How to put scroll bar only for modal-body

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I have the following element    lt div class  modal  tabindex  -1  role  dialog  aria-labelledby  myModalLabel  aria-hidden  true  gt        lt div class  modal-dialog  style  overflow-y  scroll  max-height 85    margin-top  50px  margin-bottom 50px    gt            lt div class  modal-content  gt                lt div class  modal-header  gt                    lt h3 class  modal-title  gt  lt  h3 gt                lt  div gt                lt div class  modal-body  gt  lt  div gt                lt div class  modal-footer  gt  lt  div gt            lt  div gt        lt  div gt    lt  div gt     It shows modal dialog something like this  basically  it puts scroll bar around entire modal-dialog and not modal-body that contains the content I am trying to display   The image looks something like this     How do I get a scroll bar around modal-body only   I have tried assigning style  overflow-y  scroll  max-height 85    margin-top  50px  margin-bottom 50px   to modal-body but it didn t work

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Optional  If you don t want the modal to exceed the window height and use a scrollbar in the  modal-body  you can use this responsive solution  See a working demo here  http   codepen io dimbslmh full mKfCc   function setModalMaxHeight element      this  element         element     this  content       this  element find   modal-content      var borderWidth     this  content outerHeight   - this  content innerHeight      var dialogMargin      window  width    gt  767   60   20    var contentHeight     window  height   -  dialogMargin   borderWidth     var headerHeight    this  element find   modal-header   outerHeight      0    var footerHeight    this  element find   modal-footer   outerHeight      0    var maxHeight       contentHeight -  headerHeight   footerHeight      this  content css          overflow    hidden           this  element      find   modal-body   css          max-height   maxHeight         overflow-y    auto               modal   on  show bs modal   function         this  show      setModalMaxHeight this          window  resize function       if      modal in   length    0        setModalMaxHeight     modal in

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Problem solved with combine solution  carlos calla and  jonathan marston          Important part     modal-dialog      overflow-y  initial  important    modal-body      max-height  calc 100vh - 200px       overflow-y  auto

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In latest bootstrap version there is a class to make modal body scrollable    modal-dialog-scrollable to  modal-dialog   Bootstrap modal link for modal body scrollable content   lt  -- Scrollable modal -- gt   lt div class  modal-dialog modal-dialog-scrollable  gt         lt  div gt

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Adding on to Carlos Calla s great answer   The height of  modal-body must be set  BUT you can use media queries to make sure it s appropriate for the screen size    modal-body      height  250px      overflow-y  auto      media  min-height  500px         modal-body   height  400px        media  min-height  800px         modal-body   height  600px

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I know this is an old topic but this may help someone else   I was able to make the body scroll by making the modal-dialog element position fixed   And since I would never know the exact height of the browser window  I took the information I was sure about  the height of the header and the footer   I was then able to make the modal-body element s top and bottom margins match those heights   This then produced the result I was looking for   I threw together a fiddle to show my work   also  if you want a full screen dialog just un-comment the width auto  inside the  modal-dialog full-screen section   https   jsfiddle net lot224 znrktLej   And here is the css that I used to modify the bootstrap dialog    modal-dialog full-screen       position fixed        width auto      uncomment to make the width based on the left right attributes      margin auto                              left 0px      right 0px      top 0px      bottom 0px      modal-dialog full-screen  modal-content         position absolute        left 10px        right 10px        top 10px        bottom 10px      modal-dialog full-screen  modal-content  modal-header           height 55px      adjust as needed      modal-dialog full-screen  modal-content  modal-body           overflow-y  auto            position  absolute            top  0            bottom  0          left 0          right 0            margin-top  55px      modal-header height           margin-bottom  80px       modal-footer height     modal-dialog full-screen  modal-content  modal-footer           height 80px      adjust as needed          position absolute          bottom 0          left 0          right 0

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For Bootstrap versions    4 3  Bootstrap 4 3 added new built-in scroll feature to modals  This makes only the modal-body content scroll if the size of the content would otherwise make the page scroll  To use it  just add the class modal-dialog-scrollable to the same div that has the modal-dialog class    Here is an example    x000D   x000D   lt script src  https   cdnjs cloudflare com ajax libs jquery 3 3 1 jquery min js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   lt script src  https   stackpath bootstrapcdn com bootstrap 4 3 1 js bootstrap bundle min js  gt  lt  script gt  x000D   lt link href  https   stackpath bootstrapcdn com bootstrap 4 3 1 css bootstrap min css  rel  stylesheet   gt  x000D   lt  -- Button trigger modal -- gt  x000D   lt button type  button  class  btn btn-primary  data-toggle  modal  data-target   exampleModalScrollable  gt  x000D    Launch demo modal x000D   lt  button gt  x000D   x000D   lt  -- Modal -- gt  x000D   lt div class  modal fade  id  exampleModalScrollable  tabindex  -1  role  dialog  aria-labelledby  exampleModalScrollableTitle  aria-hidden  true  gt  x000D     lt div class  modal-dialog modal-dialog-scrollable  role  document  gt  x000D       lt div class  modal-content  gt  x000D         lt div class  modal-header  gt  x000D           lt h5 class  modal-title  id  exampleModalScrollableTitle  gt Modal title lt  h5 gt  x000D           lt button type  button  class  close  data-dismiss  modal  aria-label  Close  gt  x000D             lt span aria-hidden  true  gt  amp times  lt  span gt  x000D           lt  button gt  x000D         lt  div gt  x000D         lt div class  modal-body  gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D          the lt br gt quick lt br gt brown lt br gt fox lt br gt  x000D         lt  div gt  x000D         lt div class  modal-footer  gt  x000D           lt button type  button  class  btn btn-secondary  data-dismiss  modal  gt Close lt  button gt  x000D           lt button type  button  class  btn btn-primary  gt Save changes lt  button gt  x000D         lt  div gt  x000D       lt  div gt  x000D     lt  div gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D

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In your modal body you have to set a height  it can be   vh or calc  modal-body       height  80vh      overflow-x  auto     or modal-body       height  calc 100vh - 5em       overflow-x  auto     In my case look like

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A simple js solution to set modal height proportional to body s height      document  ready function             head   append   lt style type  text css  gt  modal  modal-body  max-height          body   height      8     px overflow-y  auto   modal-open  modal overflow-y  hidden  important   lt  style gt           body s height has to be 100     html  body       height  100       min-height  100       I set modal body height to 80  of body  this can be of course customized   Hope it helps

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Or simpler you can put between your tags first  then to the css class    lt div style  height  35px overflow-y  auto   gt  Some text o othre div scroll  lt  div gt

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If you re only supporting IE 9 or higher  you can use this CSS that will smoothly scale to the size of the window  You may need to tweak the  200px  though  depending on the height of your header or footer    modal-body      max-height  calc 100vh - 200px       overflow-y  auto

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scroll-wrap       max-height  50vh      overflow-y  auto      Using max-height with vh as the unit on the modal-body or a wrapper div inside of the modal-body  This will resize the height of modal-body or the wrapping div in this example  automatically when a user resize the window   vh is length unit representing 1  of the viewport size for viewport height   Browser compatibility chart for vh unit   Example  https   jsfiddle net q3xwr53f

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You have to set the height of the  modal-body in and give it overflow-y  auto  Also reset  modal-dialog overflow value to initial  See the working sample  http   www bootply com T0yF2ZNTUd  modal      display  block  important     I added this to see the modal  you don t need this          Important part     modal-dialog      overflow-y  initial  important    modal-body      height  80vh      overflow-y  auto

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What worked for me is setting the height to 100  the having the overflow on auto  hope this will help      lt div style  height  100  overflow-y  auto   gt  Some text o othre div scroll  lt  div gt

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