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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml' xml:lang='en'> <head> <title>overflow</title> <style type='text/css'> p { font: 12px sans-serif; border: 1px solid gold; background: lightyellow; padding: 5px; width: 100px; height: 100px; float: left; margin: 5px; } p#visible { overflow: visible; } p#auto { overflow: auto; } p#scroll { overflow: scroll; } p#hidden { overflow: hidden; } </style> </head> <body> <p id='visible'> Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? </p> <p id='auto'> Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? </p> <p id='scroll'> Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? </p> <p id='hidden'> Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? </p> </body> </html>