Tool. Tools. The leading free stock photography site. The CSS Overflow Property. Every single element on a page is a rectangular box.
The sizing, positioning, and behavior of these boxes can all be controlled via CSS. By behavior, I mean how the box handles it when the content inside and around it changes. For example, if you don't set the height of a box, the height of that box will grow as large as it needs to be to accommodate the content. But what happens when you do set a specific height or width on a box, and the content inside cannot fit? All About Floats. What is "Float"?
Float is a CSS positioning property. To understand its purpose and origin, we can look to print design.