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CSS

Posted by Alexandru Olteanu
Alexandru Olteanu
17,522 Points

Problem with overflow: scroll;

In the last challenge task of the "Width, height and overflow properties" code challenge, I can't seem to get overflow: scroll; to work.

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

I did the following: .main { box-sizing: border-box; max-height: 150px; overflow: scroll; }

2 Answers

Pedro Cabral
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Pedro Cabral
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 23,916 Points

I believe the problem is that you should add the scroll bar if [...] needed as opposed to what you did which is displaying whether or not any of the content is clipped.

Alexandru Olteanu
Alexandru Olteanu
17,522 Points

Thank you, I missed that. It should have been overflow: auto;.

Carlton Stith Jr.
Carlton Stith Jr.
9,077 Points
Carlton Stith Jr.
Carlton Stith Jr.
9,077 Points

I was stuck on this problem also. Thanks Pedro!