Overflow

The CSS overflow property controls what happens to content that is too big to fit into an area.

CSS Overflow

The overflow property specifies whether to clip the content or to add scrollbars when the content of an element is too big to fit in the specified area.

The overflow property has the following values:

• visible - Default. The overflow is not clipped. The content renders outside the element's box

• hidden - The overflow is clipped, and the rest of the content will be invisible

• scroll - The overflow is clipped, and a scrollbar is added to see the rest of the content

• auto - Similar to scroll, but it adds scrollbars only when necessary

overflow-x and overflow-y

The overflow-x and overflow-y properties specifies whether to change the overflow of content just horizontally or vertically (or both):

overflow-x specifies what to do with the left/right edges of the content. overflow-y specifies what to do with the top/bottom edges of the content.

You can use the overflow property when you want to have better control of the layout. The overflow property specifies what happens if content overflows an element's box.

Example

div { overflow-x: hidden; /* Hide horizontal scrollbar */ overflow-y: scroll; /* Add vertical scrollbar */ }