Overflow-scrolling

1. What is overflow scrolling?
2. What is overflow scroll in CSS?
3. What is the difference between overflow scroll and overflow auto?
4. What is overflow overlay?

What is overflow scrolling?

The scroll value of the overflow property adds horizontal and vertical scroll bars so you can adjust or scroll the content if it's too large to fit.

What is overflow scroll in CSS?

The overflow property specifies whether to clip the content or to add scrollbars when the content of an element is too big to fit in the specified area.

What is the difference between overflow scroll and overflow auto?

The difference

For that, you need overflow: auto , which lets a browser automatically determine if a scroll bar is needed — or not. So in short: overflow: scroll : Always show a scroll bar. overflow: auto : Show a scroll bar when needed.

What is overflow overlay?

The overlay value of the overflow CSS property is a non-standard value to make scrollbars appear on top of content rather than take up space. This value is deprecated and related functionality being standardized as the scrollbar-gutter property.