CSS margin terror; Margin adds space outside parent element [duplicate]
Add overflow:auto to your #page div. jsFiddle example And check out collapsing margins while you’re at it.
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Have a fixed position div that needs to scroll if content overflows
The problem with using height:100% is that it will be 100% of the page instead of 100% of the window (as you would probably expect it to be). This will cause the problem that you’re seeing, because the non-fixed content is long enough to include the fixed content with 100% height without requiring a scroll … Read more
Div height 100% and expands to fit content [duplicate]
Here is what you should do in the CSS style, on the main div display: block; overflow: auto; And do not touch height
Check if an element’s content is overflowing?
The element may be overflown vertically, horizontally or both. This function will return you a boolean value if the DOM element is overflown: function isOverflown(element) { return element.scrollHeight > element.clientHeight || element.scrollWidth > element.clientWidth; } function isOverflown(element) { return element.scrollHeight > element.clientHeight || element.scrollWidth > element.clientWidth; } var els = document.getElementsByClassName(‘demos’); for (var i = … Read more
How can I truncate table cells, but fit as much as content possible?
<table border=”1″ style=”width: 100%;”> <colgroup> <col width=”100%” /> <col width=”0%” /> </colgroup> <tr> <td style=”white-space: nowrap; text-overflow:ellipsis; overflow: hidden; max-width:1px;”>This cell has more content.This cell has more content.This cell has more content.This cell has more content.This cell has more content.This cell has more content.</td> <td style=”white-space: nowrap;”>Less content here.</td> </tr> </table> http://jsfiddle.net/7CURQ/
Why is this inline-block element pushed downward?
Basically you have added more clutter in your code which is creating more confusion so first I try to remove clutter which hinders understanding the real issue. First of all we have to establish that what’s the real question? Its that why “inline-block” element is pushed downward. Now we start to understand it and remove … Read more
CSS – Overflow: Scroll; – Always show vertical scroll bar?
Just ran into this problem myself. OSx Lion hides scrollbars while not in use to make it seem more “slick”, but at the same time the issue you addressed comes up: people sometimes cannot see whether a div has a scroll feature or not. The fix: In your css include – ::-webkit-scrollbar { -webkit-appearance: none; … Read more
CSS text-overflow: ellipsis; not working?
text-overflow:ellipsis; only works when the following are true: The element’s width must be constrained in px (pixels). Width in % (percentage) won’t work. The element must have overflow:hidden and white-space:nowrap set. The reason you’re having problems here is because the width of your a element isn’t constrained. You do have a width setting, but because … Read more
CSS overflow-x: visible; and overflow-y: hidden; causing scrollbar issue
After some serious searching it seems i’ve found the answer to my question: from: http://www.brunildo.org/test/Overflowxy2.html In Gecko, Safari, Opera, ‘visible’ becomes ‘auto’ also when combined with ‘hidden’ (in other words: ‘visible’ becomes ‘auto’ when combined with anything else different from ‘visible’). Gecko 1.8, Safari 3, Opera 9.5 are pretty consistent among them. also the W3C … Read more
CSS text-overflow in a table cell?
To clip text with an ellipsis when it overflows a table cell, you will need to set the max-width CSS property on each td class for the overflow to work. No extra layout div elements are required: td { max-width: 100px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; } For responsive layouts; use the max-width CSS … Read more