Overflow
Use these shorthand utilities for quickly configuring how content overflows an element.
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Overflow
Adjust the overflow
property on the fly with four default values and classes. These classes are not responsive by default.
This is an example of using
.overflow-auto
on an element with set width and height dimensions. By design, this content will vertically scroll.
This is an example of using
.overflow-hidden
on an element with set width and height dimensions.
This is an example of using
.overflow-visible
on an element with set width and height dimensions.
This is an example of using
.overflow-scroll
on an element with set width and height dimensions.
<div class="overflow-auto">...</div>
<div class="overflow-hidden">...</div>
<div class="overflow-visible">...</div>
<div class="overflow-scroll">...</div>
overflow-x
Adjust the overflow-x
property to affect the overflow of content horizontally.
.overflow-x-auto
example on an element with set width and height dimensions.
.overflow-x-hidden
exampleon an element with set width and height dimensions.
.overflow-x-visible
example on an element with set width and height dimensions.
.overflow-x-scroll
example on an element with set width and height dimensions.
<div class="overflow-x-auto">...</div>
<div class="overflow-x-hidden">...</div>
<div class="overflow-x-visible">...</div>
<div class="overflow-x-scroll">...</div>
overflow-y
Adjust the overflow-y
property to affect the overflow of content vertically.
.overflow-y-auto
example on an element with set width and height dimensions.
.overflow-y-hidden
example on an element with set width and height dimensions.
.overflow-y-visible
example on an element with set width and height dimensions.
.overflow-y-scroll
example on an element with set width and height dimensions.
<div class="overflow-y-auto">...</div>
<div class="overflow-y-hidden">...</div>
<div class="overflow-y-visible">...</div>
<div class="overflow-y-scroll">...</div>
Using Sass variables, you may customize the overflow utilities by changing the $overflows
variable in _variables.scss
.
CSS
Sass utilities API
Overflow utilities are declared in our utilities API in scss/_utilities.scss
. Learn how to use the utilities API.
"overflow": (
property: overflow,
values: auto hidden visible scroll,
),
"overflow-x": (
property: overflow-x,
values: auto hidden visible scroll,
),
"overflow-y": (
property: overflow-y,
values: auto hidden visible scroll,
),