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What are the other options available for overflow?

The other possible values for the overflow property are visible, hidden, and scroll. If you set it

to visible, content that does not fit in the box flows out of it, either overlapping other content or

forcing it down the page. A value of hidden crops the content, cutting it off at the bottom of the box.

The scroll value adds a scrollbar; the difference between scroll and auto is that in the former case,

the scrollbar is always visible, even if not needed, whereas in the later, the scrollbar appears only when

necessary.

● When you view the HTML

page in a browser, the

element displays a scrollbar.

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overflow:auto;.

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