2 better alternatives to overflow: hidden
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 14/12/2023

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Overflow hidden is one of those features that seems like it should work in a very specific way, but it comes with a few strange side effects that can be incredibly frustrating and hard to fix. 

The powers who be have realized that there should probably be a better solution, and we have one with `overflow: clip`, which is basically a better version of `overflow: hidden`. I honestly don’t know if we need to bother with hidden at all anymore.

Depending on the use case, we might want to use `contain: paint` instead though, which comes with some extra limitations, but also potential improvements to performance.

🔗 Links
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✅ Killian’s article on overflow: clip: https://kilianvalkhof.com/2022/css-html/do-you-know-about-overflow-clip/
✅ Browser support for clip: https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_types_overflow_clip
✅ Browser support for contain: paint: https://caniuse.com/mdn-css_types_overflow_clip
✅ My CSS-only parallax video: https://youtu.be/Qj0Qx8HpNUo
✅ My courses: https://kevinpowell.co/courses?utm_campaign=general&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=nomorehidden

⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
00:10 - The problems overflow: hidden can cause
01:15 - Target what’s causing the overflow first
04:40 - overflow: clip
06:20 - overflow-clip-margin
07:52 - courses!
08:20 - contain: paint

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