The overflow
property handles content that exceeds the size of the container.
Options include scroll
, visible
, hidden
and others.
An element with overflow
set to scroll
.
<style>
.flow {
background-color: aliceblue;
max-width: 400px;
height: 175px;
padding: 15px;
overflow: scroll;
}
</style>
<div class="flow">
Matisse was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis,
in the Nord department in Northern France,
the oldest son of a wealthy grain merchant.
He grew up in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Picardie,
France. In 1887, he went to Paris to study
law, working as a court administrator in
Le Cateau-Cambrésis after gaining his
qualification. He first started to paint
in 1889, after his mother brought him art
supplies during a period of convalescence
following an attack of appendicitis. He
discovered "a kind of paradise" as he later
described it, and decided to become an
artist, deeply disappointing his father.
</div>
overflow: visible | hidden | scroll | auto | initial | inherit;
Value | Description |
---|---|
visible | Default. Does not clip overflowing content. |
hidden | Hides (clips) overflowing content. |
scroll | Clips overflowing content and shows scrollbars all the time. |
auto | If there is overflowing content it shows a scrollbar. |
initial | Sets the value to its default value. |
inherit | Inherits the value from its parent element. |
Click the buttons to see the different overflow
values.
<style>
.flow-example {
background-color: aliceblue;
max-width: 400px;
max-height: 150px;
padding: 15px;
overflow: visible;
}
</style>
<div class="flow-example">
Matisse was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis,
in the Nord department in Northern France,
the oldest son of a wealthy grain merchant.
He grew up in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Picardie,
France. In 1887, he went to Paris to study
law, working as a court administrator in
Le Cateau-Cambrésis after gaining his
qualification. He first started to paint
in 1889, after his mother brought him art
supplies during a period of convalescence
following an attack of appendicitis. He
discovered "a kind of paradise" as he later
described it, and decided to become an
artist, deeply disappointing his father.
</div>
This table shows when overflow
support started for each browser.
Chrome
|
1.0 | Dec 2008 |
Firefox
|
1.0 | Nov 2004 |
IE/Edge
|
4.0 | Sep 1997 |
Opera
|
7 | Jan 2003 |
Safari
|
1.0 | Jun 2003 |