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Sets or retrieves what should be done when the object’s content exceeds the width of the object.

CSS	{ overflow-x: 'visible' | 'scroll' | 'hidden' | 'auto' }
Script	object.style.overflowX = sOverflow ]

visible	The content is not clipped.
scroll	The content is clipped. Scroll bars are added even if the content does not exceed the dimensions of the objects.
hidden	The content that exceeds the object’s dimensions is not shown.
auto	The content is clipped and scrolling is added only when necessary.

The property is read/write with a default value of visible; the proposed cascading stylesheet ( CSS ) extension attribute is not inherited.

For the TEXTAREA object, only the hidden value is valid. Setting the property to hidden on a TEXTAREA object hides its scroll bars.

overflow, overflowY, position