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

Gregory Anuhin
Gregory Anuhin
4,600 Points
Posted by Gregory Anuhin
Gregory Anuhin
4,600 Points

Have a problem with "overflow" task. What can be the the problem ? here is my code

Have no idea where I did mistake.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Width, Height and Overflow Properties</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>   
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</body>
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style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
nav a {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100px;
}

.main {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  max-height: 150px;
  overflow: scroll;
}

1 Answer

Christopher Aporta
Christopher Aporta
24,258 Points

Hey Gregory!

You'll want to use the 'auto' value for the overflow property rather than 'scroll'.

.main {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  max-height: 150px;
  overflow: auto;
}
Christopher Aporta
Christopher Aporta
24,258 Points

The link below should give you some good insight into this property's syntax:

Mozilla Developer Network: Overflow CSS Property