CSS Overflow
The CSS overflow comes into action when content size is greater than container size. In this case, the CSS overflow property can do the following actions.
- The CSS overflow default value is
visible
. It does not clip the larger content and shows the large content even after the container's box and might overlap other content. - The hidden property of overflow clips the content that overflows the element's box and shows the content that is inside the element's box.
- The overflow scroll property does not clip any content and show within an element's box by scroll mechanism when the content size is greater than container size.
- Overflow auto property automatically assigns scroll bar if the content size is greater than container size otherwise does not appear scroll bar.