4 ways to deal with overflowing text
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2022-11-24

Overflowing text is actually a feature of CSS, but it can feel like a pretty annoying one 😂. Depending on the situation, there are different ways we can deal with it though, so in this video I look at 4 different ways that could come in handy in different situations.

🔗 Links 
✅ Custom scrollbars: https://youtu.be/lvKK2fs6h4I
✅ Container Query Unit support: https://caniuse.com/?search=container%20query%20units
✅ More on container queries: https://youtu.be/3_-Je5XpbqY
✅ More on container query units: https://youtu.be/ZSaAHb5dRwQ

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Why is this even happening
01:20 - overflow-x
01:40 - break-word
02:21 - min-content and fit-content
03:07 - container queries

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