Sets or retrieves how to manage the content of the object when the content exceeds the height of the object.
Syntax
| HTML |
{ overflow-y : sOverflow }
|
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| Scripting | [ sOverflow = ] object.style.overflowY |
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Possible Values
| sOverflow | String that
specifies or receives one of the following values.| visible | Default. Content is not clipped and scroll bars are not added. Elements are clipped to the size of the containing window or frame. | scroll | Content is clipped and scroll bars are added, even if the content does not exceed the dimensions of the object. | hidden | Content that exceeds the dimensions of the object is not shown. | auto | Content is clipped and scrolling is added only when necessary. |
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The property is read/write
for all objects except the following, for which it is read-only:
currentStyle.
The property has a default value of
visible
for all objects with the
exception of
TEXTAREA which has a default value of auto. The Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute is
not inherited.
Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties.
Remarks
With Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and later, when you use the !DOCTYPE declaration to specify standards-compliant mode, this property applies to the html object.
Standards Information
This property is defined in
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3) 
.
Applies To
|
A,
ABBR,
ACRONYM,
ADDRESS,
APPLET,
B,
BDO,
BIG,
BLOCKQUOTE,
BODY,
CENTER,
CITE,
CODE,
currentStyle,
CUSTOM,
DD,
defaults,
DEL,
DFN,
DIR,
DIV,
DL,
DT,
EM,
EMBED,
FIELDSET,
FONT,
FORM,
hn,
HTML,
I,
IFRAME,
INPUT type=button,
INPUT type=checkbox,
INPUT type=file,
INPUT type=image,
INPUT type=password,
INPUT type=radio,
INPUT type=reset,
INPUT type=submit,
INPUT type=text,
INS,
KBD,
LABEL,
LEGEND,
LI,
LISTING,
MENU,
OL,
P,
PLAINTEXT,
PRE,
Q,
RT,
RUBY,
runtimeStyle,
S,
SAMP,
SMALL,
SPAN,
STRIKE,
STRONG,
style,
SUB,
SUP,
TEXTAREA,
TT,
U,
UL,
VAR,
XMP |
See Also
CSS Enhancements in Internet Explorer 6 , overflow, overflowX, position
