Some content in an element may fall outside the element’s rendering box for a number of reasons (negative margins, absolute positioning, content exceeding the width/height set for an element, etc.) In cases where this occurs, the ‘overflow’ property describes what to do with the content outside the elements rendering area.
| Example |
blockquote { width: 50px; height: 50px; overflow: scroll } some text |
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| Possible Values |
Value Description | inherit | Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent. | | visible | Content is not clipped and may be rendered outside of the element's box. | | hidden | Content is clipped and content outside of the element's box is not visible. The size of the clipping region is defined by the ‘clip' property. | | scroll | Content is clipped as necessary, but scrollbars are made available where necessary to view the additional, non-visible content. If the Visual media in use is static (such as Print) the content should be treated as if the value was ‘visible'. | | auto | This value is browser and media dependent, but should allow for a scrollbar if possible in case of overflow. |
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