Overflow

The overflow CSS property controls how content that exceeds the bounds of an element is handled. It is defined by two axes representing the horizontal (x-axis) and vertical (y-axis) overflow behaviors. Here is a breakdown of its axes:

Horizontal (x-axis Overflow ):

• Can take values like visible, hidden, scroll, or auto.

• Determines how content that overflows horizontally (left or right) is displayed.

• Commonly used to allow or prevent horizontal scrolling.

• scroll and auto can add horizontal scrollbars if needed.

Vertical (y-axis Overflow):

• Can take values like visible, hidden, scroll, or auto.

• Determines how content that overflows vertically (top or bottom) is displayed.

• Useful for scrollable content areas such as modals or dropdowns.

• scroll and auto can add vertical scrollbars when content exceeds height.

The overflow property allows precise control over how overflowing content is managed inside a container, improving layout control and user experience.

Possible Values

Example

1. To manage overflowing content in a container, you can set Horizontal (overflow-x ) to Hidden and Vertical (overflow-y ) to Scroll to hide horizontal overflow and enable scrolling for vertical overflow.

1. In this example, the outer container has a width of 100%, while the inner content's container has a width of 150%. To manage the horizontal overflow and allow scrolling when needed, you can set Horizontal (overflow-x ) to Auto

Conditional Values

what are conditional values?

These properties can also be configured using conditional values by expanding the formula editor.

For Example

• You can conditionally enable or disable scrolling based on screen size, hiding it on mobile devices and allowing it on larger screens if content overflows.