overflow
overflow is a CSS property in the Layout category. Controls how overflowing content is displayed. The syntax is overflow: visible | hidden | scroll | auto. Accepted values include visible, hidden, scroll, auto, clip. How the values behave: visible shows content outside bounds, hidden clips it, scroll adds scrollbars, auto adds scrollbars only when needed. A typical example: overflow: auto; It is commonly applied to markup such as <div class="demo">Sample</div> Browser support: Chrome 1+, Firefox 1+, Safari 1+, Edge 12+. A close relative is display, which sets the display behavior of an element. A close relative is visibility, which controls whether an element is visible. A close relative is overflow-x, which controls horizontal overflow behavior. More about this category: CSS layout properties for positioning and arranging elements on a web page. Related Layout entries: display, visibility, overflow-x, overflow-y, contain, resize, object-fit, object-position.