Overflow

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

@layer utilities

Overflow

Overflow utilities set the CSS overflow property. Four values are available: auto, hidden, visible, and scroll. These utilities are not responsive.

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`

overflow-x utilities control horizontal overflow independently.

.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.

<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`

overflow-y utilities control vertical overflow independently.

.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>

CSS

Overflow utilities are generated via the utilities API.

Reference

The table lists all overflow utilities and their CSS properties.

Class	Properties
`.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;`

Utilities API

Overflow utilities are declared in scss/utilities/_index.scss using 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,
),