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Overflow

Use these shorthand utilities for quickly configuring how content overflows an element.

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Class Styles
.overflow-auto overflow: auto;
.overflow-hidden overflow: hidden;
.overflow-visible overflow: visible;
.overflow-scroll overflow: scroll;
.overflow-x-auto overflow-x: auto;
.overflow-x-hidden overflow-x: hidden;
.overflow-x-visible overflow-x: visible;
.overflow-x-scroll overflow-x: scroll;
.overflow-y-auto overflow-y: auto;
.overflow-y-hidden overflow-y: hidden;
.overflow-y-visible overflow-y: visible;
.overflow-y-scroll overflow-y: scroll;

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.

HTML
<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 example
on 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.
HTML
<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.

HTML
<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.

SCSS
"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,
),