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CSS CSS Foundations Text, Fonts, and Lists More Text Properties

SAMUEL LAWRENCE
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SAMUEL LAWRENCE
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SAMUEL LAWRENCE
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What is the difference between the "overflow" property and the "text-overflow" property.

Hi What is the difference between the "overflow" property and the "text-overflow" property. And when do you use them. I'm watch the video twice but I still have some confusion about that. Thanks

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Ken Alger
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Ken Alger
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Ken Alger
Ken Alger
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Samuel:

The overflow CSS property specifies whether to clip content, render scroll bars or display overflow content of a block-level element.

The text-overflow CSS property determines how overflowed content that is not displayed is signaled to the users. It can be clipped, or display an ellipsis ('…', U+2026 Horizontal Ellipsis) or a Web author-defined string.

Ken