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CSS CSS Foundations The Box Model Width, Height and Overflow Properties

Posted by Marcelo Retana
Marcelo Retana
2,534 Points

Adding scrollbar on css challenge

The challenge ask to add an overflow: scroll; I did it already but the page shows up a message as if my code isn't the proper one.

This is my code:

nav a {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100px;
}
.main {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  max-height: 150px;
  overflow: scroll;
}

3 Answers

2btrzt9ior
2btrzt9ior
15,232 Points
2btrzt9ior
2btrzt9ior
15,232 Points

Hi Marcelo,

I believe this is the challenge prompt you are referring to:

Finally, add an overflow property that automatically provides scrollbars if and where they are needed.

The important parts are 'automatically' and 'if and where they are needed.'

overflow:scroll forces scroll bars whether they are needed or not!

You should be able to figure it out from here, but let me know if you need more help!

Marcelo Retana
Marcelo Retana
2,534 Points
Marcelo Retana
Marcelo Retana
2,534 Points

Guil Hernandez help!

Rachit Agarwal
Rachit Agarwal
6,235 Points
Rachit Agarwal
Rachit Agarwal
6,235 Points 
overflow: auto;

worked for me!