How to make the overflow CSS property work with hidden as value
CssOverflowHtmlCss Problem Overview
I am having a tough time with overflow: hidden.
Basically, I am trying to hide the overflow of an unordered list which is located in a <div>.
I have no idea why this isn't working though.
Instead of hiding it, it breaks my list from a horizontal layout to a vertical layout.
The unordered list is carousel and the container is list.
Below is my CSS code;
div.body .container .images {
background: url(/images/images-background.jpg);
height: 62px;
margin-bottom: 17px;
width: 384px;
}
div.body .container .images #images-previous {
cursor: pointer;
float: left;
}
div.body .container .images #images-next {
cursor: pointer;
float: left;
}
div.body .container .images .list {
float: left;
overflow: hidden;
vertical-align: top;
width: 336px;
}
div.body .container .images .carousel {
margin-bottom: 6px;
margin-top: 8px;
width: 336px;
}
Here, my HTML;
<div class="images">
<div id="images-previous">
<img src="/images/images-previous.jpg" width="24" height="62" alt="Previous" />
</div>
<div class="list">
<ul class="carousel">
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<li>
<img src="/photogallery/23.jpg" width="44" height="44" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="Cross Bottle 8.5" Frosted/Amber/Chain/Fleur di Lis" class="under" />
</li>
<!--
<cfset i=1>
<cfloop condition="i lte images.recordcount">
<cfoutput>
<li>
<img src="#images.thumburl[i]#" width="44" height="44" alt="#images.alt[i]#" class="thumbnail" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder-over.png" width="49" height="48" alt="#images.alt[i]#" class="over" />
<img src="/images/carousel-image-holder.png" width="49" height="48" alt="#images.alt[i]#" class="under" />
</li>
</cfoutput>
<cfset i=i+1>
</cfloop>
</cfset>
-->
</ul>
</div>
<div id="images-next">
<img src="/images/images-next.jpg" width="24" height="62" alt="Next" />
</div>
<div class="clear"></div>
Css Solutions
Solution 1 - Css
Ok if anyone else is having this problem this may be your answer:
If you are trying to hide absolute positioned elements make sure the container of those absolute positioned elements is relatively positioned.
Solution 2 - Css
Actually...
To hide an absolute positioned element, the container position must be anything except for static. It can be relative or fixed in addition to absolute.
Solution 3 - Css
Evidently, sometimes, the display properties of parent of the element containing the matter that shouldn't overflow should also be set to overflow:hidden as well, e.g.:
<div style="overflow: hidden">
<div style="overflow: hidden">some text that should not overflow<div>
</div>
Why? I have no idea but it worked for me. See https://medium.com/@crrollyson/overflow-hidden-not-working-check-the-child-element-c33ac0c4f565 (ignore the sniping at stackoverflow!)
Solution 4 - Css
In addition to provided answers:
it seems like parent element (the one with overflow:hidden) must not be display:inline. Changing to display:inline-block worked for me.
.outer {
position: relative;
border: 1px dotted black;
padding: 5px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.inner {
position: absolute;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -20px;
top: 70%;
width: 40px;
height: 80px;
background: yellow;
}
<span class="outer">
Some text
<span class="inner"></span>
</span>
<span class="outer" style="display:inline-block;">
Some text
<span class="inner"></span>
</span>
Solution 5 - Css
I did not get it. I had a similar problem but in my nav bar.
What I was doing is I kept my navBar code in this way: nav>div.navlinks>ul>li*3>a
In order to put hover effects on a I positioned a to relative and designed a::before and a::after then i put a gray background on before and after elements and kept hover effects in such way that as one hovers on <a> they will pop from outside a to fill <a>.
The problem is that the overflow hidden is not working on <a>.
What i discovered is if i removed <li> and simply put <a> without <ul> and <li> then it worked.
What may be the problem?
Solution 6 - Css
This worked for me
<div style="display: flex; position: absolute; width: 100%;">
<div style="white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden;text-overflow: ellipsis;">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer nec odio. Praesent libero. Sed cursus ante dapibus diam. Sed nisi.
</div>
</div>
Adding position:absolute to the parent container made it work.
PS: This is for anyone looking for a solution to dynamically truncating text.
EDIT: This was meant to be an answer for this question but since they are related and it could help someone on this question I shall also leave it here instead of deleting it.