The Style overflowX property in HTML DOM is used to specify the behavior of the content when it overflows an element’s left and right edges. The content may be hidden, shown or a scrollbar according to the value.
Syntax:
- It returns the overflowX property.
object.style.overflowX
- It is used to set the overflowX property.
object.style.overflowX = "hidden|visible|scroll|auto|initial|
inherit"
Return Values: It returns a string value, which represents the overflow-x property of an element
Property Values:
- hidden: The content is clipped and hidden to fit the element. No scrollbars are provided when using this value.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style overflowX Property
</title>
<style>
.content {
background-color: lightgreen;
height: 150px;
width: 200px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style overflowX Property</b>
<p>
The overflowX property specifies the behavior of
content when it overflows a block-level element’s
left and right edges.
</p>
<div class="content">
GeeksforGeeks is a computer science portal with a
huge variety of well written and<br> explained
computer science and programming articles, quizzes
and interview questions. <br>The portal also has
dedicated GATE preparation and competitive
programming sections.
</div>
<button onclick="setOverflow()">
Change overflowX
</button>
<script>
function setOverflow() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.overflowX = 'hidden';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
- Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- visible: The content is not clipped and may overflow out to the left or right of the containing element.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style overflowX Property
</title>
<style>
.content {
background-color: lightgreen;
height: 150px;
width: 200px;
white-space: nowrap;
overflow-x: hidden;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style overflowX Property</b>
<p>
The overflowX property specifies the behavior of
content when it overflows a block-level element’s
left and right edges.
</p>
<div class="content">
GeeksforGeeks is a computer science portal with a
huge variety of well written and<br> explained
computer science and programming articles, quizzes
and interview questions. <br>The portal also has
dedicated GATE preparation and competitive
programming sections.
</div>
<button onclick="setOverflow()">
Change overflowX
</button>
<script>
function setOverflow() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.overflowX = 'visible';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
- Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- scroll: The content is clipped to fit the element box and a scrollbar is provided help scroll the extra overflowed content. The scrollbar here is added even if the content is not clipped.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style overflowX Property
</title>
<style>
.content {
background-color: lightgreen;
height: 150px;
width: 200px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style overflowX Property</b>
<p>
The overflowX property specifies the behavior of
content when it overflows a block-level element’s
left and right edges.
</p>
<div class="content">
GeeksforGeeks is a computer science portal with a
huge variety of well written and<br> explained
computer science and programming articles, quizzes
and interview questions. <br>The portal also has
dedicated GATE preparation and competitive
programming sections.
</div>
<button onclick="setOverflow()">
Change overflowX
</button>
<script>
function setOverflow() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.overflowX = 'scroll';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
- Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- auto: The behavior of auto depends on the content and scrollbars are added only when the content overflows.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style overflowX Property
</title>
<style>
.content {
background-color: lightgreen;
height: 150px;
width: 200px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style overflowX Property</b>
<p>
The overflowX property specifies the behavior of
content when it overflows a block-level element’s
left and right edges.
</p>
<div class="content">
GeeksforGeeks is a computer science portal with a
huge variety of well written and<br> explained
computer science and programming articles, quizzes
and interview questions. <br>The portal also has
dedicated GATE preparation and competitive
programming sections.
</div>
<button onclick="setOverflow()">
Change overflowX
</button>
<script>
function setOverflow() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.overflowX = 'auto';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
- Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- initial: This is used to set this property to its default value.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style overflowX Property
</title>
<style>
.content {
background-color: lightgreen;
height: 150px;
width: 200px;
white-space: nowrap;
/* Setting the overflow-x property to 'scroll' to
observe the effect of initial */
overflow-x: scroll;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style overflowX Property</b>
<p>
The overflowX property specifies the behavior of
content when it overflows a block-level element’s
left and right edges.
</p>
<div class="content">
GeeksforGeeks is a computer science portal with a
huge variety of well written and<br> explained
computer science and programming articles, quizzes
and interview questions. <br>The portal also has
dedicated GATE preparation and competitive
programming sections.
</div>
<button onclick="setOverflow()">
Change overflowX
</button>
<script>
function setOverflow() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.overflowX = 'initial';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
- Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
- inherit: It inherits the property from its parent element.
Example:
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>
DOM Style overflowX Property
</title>
<style>
#parent {
/* Setting the overflow-x property
of the parent */
overflow-x: hidden;
}
.content {
background-color: lightgreen;
height: 150px;
width: 200px;
white-space: nowrap;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1 style="color: green">
GeeksforGeeks
</h1>
<b>DOM Style overflowX Property</b>
<p>
The overflowX property specifies the behavior of
content when it overflows a block-level element’s
left and right edges.
</p>
<div id="parent">
<div class="content">
GeeksforGeeks is a computer science portal
with a huge variety of well written and <br>
explained computer science and programming
articles, quizzes and interview questions.
<br>The portal also has dedicated GATE
preparation and competitive programming
sections.
</div>
</div>
<button onclick="setOverflow()">
Change overflowX
</button>
<script>
function setOverflow() {
elem = document.querySelector('.content');
elem.style.overflowX = 'inherit';
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
|
- Output:
- Before clicking the button:
- After clicking the button:
Supported Browsers:
- Chrome 1 and above
- Edge 12 and above
- Internet Explorer 5 and above
- Firefox 3.5 and above
- Safari 3 and above
- Opera 9.5 and above
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