Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

The overflow-clip-box CSS property specifies relative to which box the clipping happens when there is an overflow. It is short hand for the overflow-clip-box-inline and overflow-clip-box-block properties.

/* Keyword values */
overflow-clip-box: padding-box;
overflow-clip-box: content-box;

/* Two values */
overflow-clip-box: padding-box content-box;
overflow-clip-box: content-box content-box;

/* Global values */
overflow-clip-box: inherit;
overflow-clip-box: initial;
overflow-clip-box: unset;

Note: On Gecko, by default, padding-box is used everywhere, but <input type="text"> and similar use the value content-box. Prior to Firefox 29, this behavior was hardcoded; since then it uses this property that can be used elsewhere too. Note that this property is activated by default only in the UA stylesheet and chrome contexts.

Initial valuepadding-box
Applies toall elements
Inheritedno
Mediavisual
Computed valueas specified
Animation typediscrete
Canonical orderthe unique non-ambiguous order defined by the formal grammar

Syntax

Values

padding-box
This keyword makes the clipping be related to the padding box.
content-box
This keyword makes the clipping be related to the content box.

Formal syntax

padding-box | content-box

Examples

padding-box

HTML

<div class="things">
  <input value="ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÅÄÖ" class="scroll padding-box">
  <div class="scroll padding-box"><span>ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZÅÄÖ</span></div>
</div>

CSS

.scroll {
  overflow: auto;
  padding: 0 30px;
  width: 6em;
  border: 1px solid black;
  background: lime content-box;
}

.padding-box {
  overflow-clip-box: padding-box;
}

JS

function scrollSomeElements() {
  var elms = document.querySelectorAll('.scroll');
  for (i=0; i < elms.length; ++i) {
    elms[i].scrollLeft=80;
  }
}
var elt = document.queryElementsByTagName('body')[0];

elt.addEventListener("load", scrollSomeElements, false);

Result

Specifications

This property has been proposed to the W3C CSSWG; it is not yet on the standard track but, if accepted, should appear in CSS Overflow Module Level 3.

Browser compatibility

 

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DesktopMobile
ChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafariAndroid webviewChrome for AndroidEdge MobileFirefox for AndroidOpera for AndroidSafari on iOSSamsung Internet
overflow-clip-box
Non-standard
Chrome No support NoEdge No support NoFirefox Full support 29IE No support NoOpera No support NoSafari No support NoWebView Android No support NoChrome Android No support NoEdge Mobile No support NoFirefox Android Full support 29Opera Android No support NoSafari iOS No support NoSamsung Internet Android No support No
Two values; property as shorthand
Non-standard
Chrome No support NoEdge No support NoFirefox Full support 59IE No support NoOpera No support NoSafari No support NoWebView Android No support NoChrome Android No support NoEdge Mobile No support NoFirefox Android Full support 59Opera Android No support NoSafari iOS No support NoSamsung Internet Android No support No

Legend

Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.

 

See also