<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CSS Overflow: line-clamp hidden content is treated as ink overflow</title>
<link rel="author" title="Andreu Botella" href="mailto:[email protected]">
<link rel="help" href="https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow-4/#line-clamp">
<link rel="match" href="reference/line-clamp-021-ref.html">
<meta name="assert" content="Any overflowing content hidden from paint by line-clamp is treated as ink overflow and therefore doesn't cause the scrollable overflow rectangle to grow.">
<style>
#scrollContainer {
overflow: scroll;
font: 16px / 32px serif;
height: 3lh;
border: 1px solid black;
}
.clamp {
line-clamp: 4;
padding: 4px;
background-color: yellow;
}
.pre {
white-space: pre;
}
</style>
<div id="scrollContainer">
<div class="clamp">
<div class="pre">Line 1
Line 2
Line 3
Line 4
Line 5
Line 6</div>
<div>Another div</div>
<table>
<tr>
<td>A</td>
<td>B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>C</td>
<td>D</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<script>
window.addEventListener("load", () => {
const scrollContainer = document.getElementById("scrollContainer");
scrollContainer.scrollTop = scrollContainer.scrollHeight;
});
</script>