Add scroll options to permanently toggle on scrollbar

panel/dist/css/listpanel.css

@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@
   overflow-x: auto;
 }
 
+:host(.scroll) {
+  overflow: scroll;
+}
+
+:host(.scroll-vertical) {
+  overflow-y: scroll;
+}
+
+:host(.scroll-horizontal) {
+  overflow-x: scroll;
+}
+
 .scroll-button {
   /* For location */
   position: sticky;

panel/layout/base.py

@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
 
     from ..viewable import Viewable
 
+_SCROLL_MAPPING = {
+    'both-auto': 'scrollable',
+    'x-auto': 'scrollable-horizontal',
+    'y-auto': 'scrollable-vertical',
+    'both': 'scroll',
+    'x': 'scroll-horizontal',
+    'y': 'scroll-vertical',
+}
+
 _row = namedtuple("row", ["children"]) # type: ignore
 _col = namedtuple("col", ["children"]) # type: ignore
 
@@ -787,9 +796,18 @@ class ListPanel(ListLike, Panel):
     An abstract baseclass for Panel objects with list-like children.
     """
 
-    scroll = param.Boolean(default=False, doc="""
-        Whether to add scrollbars if the content overflows the size
-        of the container.""")
+    scroll = param.Selector(
+        default=False,
+        objects=[False, True, "both-auto", "y-auto", "x-auto", "both", "x", "y"],
+        doc="""Whether to add scrollbars if the content overflows the size
+        of the container. If "both-auto", will only add scrollbars if
+        the content overflows in either directions. If "x-auto" or "y-auto",
+        will only add scrollbars if the content overflows in the
+        respective direction. If "both", will always add scrollbars.
+        If "x" or "y", will always add scrollbars in the respective
+        direction. If False, overflowing content will be clipped.
+        If True, will only add scrollbars in the direction of the container,
+        (e.g. Column: vertical, Row: horizontal).""")
 
     _rename: ClassVar[Mapping[str, str | None]] = {'scroll': None}
 
@@ -819,15 +837,15 @@ def _linked_properties(self):
         )
 
     def _process_param_change(self, params: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        if 'scroll' in params:
-            scroll = params['scroll']
+        if (scroll := params.get('scroll')):
             css_classes = params.get('css_classes', self.css_classes)
-            if scroll:
-                if self._direction is not None:
-                    css_classes += [f'scrollable-{self._direction}']
-                else:
-                    css_classes += ['scrollable']
-            params['css_classes'] = css_classes
+            if scroll in _SCROLL_MAPPING:
+                scroll_class = _SCROLL_MAPPING[scroll]
+            elif self._direction:
+                scroll_class = f'scrollable-{self._direction}'
+            else:
+                scroll_class = 'scrollable'
+            params['css_classes'] = css_classes + [scroll_class]
         return super()._process_param_change(params)
 
     def _cleanup(self, root: Model | None = None) -> None:
@@ -843,9 +861,18 @@ class NamedListPanel(NamedListLike, Panel):
     active = param.Integer(default=0, bounds=(0, None), doc="""
         Index of the currently displayed objects.""")
 
-    scroll = param.Boolean(default=False, doc="""
-        Whether to add scrollbars if the content overflows the size
-        of the container.""")
+    scroll = param.ObjectSelector(
+        default=False,
+        objects=[False, True, "both-auto", "y-auto", "x-auto", "both", "x", "y"],
+        doc="""Whether to add scrollbars if the content overflows the size
+        of the container. If "both-auto", will only add scrollbars if
+        the content overflows in either directions. If "x-auto" or "y-auto",
+        will only add scrollbars if the content overflows in the
+        respective direction. If "both", will always add scrollbars.
+        If "x" or "y", will always add scrollbars in the respective
+        direction. If False, overflowing content will be clipped.
+        If True, will only add scrollbars in the direction of the container,
+        (e.g. Column: vertical, Row: horizontal).""")
 
     _rename: ClassVar[Mapping[str, str | None]] = {'scroll': None}
 
@@ -854,15 +881,15 @@ class NamedListPanel(NamedListLike, Panel):
     __abstract = True
 
     def _process_param_change(self, params: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        if 'scroll' in params:
-            scroll = params['scroll']
+        if (scroll := params.get('scroll')):
             css_classes = params.get('css_classes', self.css_classes)
-            if scroll:
-                if self._direction is not None:
-                    css_classes += [f'scrollable-{self._direction}']
-                else:
-                    css_classes += ['scrollable']
-            params['css_classes'] = css_classes
+            if scroll in _SCROLL_MAPPING:
+                scroll_class = _SCROLL_MAPPING[scroll]
+            elif self._direction:
+                scroll_class = f'scrollable-{self._direction}'
+            else:
+                scroll_class = 'scrollable'
+            params['css_classes'] = css_classes + [scroll_class]
         return super()._process_param_change(params)
 
     def _cleanup(self, root: Model | None = None) -> None:

panel/tests/ui/layout/test_column.py

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 from playwright.sync_api import expect
 
-from panel import Column, Spacer
+from panel.layout.base import _SCROLL_MAPPING, Column
+from panel.layout.spacer import Spacer
 from panel.tests.util import serve_component, wait_until
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.ui
@@ -27,6 +28,24 @@ def test_column_scroll(page):
     expect(col_el).to_have_class('bk-panel-models-layout-Column scrollable-vertical')
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('scroll', _SCROLL_MAPPING.keys())
+def test_column_scroll_string(page, scroll):
+    col = Column(
+        Spacer(styles=dict(background='red'), width=200, height=200),
+        Spacer(styles=dict(background='green'), width=200, height=200),
+        Spacer(styles=dict(background='blue'), width=200, height=200),
+        scroll=scroll, height=420
+    )
+    serve_component(page, col)
+
+    col_el = page.locator(".bk-panel-models-layout-Column")
+    bbox = col_el.bounding_box()
+
+    assert bbox['width'] in (200, 215) # Ignore if browser hides empty scrollbar
+    assert bbox['height'] == 420
+    expect(col_el).to_have_class(f'bk-panel-models-layout-Column {_SCROLL_MAPPING[scroll]}')
+
+
 def test_column_auto_scroll_limit(page):
     col = Column(
         Spacer(styles=dict(background='red'), width=200, height=200),