overflow-clip-margin

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

The overflow-clip-margin CSS property determines how far outside its bounds an element with overflow: clip may be painted before being clipped. The bound defined by this property is called the overflow clip edge of the box.

Syntax

css
/* <length> values */
overflow-clip-margin: 20px;
overflow-clip-margin: 1em;

/* <visual-box> | <length> */
overflow-clip-margin: content-box 5px;

/* Global values */
overflow-clip-margin: inherit;
overflow-clip-margin: initial;
overflow-clip-margin: revert;
overflow-clip-margin: revert-layer;
overflow-clip-margin: unset;

The <visual-box> value, which defaults to padding-box, specifies the box edge to use as the overflow clip edge origin. The <length> value specified in overflow-clip-margin must be nonnegative.

Note: If the element does not have overflow: clip then this property will be ignored.

Formal definition

Initial value0px
Applies toall elements
Inheritedno
Computed valuethe computed <length> and a <visual-box> keyword
Animation typediscrete

Formal syntax

overflow-clip-margin = 
<visual-box> ||
<length [0,∞]>

<visual-box> =
content-box |
padding-box |
border-box

Examples

HTML

html
<div class="box">
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
  tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
  quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
  consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
  cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
</div>

CSS

css
.box {
  border: 3px solid black;
  width: 250px;
  height: 100px;
  overflow: clip;
  overflow-clip-margin: 20px;
}

Result

Specifications

Specification
CSS Overflow Module Level 3
# overflow-clip-margin

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
overflow-clip-margin
border-box
Experimental
content-box
Experimental
padding-box
Experimental

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
No support
No support
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.

See also