Handling Content Overflow

by vsasikalabe Updated: Mar 30, 2023

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We are using the CSS overflow property to manage or handle the overflowing content of an element. This property clips content and adds scrollbars to view clipped content. The content outside the container is the name overflow.

For example, When overflow is x, it defines scroll, and overflow is y, it defines hidden. We can use overflow: auto if you only want scrollbars to appear when there is more content in the box. This allows the browser to describe if it should display scrollbars. The parent class should be displayed as flex. It follows the CSS properties of height, width, and border size.

The overflow property has the following values:

visible - Default. The overflow is not clipped. The content is displayed outside the element's box.
hidden - The overflow is clipped, and the remaining contents will be invisible.
scroll - The overflow is clipped, and a scrollbar is added to see the rest of the content in the box.
auto - It is just similar to scroll, but it adds scrollbars only when necessary

Note: The overflow property can access only block elements with a specified height.

Here is an example of how to handle an overflow of content using HTML and CSS:

Preview of the output that you will get on running this code from your IDE.

Code

how to handle overflow of a div so that it scrolls

CSSLines of Code : 46License : Strong Copyleft (CC BY-SA 4.0)

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

#parent {
  display: flex;
}

#first,
#second {
  height: 200px;
  width: 150px;
  border: solid;
}

#list {
  overflow-x: hidden;
  height: 200px;
  width: 165px;
}

.item {
  border: solid;
  height: 150px;
  width: 150px;
}
<div id="parent">
  <div id="first">
  </div>
  <div id="second">
  </div>
  <div id="list">
    <div class="item">
      item 1
    </div>
    <div class="item">
      item 2
    </div>
    <div class="item">
      item 3
    </div>
    <div class="item">
      item 4
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Instructions

Follow the steps carefully to get the output easily.

Download and Install VS Code on your Computer.
Open the VS Code and install Live Server from Extensions.
Open the new file and save it as filename.html.
Copy the code using the "Copy" button above, and paste it into your html file (paste css style code within the style tag).
Click the Go live button in the bottom right corner to get the output.

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The solution is created in VS Code 1.73.1 version.
Live Server v5.7.9

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