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CSS

Posted by Bartlomiej Zabielski
Bartlomiej Zabielski
Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points

how to force <p> text to remain inside div

Hey all,

I have been trying to force paragraph text to remain inside a div when the div is resized smaller. The problem is the text spills outside the div when the div is smaller. How can i lock the text or div at the point it will spill out preventing overflow?

overflow: auto; creates a scroll bar which I prefer not to use.

I created a codepen

https://codepen.io/digitalrambo/pen/WjZVLE

I have googled and re watched many CSS videos but still cant solve it.

Would appreciate help

thank you (:

Joseph Carney
Joseph Carney
5,385 Points

Have you tried giving your div an invisible border? That should force the content to stay inside.

3 Answers

Bartlomiej Zabielski
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Bartlomiej Zabielski
Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points
Bartlomiej Zabielski
Bartlomiej Zabielski
Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points

I tried adding border to the div and it didnt work. border: 2px solid red;

it has to do with max width or min width I think but ive tried all combinations on both elements and its still not contained.

Juan Lopez
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Juan Lopez
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Juan Lopez
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Juan Lopez
Treehouse Project Reviewer

put a min-height on your div.

Bartlomiej Zabielski
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Bartlomiej Zabielski
Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points
Bartlomiej Zabielski
Bartlomiej Zabielski
Courses Plus Student 10,363 Points

@Juan I tried adding

height: 100%; to the div and it worked!!!!!! woo

do i still need min-height?

I removed all the CSS for p and still works :D https://codepen.io/digitalrambo/pen/WjZVLE