContext<TSourceData = unknown> = {
  /**
   * The position used to measure this container's edge zones. Base UI uses the
   * physical pointer while it is inside the container. Because a modifier can
   * separate the reported drag position from the pointer, Base UI checks both and
   * returns the position it used.
   */
  input: DragInput;
  source: DragSource<TSourceData>;
  element: HTMLElement;
};
```

### DragInput

Pointer state captured at the moment a drag-and-drop event fires.

```typescript
type DragInput = {
  /**
   * `MouseEvent.button` semantics: 0 = primary, 1 = middle, 2 = secondary.
   * Move-derived events (`onDrag`, `onDropTargetChange`) carry `-1`, as no button changed.
   * Read `buttons` for what is held mid-drag.
   */
  button: number;
  /** `MouseEvent.buttons` bitmask. */
  buttons: number;
  /** Pointer X relative to the viewport, in CSS pixels. */
  clientX: number;
  /** Pointer Y relative to the viewport, in CSS pixels. */
  clientY: number;
  /** Pointer X relative to the document, in CSS pixels (includes scroll). */
  pageX: number;
  /** Pointer Y relative to the document, in CSS pixels (includes scroll). */
  pageY: number;
  /**
   * The pointer device that produced this input, or `null` for a keyboard drag.
   * Read the event's `mode` to detect a keyboard drag.
   */
  pointerType: DragPointerType | null;
  /** Whether the Control key was held. */
  ctrlKey: boolean;
  /** Whether the Shift key was held. */
  shiftKey: boolean;
  /** Whether the Alt key was held. */
  altKey: boolean;
  /** Whether the Meta (Command/Windows) key was held. */
  metaKey: boolean;
};
```

### DragSource

The drag source carried with every event.
Survives the original element being unmounted, for example by a virtualizer.

Every source in this event family is a registered Base UI draggable.
Native and external OS drags, which may have no source element, are outside
this contract and would use a separate adapter and event family.

```typescript
type DragSource<TData = unknown> = {
  /** The draggable's own DOM element. */
  element: HTMLElement;
  /**
   * Human-readable name supplied by the draggable's `label`, used by the default
   * screen-reader announcements. `undefined` when the source was registered without one.
   */
  label: string | undefined;
  /**
   * Identity of the kind supplied by the draggable's `kind`. Test it with the kind's
   * `matches`, which narrows `payload` at the same time.
   */
  kind: symbol;
  /** The element the user pressed. `null` when the whole draggable is its own handle. */
  dragHandle: Element | null;
  /**
   * Data supplied by the draggable's `payload`, evaluated at drag start.
   * `undefined` when the source was registered without one.
   */
  payload: TData;
};
```

## External Types

### DragPointerType

```typescript
type DragPointerType = 'mouse' | 'pen' | 'touch';
```

## Export Groups

- `DragAutoScroll.Root`: `DragAutoScroll.Root`, `DragAutoScroll.Root.State`, `DragAutoScroll.Root.Props`
- `DragAutoScroll.Provider`: `DragAutoScroll.Provider`, `DragAutoScroll.Provider.Props`
- `Default`: `DragAutoScrollApply`, `DragAutoScrollApplyContext`, `DragAutoScrollAxis`, `DragAutoScrollFrameContext`, `DragInput`, `DragSource`, `DragAutoScrollRootState`, `DragAutoScrollRootProps`, `DragAutoScrollProviderProps`

## Canonical Types

Maps `Canonical`: `Alias` — Use Canonical when its namespace is already imported; otherwise use Alias.

- `DragAutoScroll.Root.State`: `DragAutoScrollRootState`
- `DragAutoScroll.Root.Props`: `DragAutoScrollRootProps`
- `DragAutoScroll.Provider.Props`: `DragAutoScrollProviderProps`