Is there an easy way to expand the scrollable area of a column without expanding its content? Imagin...

# compose

[Winson Chiu]

Is there an easy way to expand the scrollable area of a column without expanding its content? Imagine a wide viewport with a width constrained centered list of items. I want the user to be able to scroll up and down even if they touch the side margins and not the center content.

[Winson Chiu]

I've gone with

val horizontal = (screenWidthDp - targetItemWidth) / 2
LazyColumn(contentPadding = PaddingValues(horizontal = horizontal)) {
    //...
}

But this feels wrong, and it also seems slow to respond to resizing a desktop window. It does snap to the right width eventually, but it looks odd.

[Jonathan]

I think if you add Modifier.padding(...) with the horizontal margin you want before the scroll Modifier.verticalScroll(...) will achieve what you want.