overflow:hidden simply suggests that whetever text/image if overflows will be automatically get hidden and hence the case. So read it like if something overflows it should be hidden :)
--- On Thu, 2/11/10, Jody Tate <jt...@uw.edu> wrote: From: Jody Tate <jt...@uw.edu> Subject: [WSG] the mysteries of overflow: hidden To: "wsg@webstandardsgroup.org" <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 12:20 AM (I'm a list lurker. Also, apologies if this has been covered before.) In CSS, setting a div to "overflow: hidden" solves a problem it shouldn't--at least from the name of the property and value, it seems like it shouldn't. Often I'll have text, e.g. an h1, overflowing its containing/parent div, but setting the containing/parent div to "overflow: hidden" causes the parent div to set its height in a way that the formerly overflowing text no longer overflows. I've seen this happen for years. Another developer showed me this fix years ago. But over the years, I've never read an explanation why "overflow: hidden" fixes a problem its name implies it wouldn't. Have others seen this? Any explanations? -jody ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
