overflow-block
The overflow-block
CSS media feature can be used to test how the output device handles content that overflows the initial containing block along the block axis.
Syntax
The overflow-block
feature is specified as a keyword value chosen from the list below.
none
-
Content that overflows the block axis is not displayed.
scroll
-
Content that overflows the block axis can be seen by scrolling to it.
optional-paged
-
Content that overflows the block axis can be seen by scrolling to it, but page breaks can be manually triggered (such as via
break-inside
, etc.) to cause the following content to display on the following page. paged
-
Content is broken up into discrete pages; content that overflows one page in the block axis is displayed on the following page.
Examples
HTML
html
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nullam ac turpis
eleifend, fringilla velit ac, aliquam tellus. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in
faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Nunc velit erat,
tempus id rutrum sed, dapibus ut urna. Integer vehicula nibh a justo imperdiet
rutrum. Nam faucibus pretium orci imperdiet sollicitudin. Nunc id facilisis
dui. Proin elementum et massa et feugiat. Integer rutrum ullamcorper eleifend.
Proin sit amet tincidunt risus. Sed nec augue congue eros accumsan tincidunt
sed eget ex.
</p>
CSS
css
@media (overflow-block: scroll) {
p {
color: red;
}
}
Result
Specifications
Specification |
---|
Media Queries Level 4 # mf-overflow-block |
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