CSS hide scroll bar if not needed

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I am trying to figure out how I can hide the overflow-y:scroll; if not needed. What I mean is that I am building a website and I have a main area which posts will be displayed and I want to hide the scroll bar if content does not exceed the current width.

Also, my second question. I want to make it so when the posts exceed the current width, the width will increase automatically and the content won't go out of the box.

Does anyone have a clue how to do this?

Posts area:

.content {
    height: 600px;
    border-left: 1px solid;
    border-right: 1px solid;
    border-bottom: 1px solid;
    font-size: 15px;
    text-align: justify;
    line-height: 19px;
    overflow-y:scroll;
}

Main website container:

.container {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 757px;
    margin-top: 30px;
    text-align: center;
}

Do you want to hide the vertical or the horizontal scroll bar? Can you post the example with html code to, e.g., http://jsfiddle.net/ and link it here — RJo, Sep 10 '13 at 10:49
Hello, I posted the 2 classes I am using. On the html, nothing but calling classes. — Thanos Paravantis, Sep 10 '13 at 10:50

score 1128 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 03 '20 at 12:48

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Set overflow-y property to auto, or remove the property altogether if it is not inherited.

edited Mar 03 '20 at 12:48

Martin

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answered Sep 10 '13 at 10:47

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I could but I need some help with my second question also, about the width, auto increasing. – Thanos Paravantis Sep 10 '13 at 10:53
You can always try to use the stackoverflow search: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/450903/make-css-div-width-equal-to-contents – RJo Sep 10 '13 at 10:59
Where is scroll in your examples? – Green May 26 '16 at 07:45
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While setting the ``overflow-y: auto`` solved my problem - the link does not actually show an example of this... – Shadow Sep 15 '16 at 04:20
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Should note that `overflow-x: auto` also works to hide horizontal scrollbars. – Edward D'Souza Sep 23 '16 at 19:09

score 67 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 13 '17 at 19:22

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You can use overflow:auto;

You can also control the x or y axis individually with the overflow-x and overflow-y properties.

Example:

.content {overflow:auto;}
.content {overflow-y:auto;}
.content {overflow-x:auto;}

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answered Oct 31 '16 at 18:14

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score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 18 '19 at 13:08

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.selected-elementClass{
    overflow-y:auto;
}

answered Sep 18 '19 at 13:08

Prateek Arora

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Answer doesn't add any extra value – Akash Nov 21 '21 at 16:49
@Akash its to the point, I like it – Beginner Feb 22 '23 at 08:24

score 11 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 14 '21 at 11:15

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overflow:auto; used to display auto scrollbar

answered Apr 14 '21 at 11:15

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Same as other answers such as https://stackoverflow.com/a/40348064/2227743 – Eric Aya Apr 14 '21 at 11:34
Answer doesn't add any extra value – Akash Nov 21 '21 at 16:49
@Akash If you're certain that an answer is a copy-paste/duplicate/plagiarism, you can and should raise a custom flag. Just link to the original answer and explain your reasoning, e.g. "This answer is a duplicate because it is copied from xxx from y years ago." – General Grievance Dec 16 '21 at 14:34

score 10 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 01 '17 at 06:49

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You can use both .content and .container to overflow:auto. Means if it's text is exceed automatically scroll will come x-axis and y-axis. (no need to give separete x-axis and y-axis commonly give overflow:auto)

.content {overflow:auto;}

answered Aug 01 '17 at 06:49

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score 7 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 28 '22 at 10:24

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.container {overflow:auto;}

will do the trick. If you want to control a specific direction, you should set auto for that specific axis. A.E.

.container {overflow-y:auto;}
.container {overflow-x:hidden;}

The above code will hide any overflow in the x-axis and generate a scroll-bar when needed on the y-axis. But you have to make sure that your content default height is smaller than the container height; if not, the scroll-bar will not be hidden.

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answered Mar 07 '18 at 17:58

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Answer doesn't add any extra value – Akash Nov 21 '21 at 16:49

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