Scrolling element contents without javascript

Question

Dear all, is there a way to scroll, as in relatively shift the contents of, an element without using javascript, and only using CSS?

If that matters, the element in question has overflow:hidden and white-space: nowrap to make it 'hide' some parts of its content. The element is normally scrollable with javascript, but needs to be properly shifted upon initial rendering (and without further interactive scrolling, of course) in case javascript is disabled.

Answer 1

No, there is no way to scroll items on a page (unless it's an iframe with the hash portion of the url included, in which case the browser will control the initial positioning of the scroll, not css or html) using only CSS and HTML.