---
modificationDate: May 06, 2026
title: ScrollView
description: A SwiftUI ScrollView component for scrollable content.
sourceCodeUrl: 'https://github.com/expo/expo/tree/sdk-56/packages/expo-ui'
packageName: '@expo/ui'
platforms: ['ios', 'tvos', 'expo-go']
---

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# ScrollView

A SwiftUI ScrollView component for scrollable content.
iOS, tvOS, Included in Expo Go

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Use this file to discover all available pages.

Expo UI ScrollView matches the official SwiftUI [ScrollView API](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swiftui/scrollview) and provides a scrollable container for its children.

## Installation

```sh
npx expo install @expo/ui
```

If you are installing this in an [existing React Native app](/bare/overview), make sure to [install `expo`](/bare/installing-expo-modules) in your project.

## Usage

### Basic vertical scroll view

A simple vertically scrollable list of text items.

```tsx
import { Host, ScrollView, VStack, Text } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { padding } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

export default function ScrollViewVerticalExample() {
  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <ScrollView>
        <VStack spacing={8}>
          {Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => (
            <Text key={i} modifiers={[padding({ horizontal: 16 })]}>
              {`Item ${i + 1}`}
            </Text>
          ))}
        </VStack>
      </ScrollView>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

### Horizontal scroll view

Use the `axes` prop to scroll horizontally.

```tsx
import { Host, ScrollView, HStack, RoundedRectangle } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { frame, foregroundStyle } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';

export default function ScrollViewHorizontalExample() {
  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <ScrollView axes="horizontal">
        <HStack spacing={8}>
          {Array.from({ length: 20 }, (_, i) => (
            <RoundedRectangle
              key={i}
              cornerRadius={12}
              modifiers={[
                frame({ width: 100, height: 100 }),
                foregroundStyle(`hsl(${i * 18}, 70%, 50%)`),
              ]}
            />
          ))}
        </HStack>
      </ScrollView>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

### Hidden scroll indicators

Set `showsIndicators` to `false` to hide the scroll bars.

```tsx
import { Host, ScrollView, VStack, Text } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';

export default function ScrollViewHiddenIndicatorsExample() {
  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <ScrollView showsIndicators={false}>
        <VStack spacing={8}>
          {Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => (
            <Text key={i}>{`Item ${i + 1}`}</Text>
          ))}
        </VStack>
      </ScrollView>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

### Shared scroll position

> Requires iOS 17 or later. On older versions, the modifier is a no-op.

Track the leading scroll target id from JavaScript and scroll to a target by writing to the state. Mark each scroll target with the `id` modifier, wrap the content container in `scrollTargetLayout`, and apply the `scrollPosition` modifier to the `ScrollView`. The optional `onChange` callback fires on the JS thread when the leading target changes.

The `scrollPosition` modifier also works on other scrollable containers like `LazyVStack` and `LazyHStack`.

> Writes to `state.value` must run on the UI runtime. Wrap the write in `scheduleOnUI` from `react-native-worklets`, or call them from inside a `'worklet'` function. Writes from the JS runtime trip Main Thread Checker, Xcode's runtime tool that flags UIKit calls made from a background thread.

```tsx
import { Button, Host, ScrollView, Text, VStack, useNativeState } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
import { id, padding, scrollPosition, scrollTargetLayout } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui/modifiers';
import { scheduleOnUI } from 'react-native-worklets';

export default function ScrollViewSharedPositionExample() {
  const activeID = useNativeState<string | null>(null);

  return (
    <Host style={{ flex: 1 }}>
      <VStack spacing={12}>
        <ScrollView
          modifiers={[
            scrollPosition(activeID, {
              onChange: newID => {
                console.log('[JS thread] leading target:', newID);
              },
            }),
          ]}>
          <VStack modifiers={[scrollTargetLayout()]}>
            {Array.from({ length: 30 }, (_, i) => (
              <Text
                key={`item-${i}`}
                modifiers={[id(`item-${i}`), padding({ horizontal: 16, vertical: 12 })]}>
                {`Item ${i}`}
              </Text>
            ))}
          </VStack>
        </ScrollView>
        <Button
          label="Scroll to item 10 from worklet"
          onPress={() => {
            scheduleOnUI(() => {
              'worklet';
              activeID.value = 'item-10';
            });
          }}
        />
      </VStack>
    </Host>
  );
}
```

## API

```tsx
import { ScrollView } from '@expo/ui/swift-ui';
```

## Component

### `ScrollView`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: React.[Element](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/jsx.html#function-component)<[ScrollViewProps](#scrollviewprops)\>

ScrollViewProps

### `axes`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Optional • Literal type: `string` • Default: `'vertical'`

The scrollable axes.

Acceptable values are: `'vertical'` | `'horizontal'` | `'both'`

### `children`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Type: `React.ReactNode`

### `showsIndicators`

Supported platforms: iOS, tvOS.

Optional • Type: `boolean` • Default: `true`

Whether to show scroll indicators.

#### Inherited Props

-   [CommonViewModifierProps](/versions/v56.0.0/sdk/ui/swift-ui/modifiers)