Name
overflow — NN n/a IE 4 CSS 2
Synopsis
Inherited: No
For positioned elements, defines how the element treats content whose
rendered dimensions exceed the height and/or width of the container.
Except for some types of content that demand a fixed width (a
PRE element, for instance), the default behavior
of an element is to respect the width attribute
setting and handle the issue of overflow in the height of the
element.
A setting of visible causes the containing block
to expand to allow the full width (if fixed) and height of the
content to be displayed. If borders, margins, and padding are set for
the element, they are preserved around the expanded content block.
A setting of hidden forces the block to observe
the height and width settings, potentially causing the content to be
clipped by the size of the block. Borders and padding are preserved,
but margins may be lost along the edges that clip the content.
A setting of scroll should generate a set of
horizontal and vertical scrollbars inside the rectangle of the
content block. The bars become active only if the content actually
requires scrolling in any direction. In practice, scrollbars are
displayed for this setting in Internet Explorer 4 for Windows, but
not on the Macintosh.
A setting of auto should generate scrollbars only
if the content in the block requires it. Again, this works correctly
in IE 4 Windows, but not in IE 4 Macintosh.
Note that Navigator 4 does not provide direct control over the
overflow attribute. It is in ...
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