<br />

You can display a button to let a user snap scroll to a specific point in a
list, saving time and increasing user engagement.

## Results

![A vertically scrolling list with an active button](https://developer.android.com/static/develop/ui/compose/quick-guides/content/snap-scroll.gif) **Figure 1.** A vertical scrolling list with a snap scroll button.

## Version compatibility

This implementation requires that your project minSDK be set to API level 21 or
higher.

### Dependencies

### Kotlin

<br />

```kotlin
  implementation(platform("androidx.compose:compose-bom:2026.01.00"))
  implementation("androidx.compose.material3:material3")
  
```

<br />

### Groovy

<br />

```groovy
  implementation platform('androidx.compose:compose-bom:2026.01.00')
  implementation 'androidx.compose.material3:material3'
  
```

<br />

## Create a button to enable snap scrolling

Use the following code to create a button for smooth snap scrolling in a
vertical lazy list with 10 items:


```kotlin
@Composable
fun MessageList(modifier: Modifier = Modifier) {
    val listState = rememberLazyListState()
    val coroutineScope = rememberCoroutineScope()

    LazyColumn(state = listState, modifier = Modifier.height(120.dp)) {
        items(10) { index ->
            Text(
                modifier = Modifier.height(40.dp),
                text = "Item $index"
            )
        }
    }

    Button(onClick = {
        coroutineScope.launch {
            listState.animateScrollToItem(index = 0)
        }
    }) {
        Text(text = "Go top")
    }
}
```

<br />

### Key points about the code

- Uses the [`listState`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/lazy/LazyListState) object to remember the scroll state of [`LazyColumn`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/lazy/package-summary#LazyColumn(androidx.compose.ui.Modifier,androidx.compose.foundation.lazy.LazyListState,androidx.compose.foundation.layout.PaddingValues,kotlin.Boolean,androidx.compose.foundation.layout.Arrangement.Vertical,androidx.compose.ui.Alignment.Horizontal,androidx.compose.foundation.gestures.FlingBehavior,kotlin.Boolean,kotlin.Function1)) to the selected position.
- Launches a coroutine to call [`listState.animateScrollToItem`](https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/androidx/compose/foundation/lazy/LazyListState#animateScrollToItem(kotlin.Int,kotlin.Int)), which scrolls to the indexed item while animating the scrolling action.

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