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

Posted by annika
annika
1,717 Points

Overflow doesn't work ...

Hello!

I'm having problems with a Code Challenge tasK:

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

I'm thinking my CSS looks fine? The preview also show scroll bars. But I'm getting a "Bummer!" error message ...

Please help?

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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style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

nav a {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100px;

}

.main {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  max-height: 150px;
  overflow: scroll;
}
annika
annika
1,717 Points

Figured it out myself. It should be "overflow: auto"...

1 Answer

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/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
nav a {
  display: inline-block; 
  width: 100px;
}

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