Dec 5, 2025 · The overflow CSS shorthand property sets the desired behavior when content does not fit in the element's padding box (overflows) in the horizontal and/or vertical direction.

The CSS overflow property controls what happens to content that is too big to fit into an area. It specifies whether to clip the content or to add scrollbars when the content of an element is too big.

Aug 21, 2025 · It specifies how the text appears when it doesn't fit in the available space of the element. All viewable HTML text on a page is in text nodes. To use text-overflow you need a single …

Jul 23, 2025 · The CSS overflow property is used to set the overflow behavior of an element. It is the shorthand property of overflow-x and overflow-y properties. This property is used to control the large …

The CSS overflow property is used to adjust the content when its size is too big relative to the element box. In this tutorial, you will learn about the CSS overflow property with the help of examples.

Sep 5, 2011 · The overflow property controls what happens to content that breaks outside of its bounds: imagine a div in which you’ve explicitly set to be 200px wide, but contains an image that is 300px wide.

Dec 16, 2025 · The CSS overflow module properties enable you to handle scrollable overflow in visual media. Overflow happens when the content in an element box extends past one or more of the box's …

The overflow property specifies what should happen if content overflows an element's box. This property specifies whether to clip content or to add scrollbars when an element's content is too big to fit in a …

Dec 19, 2025 · When you set overflow: scroll on overflowing content, browsers with visible scrollbars will always display them—even if there is not enough content to overflow.

Dec 5, 2025 · The overflow-y CSS property sets what shows when content overflows a block-level element's top and bottom edges. This may be nothing, a scroll bar, or the overflow content. This …