Ahmad Shadeed is at it again(*), this time with a guide on Overflow in CSS: In CSS, we can have control over an element when its content is too big to fit in. The property for that is overflow, which is a shorthand for overflow-x and overflow-y properties. For this article, I will give an […]
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Typical display: flow-root; use case
Good display: flow-root; use case by Paul Bakaus: flow-root establishes a new block formatting context, but most have dismissed it as simply replacing clearfix hacks. But consider this extremely common case, where you have a few paragraphs of text, some bullet points and a floating image. In the image above you can see that the […]
248 days
Mattias, connecting the dots: For those of us that own a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, don't forget to reboot it every 248 days! https://t.co/N19S953XHQ — ma.ttias.be (@mattiasgeniar) May 2, 2015 Geekfun! 🙂 248 days →
Establishing a new block formatting context using overflow: hidden;
Today Vasilis tweeted a link to a very nice (and old, apparently) CSS trick: Here's your monthly reminder that this is an obscure, but very handy feature of CSS overflow. http://t.co/4qNriVlB5y — Vasilis (@vasilis) February 13, 2014 Overflow does some cool things you should know about. Creates Block Formatting Context Clears Floats The second feature […]