overflow-inline
Quick Summary for overflow-inline
The overflow-inline CSS property sets what shows when content overflows the inline start and end edges of a box. This may be nothing, a scroll bar, or the overflow content.
Code Usage for overflow-inline
/* Keyword values */ overflow-inline: visible; overflow-inline: hidden; overflow-inline: scroll; overflow-inline: auto;  /* Global values */ overflow-inline: inherit; overflow-inline: initial; overflow-inline: revert; overflow-inline: unset; 
More Details for overflow-inline

overflow-inline

The overflow-inline CSS property sets what shows when content overflows the inline start and end edges of a box. This may be nothing, a scroll bar, or the overflow content.

Note: The overflow-inline property maps to overflow-y or overflow-x depending on the writing mode of the document.

Syntax

/* Keyword values */ overflow-inline: visible; overflow-inline: hidden; overflow-inline: scroll; overflow-inline: auto;  /* Global values */ overflow-inline: inherit; overflow-inline: initial; overflow-inline: revert; overflow-inline: unset; 

The overflow-inline property is specified as a single keyword chosen from the list of values below.

Values

visible

Content is not clipped and may be rendered outside the padding box's inline start and end edges.

hidden

Content is clipped if necessary to fit the inline dimension in the padding box. No scrollbars are provided.

scroll

Content is clipped if necessary to fit in the padding box in the inline dimension. Browsers display scrollbars whether or not any content is actually clipped. (This prevents scrollbars from appearing or disappearing when the content changes.) Printers may still print overflowing content.

auto

Depends on the user agent. If content fits inside the padding box, it looks the same as visible, but still establishes a new block-formatting context. Desktop browsers provide scrollbars if content overflows.

Formal definition

Initial valueauto
Applies toBlock-containers, flex containers, and grid containers
Inheritedno
Computed valueas specified, except with visible/clip computing to auto/hidden respectively if one of overflow-x or overflow-y is neither visible nor clip
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

visible | hidden | clip | scroll | auto

Examples

Setting inline overflow behavior

HTML
<ul>   <li><code>overflow-inline:hidden</code> — hides the text outside the box     <div id="div1">       ABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZ     </div>   </li>    <li><code>overflow-inline:scroll</code> — always adds a scrollbar     <div id="div2">       ABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZ     </div>   </li>    <li><code>overflow-inline:visible</code> — displays the text outside the box if needed     <div id="div3">       ABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZ     </div>   </li>    <li><code>overflow-inline:auto</code> — on most browsers, equivalent to <code>scroll</code>     <div id="div4">       ABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZABCDEFGHIJKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZ     </div>   </li> </ul> 
CSS
#div1, #div2, #div3, #div4 {   border: 1px solid black;   width:  250px;   margin-bottom: 12px; }  #div1 { overflow-inline: hidden;} #div2 { overflow-inline: scroll;} #div3 { overflow-inline: visible;} #div4 { overflow-inline: auto;} 
Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Overflow Module Level 3 # logical

See also

Related CSS properties: text-overflow, white-space, overflow, overflow-block, overflow-x, overflow-y, clip, display CSS Logical Properties Writing Modes

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