What is the difference between clip and hidden values for overflow?
Difference between overflow: clip and overflow: hidden
Both overflow: clip and overflow: hidden prevent overflowing content from being visible outside the element’s box. However, they differ in how they handle scrolling, focus behavior, and layout effects.
Key Differences
overflow: hiddenhides overflowing content but still allows programmatic scrolling (e.g., with JavaScript using scroll methods).overflow: cliphides overflowing content without providing any scrolling mechanism—even programmatically.clipestablishes a stricter clipping behavior that matches the element’s border box exactly.Unlike
hidden,clipdoes not create a scroll container, meaning properties likescrollToporscrollLefthave no effect.
Example: Comparing clip vs hidden