CSS @media overflow-block Property
CSS @media overflow-block
CSS @media overflow-block can be used to test how the output device handles content that overflows the initial containing block along the block axis.
Example
HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<style>
body{
height: 1000px;
}
@media (overflow-block: scroll) {
h1{
color: green;
}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>CSS @media overflow-block</h1>
</body>
</html>
Syntax
Using CSS
@media (overflow-block: scroll) {
element{
color: red;
}
}
Using Javascript
elementelegram.dogdia = "(overflow-block: scroll)";
Media Query Value
The following table provides the list of media query value for overflow-block.
| Value | Explanation |
|---|---|
| none | Content that overflows the block axis is not displayed. |
| scroll | Content that overflows the block axis can be seen by scrolling to it. |
| optional-paged | Content that overflows the block axis can be seen by scrolling to it, but page breaks can be manually triggered (such as via break-inside, etc.) to cause the following content to display on the following page. |
| paged | Content is broken up into discrete pages; content that overflows one page in the block axis is displayed on the following page. |
Using JavaScript
In the following example, we will demonstrate how to set the CSS @media overflow-block media feature by using javascript.
Example
HTML Online Editor
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<style>
body{
height: 1000px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>CSS @media overflow-block</h1>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Click Me</button>
<script>
function myFunction(){
var styles = 'h1{color:green;}';
var styleSheet = document.createElement("style");
styleSheet.type = "text/css";
styleSheet.media = "(overflow-block: scroll)";
styleSheet.innerText = styles;
document.head.appendChild(styleSheet);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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