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Published Aug 8, 2021Updated Sep 9, 2021
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The overflow property controls what happens to content that spills, or overflows, outside its box.

The most commonly used values are:

  • hidden When set to this value, any content that overflows will be hidden from view.
  • scroll: When set to this value, a scrollbar will be added to the element’s box so that the rest of the content can be viewed by scrolling.
  • visible: When set to this value, the overflow content will be displayed outside of the containing element. Note, this is the default value.
p {
  overflow: scroll;
}

Here, if any of the paragraph content overflows (perhaps a user resizes their browser window), a scrollbar will appear so that users can view the rest of the content.

Overflow

overflow
Defines how a block level element should handle content that goes beyond its boundaries.
overflow-x
Defines how a block level element should handle content that goes beyond its x-axis boundary.
overflow-y
Defines how a block level element should handle content that goes beyond its y-axis boundary.

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