diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/classnames.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/classnames.ts
index 958e111..924774f 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/classnames.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/classnames.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ export const classNameEnvironmentFlexboxGlueMax = `${classNameEnvironmentFlexbox
 export const classNameHost = 'os-host';
 export const classNamePadding = 'os-padding';
 export const classNameViewport = 'os-viewport';
+export const classNameViewportArrange = `${classNameViewport}-arrange`;
 export const classNameContent = 'os-content';
-export const classNameContentArrange = `${classNameContent}-arrange`;
 export const classNameViewportScrollbarStyling = `${classNameViewport}-scrollbar-styled`;
 
 export const classNameSizeObserver = 'os-size-observer';
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/environment/environment.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/environment/environment.ts
index 0763ef9..352cabf 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/environment/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/environment/environment.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export interface Environment {
   _nativeScrollbarStyling: boolean;
   _rtlScrollBehavior: { n: boolean; i: boolean };
   _flexboxGlue: boolean;
+  _cssCustomProperties: boolean;
   _addListener(listener: OnEnvironmentChanged): void;
   _removeListener(listener: OnEnvironmentChanged): void;
 }
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ const createEnvironment = (): Environment => {
     _nativeScrollbarSize: nativeScrollbarSize,
     _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid: nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid,
     _nativeScrollbarStyling: nativeScrollbarStyling,
+    _cssCustomProperties: style(envElm, 'zIndex') === '-1',
     _rtlScrollBehavior: getRtlScrollBehavior(envElm, envChildElm),
     _flexboxGlue: getFlexboxGlue(envElm, envChildElm),
     _addListener(listener: OnEnvironmentChanged): void {
@@ -145,6 +147,8 @@ const createEnvironment = (): Environment => {
     },
   };
 
+  console.log(env);
+
   removeAttr(envElm, 'style');
   removeElements(envElm);
 
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleHub.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleHub.ts
index 40e8d37..efd73ec 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleHub.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/lifecycleHub.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import { StyleObject } from 'typings';
 
 export type LifecycleCheckOption = <T>(path: string) => LifecycleOptionInfo<T>;
 
+export interface PaddingInfo {
+  _absolute: boolean;
+  _padding: TRBL;
+}
+
 export interface LifecycleOptionInfo<T> {
   readonly _value: T;
   _changed: boolean;
@@ -42,8 +47,8 @@ export interface LifecycleHubInstance {
 export interface LifecycleHub {
   _options: Options;
   _structureSetup: StructureSetup;
-  _getPadding(): TRBL;
-  _setPadding(newPadding?: TRBL | null): void;
+  _getPaddingInfo(): PaddingInfo;
+  _setPaddingInfo(newPadding?: PaddingInfo | null): void;
   _getPaddingStyle(): StyleObject;
   _setPaddingStyle(newPaddingStlye?: StyleObject | null): void;
   _getViewportOverflowScroll(): XY<boolean>;
@@ -54,7 +59,15 @@ const getPropByPath = <T>(obj: any, path: string): T =>
   obj && path.split('.').reduce((o, prop) => (o && hasOwnProperty(o, prop) ? o[prop] : undefined), obj);
 
 const attrs = ['id', 'class', 'style', 'open'];
-const paddingFallback: TRBL = { t: 0, r: 0, b: 0, l: 0 };
+const paddingInfoFallback: PaddingInfo = {
+  _absolute: false,
+  _padding: {
+    t: 0,
+    r: 0,
+    b: 0,
+    l: 0,
+  },
+};
 const viewportPaddingStyleFallback: StyleObject = {
   marginTop: 0,
   marginRight: 0,
@@ -77,7 +90,7 @@ const heightIntrinsicCacheValuesFallback: CacheValues<boolean> = {
 };
 
 export const createLifecycleHub = (options: Options, structureSetup: StructureSetup): LifecycleHubInstance => {
-  let padding = paddingFallback;
+  let paddingInfo = paddingInfoFallback;
   let viewportPaddingStyle = viewportPaddingStyleFallback;
   let viewportOverflowScroll = viewportOverflowScrollFallback;
   const { _host, _viewport, _content, _contentArrange } = structureSetup._targetObj;
@@ -91,9 +104,9 @@ export const createLifecycleHub = (options: Options, structureSetup: StructureSe
   const instance: LifecycleHub = {
     _options: options,
     _structureSetup: structureSetup,
-    _getPadding: () => padding,
-    _setPadding(newPadding) {
-      padding = newPadding || paddingFallback;
+    _getPaddingInfo: () => paddingInfo,
+    _setPaddingInfo(newPaddingInfo) {
+      paddingInfo = newPaddingInfo || paddingInfoFallback;
     },
     _getPaddingStyle: () => viewportPaddingStyle,
     _setPaddingStyle(newPaddingStlye) {
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/overflowLifecycle.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/overflowLifecycle.ts
index ec25bd3..981b0d4 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/overflowLifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/overflowLifecycle.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   createCache,
+  attr,
   WH,
   XY,
   equalXY,
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ import { LifecycleHub, Lifecycle } from 'lifecycles/lifecycleHub';
 import { getEnvironment } from 'environment';
 import { OverflowBehavior } from 'options';
 import { StyleObject } from 'typings';
-import { classNameViewportScrollbarStyling } from 'classnames';
+import { classNameViewport, classNameViewportArrange, classNameViewportScrollbarStyling } from 'classnames';
 
 interface ContentScrollSizeCacheContext {
   _viewportRect: DOMRect;
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ const overlaidScrollbarsHideOffset = 42;
 const overlaidScrollbarsHideBorderStyle = `${overlaidScrollbarsHideOffset}px solid transparent`;
 
 export const createOverflowLifecycle = (lifecycleHub: LifecycleHub): Lifecycle => {
-  const { _structureSetup, _getPaddingStyle } = lifecycleHub;
+  const { _structureSetup, _getPaddingStyle, _getPaddingInfo } = lifecycleHub;
   const { _host, _padding, _viewport, _content, _contentArrange } = _structureSetup._targetObj;
   const { _update: updateContentScrollSizeCache, _current: getCurrentContentScrollSizeCache } = createCache<
     WH<number>,
@@ -76,14 +77,16 @@ export const createOverflowLifecycle = (lifecycleHub: LifecycleHub): Lifecycle =
     });
 
     if (heightIntrinsic) {
+      const { _absolute: paddingAbsolute, _padding: padding } = _getPaddingInfo();
       const { _overflowScroll, _scrollbarsHideOffset } = viewportOverflowState;
       const hostBCR = getBoundingClientRect(_host);
       const hostOffsetSize = offsetSize(_host);
       const hostClientSize = clientSize(_host);
+      const paddingAbsoluteVertical = paddingAbsolute ? padding.b + padding.t : 0;
       const clientSizeWithoutRounding = hostClientSize.h + (hostBCR.height - hostOffsetSize.h);
 
       style(_viewport, {
-        maxHeight: clientSizeWithoutRounding + (_overflowScroll.x ? _scrollbarsHideOffset.x : 0),
+        maxHeight: clientSizeWithoutRounding + (_overflowScroll.x ? _scrollbarsHideOffset.x : 0) - paddingAbsoluteVertical,
       });
     }
   };
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ export const createOverflowLifecycle = (lifecycleHub: LifecycleHub): Lifecycle =
     const { _nativeScrollbarSize, _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid, _nativeScrollbarStyling } = getEnvironment();
     const { x: overlaidX, y: overlaidY } = _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid;
     const determineOverflow = !viewportStyleObj;
-    const arrangeHideOffset = _content && !_nativeScrollbarStyling && !showNativeOverlaidScrollbars ? overlaidScrollbarsHideOffset : 0;
+    const arrangeHideOffset = !_nativeScrollbarStyling && !showNativeOverlaidScrollbars ? overlaidScrollbarsHideOffset : 0;
     const styleObj = determineOverflow ? style(_viewport, ['overflowX', 'overflowY']) : viewportStyleObj;
     const scroll = {
       x: styleObj!.overflowX === 'scroll',
@@ -150,23 +153,42 @@ export const createOverflowLifecycle = (lifecycleHub: LifecycleHub): Lifecycle =
     directionIsRTL: boolean,
     contentStyleObj?: StyleObject
   ) => {
-    const { _scrollbarsHideOffset } = viewportOverflowState;
-    const { x: hideOffsetX, y: hideOffsetY } = _scrollbarsHideOffset;
-    const horizontalBorderKey = directionIsRTL ? 'borderLeft' : 'borderRight';
+    const { _nativeScrollbarStyling, _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid } = getEnvironment();
+    if ((_nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid.x || _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid.y) && !_nativeScrollbarStyling) {
+      const { _scrollbarsHideOffset } = viewportOverflowState;
+      const { _absolute: paddingAbsolute, _padding: padding } = _getPaddingInfo();
+      const { x: hideOffsetX, y: hideOffsetY } = _scrollbarsHideOffset;
+      const horizontalPaddingKey = directionIsRTL ? 'paddingLeft' : 'paddingRight';
+      const horizontalPaddingValue = paddingAbsolute ? 0 : directionIsRTL ? padding.l : padding.r;
+      const verticalPaddingValue = paddingAbsolute ? 0 : padding.b;
 
-    if (_contentArrange && contentStyleObj) {
-      // horizontal
-      contentStyleObj[horizontalBorderKey] = hideOffsetY ? overlaidScrollbarsHideBorderStyle : '';
+      style(_viewport, {
+        [horizontalPaddingKey]: horizontalPaddingValue + hideOffsetY,
+        paddingBottom: verticalPaddingValue + hideOffsetX,
+      });
 
-      // vertical
-      contentStyleObj.borderBottom = hideOffsetX ? overlaidScrollbarsHideBorderStyle : '';
+      // adjust content arrange / before element
+      if (_contentArrange) {
+        const { sheet } = _contentArrange;
+        if (sheet) {
+          const { cssRules } = sheet;
+          if (cssRules) {
+            if (!cssRules.length) {
+              sheet.insertRule(`#${attr(_contentArrange, 'id')} + .${classNameViewportArrange}::before {}`, 0);
+            }
+
+            // @ts-ignore
+            const ruleStyle = cssRules[0].style;
+
+            ruleStyle.width = hideOffsetY ? `${contentScrollSize.w}px` : '0px';
+            ruleStyle.height = hideOffsetX ? `${contentScrollSize.h}px` : '0px';
+
+            addClass(_viewport, classNameViewportArrange);
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+      }
     }
-
-    // adjust content arrange (content arrange doesn't exist if its not needed)
-    style(_contentArrange, {
-      width: hideOffsetY ? hideOffsetY + contentScrollSize.w : '',
-      height: hideOffsetX ? hideOffsetX + contentScrollSize.h : '',
-    });
   };
 
   const hideNativeScrollbars = (viewportOverflowState: ViewportOverflowState, directionIsRTL: boolean, viewportStyleObj: StyleObject) => {
@@ -220,37 +242,59 @@ export const createOverflowLifecycle = (lifecycleHub: LifecycleHub): Lifecycle =
       fixFlexboxGlue(preMeasureViewportOverflowState, !!heightIntrinsic);
     }
 
-    if (_sizeChanged || _contentMutation) {
+    if (_sizeChanged || _contentMutation || directionChanged) {
+      removeClass(_viewport, classNameViewportArrange);
+      style(_viewport, {
+        paddingRight: _getPaddingInfo()._padding.r,
+        paddingBottom: _getPaddingInfo()._padding.b,
+        marginRight: -_getPaddingInfo()._padding.r - _getPaddingInfo()._padding.l,
+        marginBottom: -_getPaddingInfo()._padding.b - _getPaddingInfo()._padding.t,
+      });
+
       const viewportRect = getBoundingClientRect(_viewport);
       const viewportOffsetSize = offsetSize(_viewport);
-      const contentClientSize = clientSize(_content || _viewport); // needs to be client Size because applied border for content arrange on content
+      const contentClientSize = clientSize(_viewport); // needs to be client Size because applied border for content arrange on content
       let viewportScrollSize = fixScrollSizeRounding(scrollSize(_viewport), viewportOffsetSize, viewportRect);
       let viewportClientSize = clientSize(_viewport);
 
-      const { _value: contentScrollSize, _changed: contentScrollSizeChanged } = (contentScrollSizeCache = updateContentScrollSizeCache(force, {
+      let { _value: contentScrollSize, _changed: contentScrollSizeChanged } = (contentScrollSizeCache = updateContentScrollSizeCache(force, {
         _viewportRect: viewportRect,
         _viewportOffsetSize: viewportOffsetSize,
         _viewportScrollSize: viewportScrollSize,
       }));
       // re measure is only required if we rely on content arrange to hide native scrollbars (no native scrollbar styling and overlaid scrollbars)
-      const reMeasureRequired = contentScrollSizeChanged && !showNativeOverlaidScrollbars && _contentArrange;
+      const reMeasureRequired = contentScrollSizeChanged && !showNativeOverlaidScrollbars;
 
-      if (reMeasureRequired) {
-        setContentArrange(
-          preMeasureViewportOverflowState || getViewportOverflowState(showNativeOverlaidScrollbars),
-          contentScrollSize!,
-          directionIsRTL!
-        );
+      if (true) {
+        const viewportStyle: StyleObject = {
+          overflowY: '',
+          overflowX: '',
+          marginTop: '',
+          marginRight: '',
+          marginBottom: '',
+          marginLeft: '',
+          maxWidth: '',
+        };
+        setContentArrange(getViewportOverflowState(showNativeOverlaidScrollbars), contentScrollSize!, directionIsRTL!);
+        hideNativeScrollbars(getViewportOverflowState(showNativeOverlaidScrollbars), directionIsRTL!, viewportStyle);
+
+        style(_viewport, viewportStyle);
 
         viewportClientSize = clientSize(_viewport);
         viewportScrollSize = fixScrollSizeRounding(scrollSize(_viewport), offsetSize(_viewport), getBoundingClientRect(_viewport));
+
+        ({ _value: contentScrollSize, _changed: contentScrollSizeChanged } = contentScrollSizeCache = updateContentScrollSizeCache(force, {
+          _viewportRect: viewportRect,
+          _viewportOffsetSize: viewportOffsetSize,
+          _viewportScrollSize: viewportScrollSize,
+        }));
       }
 
-      const contentArrangeOffsetSize = clientSize(_contentArrange);
+      //const contentArrangeOffsetSize = clientSize(_contentArrange);
       overflowAmuntCache = updateOverflowAmountCache(force, {
         _contentScrollSize: {
-          w: Math.max(contentScrollSize!.w, viewportScrollSize.w, contentArrangeOffsetSize.w),
-          h: Math.max(contentScrollSize!.h, viewportScrollSize.h, contentArrangeOffsetSize.h),
+          w: Math.max(contentScrollSize!.w, viewportScrollSize.w),
+          h: Math.max(contentScrollSize!.h, viewportScrollSize.h),
         },
         _viewportSize: {
           w: viewportClientSize.w + Math.max(0, contentClientSize.w - contentScrollSize!.w),
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/paddingLifecycle.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/paddingLifecycle.ts
index 7ccce4d..1217d01 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/paddingLifecycle.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/lifecycles/paddingLifecycle.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,10 @@ export const createPaddingLifecycle = (lifecycleHub: LifecycleHub): Lifecycle =>
       style(_padding || _viewport, paddingStyle);
       style(_viewport, viewportStyle);
 
-      lifecycleHub._setPadding(padding);
+      lifecycleHub._setPaddingInfo({
+        _absolute: !paddingRelative,
+        _padding: padding!,
+      });
       lifecycleHub._setPaddingStyle(!_padding ? paddingStyle : null);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars.scss b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars.scss
index 9751d73..8a7479e 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars.scss
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/overlayscrollbars.scss
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 @import './structurelifecycle.scss';
 
 .os-environment {
+  --css-custom-prop: -1;
   position: fixed;
   opacity: 0;
   visibility: hidden;
   overflow: scroll;
   height: 200px;
   width: 200px;
+  z-index: var(--css-custom-prop);
 
   div {
     width: 200%;
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@
 }
 .os-environment,
 .os-viewport {
-  -ms-overflow-style: scrollbar !important;
+  -ms-overflow-style: -ms-autohiding-scrollbar !important;
 }
 .os-viewport-scrollbar-styled.os-environment,
 .os-viewport-scrollbar-styled.os-viewport {
@@ -85,10 +87,15 @@
   background: transparent !important;
 }
 
-.os-content-arrange {
-  min-width: 1px;
-  min-height: 1px;
-  z-index: -1;
+.os-viewport-arrange::before {
+  content: '';
   position: absolute;
   pointer-events: none;
+  z-index: -1;
+  min-width: 1px;
+  min-height: 1px;
+}
+
+.os-host {
+  padding: 5px 50px 15px 20px;
 }
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/setups/structureSetup.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/setups/structureSetup.ts
index 1efcb01..5b019bd 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/setups/structureSetup.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/src/setups/structureSetup.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ import {
   removeClass,
   push,
   runEach,
-  prependChildren,
+  insertBefore,
+  attr,
 } from 'support';
 import {
   classNameHost,
   classNamePadding,
   classNameViewport,
+  classNameViewportArrange,
   classNameContent,
-  classNameContentArrange,
   classNameViewportScrollbarStyling,
 } from 'classnames';
 import { getEnvironment } from 'environment';
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ export interface OSTargetContext {
 
 export interface PreparedOSTargetObject extends Required<InternalVersionOf<OSTargetObject>> {
   _host: HTMLElement;
-  _contentArrange: HTMLElement | null;
+  _contentArrange: HTMLStyleElement | null;
 }
 
 export interface StructureSetup {
@@ -50,6 +51,16 @@ const unwrap = (elm: HTMLElement | null | undefined) => {
   removeElements(elm);
 };
 
+let contentArrangeCounter = 0;
+const createUniqueContentArrangeElement = () => {
+  const elm = document.createElement('style');
+
+  attr(elm, 'id', `${classNameViewportArrange}-${contentArrangeCounter}`);
+  contentArrangeCounter++;
+
+  return elm;
+};
+
 export const createStructureSetup = (target: OSTarget | OSTargetObject): StructureSetup => {
   const targetIsElm = isHTMLElement(target);
   const osTargetObj: InternalVersionOf<OSTargetObject> = targetIsElm
@@ -160,14 +171,14 @@ export const createStructureSetup = (target: OSTarget | OSTargetObject): Structu
     _host,
   };
 
-  const { _nativeScrollbarStyling, _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid } = getEnvironment();
+  const { _nativeScrollbarStyling, _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid, _cssCustomProperties } = getEnvironment();
   if (_nativeScrollbarStyling) {
     push(destroyFns, removeClass.bind(0, _viewport, classNameViewportScrollbarStyling));
   } else if (_nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid.x || _nativeScrollbarIsOverlaid.y) {
-    if (obj._content) {
-      const contentArrangeElm = createDiv(classNameContentArrange);
+    if (true) {
+      const contentArrangeElm = createUniqueContentArrangeElement();
 
-      prependChildren(_viewport, contentArrangeElm);
+      insertBefore(_viewport, contentArrangeElm);
       push(destroyFns, removeElements.bind(0, contentArrangeElm));
 
       obj._contentArrange = contentArrangeElm;
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.browser.ts b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.browser.ts
index 761d423..6d670e2 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.browser.ts
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.browser.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { createDiv, appendChildren, parent, style, on, off, addClass, WH, XY, cl
 import { OverlayScrollbars } from 'overlayscrollbars/OverlayScrollbars';
 
 const targetElm = document.querySelector('#target') as HTMLElement;
-window.os = OverlayScrollbars({ target: targetElm, padding: null });
+window.os = OverlayScrollbars({ target: targetElm, padding: null, content: null });
 
 export const resize = (element: HTMLElement) => {
   const strMouseTouchDownEvent = 'mousedown touchstart';
diff --git a/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.scss b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.scss
index ca5627f..57693f2 100644
--- a/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.scss
+++ b/packages/overlayscrollbars/tests/browser/lifecycles/structureLifecycle/index.scss
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ body {
   border: 1px solid black;
   padding: 10px;
   margin: 10px;
+  display: none;
 }
 
 #end::before {