---
id: using-a-scrollview
title: Using a ScrollView
layout: docs
category: The Basics
permalink: docs/using-a-scrollview.html
next: using-a-listview
previous: handling-touches
---

The [ScrollView](docs/scrollview.html) is a generic scrolling container that can host multiple components and views. The scrollable items need not be homogeneous, and you can scroll both vertically and horizontally (by setting the `horizontal` property).

This example creates a vertical `ScrollView` with both images and text mixed together.

```ReactNativeWebPlayer
import React, { Component } from 'react';
import { AppRegistry, ScrollView, Image, Text } from 'react-native';

export default class IScrolledDownAndWhatHappenedNextShockedMe extends Component {
  render() {
      return (
        <ScrollView>
          <Text style={{fontSize:96}}>Scroll me plz</Text>
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Text style={{fontSize:96}}>If you like</Text>
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Text style={{fontSize:96}}>Scrolling down</Text>
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Text style={{fontSize:96}}>What's the best</Text>
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Text style={{fontSize:96}}>Framework around?</Text>
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Image source={require('./img/favicon.png')} />
          <Text style={{fontSize:80}}>React Native</Text>
        </ScrollView>
    );
  }
}

// skip these lines if using Create React Native App
AppRegistry.registerComponent(
  'AwesomeProject',
  () => IScrolledDownAndWhatHappenedNextShockedMe);
```

ScrollViews can be configured to allow paging through views using swiping gestures by using the `pagingEnabled` props. Swiping horizontally between views can also be implemented on Android using the [ViewPagerAndroid](docs/viewpagerandroid.html) component.

A ScrollView with a single item can be used to allow the user to zoom content. Set up the `maximumZoomScale` and `minimumZoomScale` props and your user will be able to use pinch and expand gestures to zoom in and out.

The ScrollView works best to present a small amount of things of a limited size. All the elements and views of a `ScrollView` are rendered, even if they are not currently shown on the screen. If you have a long list of more items that can fit on the screen, you should use a `FlatList` instead. So let's [learn about list views](docs/using-a-listview.html) next.