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zzpat - 25 Nov 2007 15:32 GMT

I have a box element that uses overflow: hidden and I want a link which
at the bottom of the element to be visible. I can't make the link visible.

Obviously I'm having problems so I was wondering if there's anything
other than overflow : hidden that will give me an absolute 'height' and
make the link visible.

Pat

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Ben C - 25 Nov 2007 16:34 GMT

> I have a box element that uses overflow: hidden and I want a link which
> at the bottom of the element to be visible. I can't make the link visible.
>
> Obviously I'm having problems so I was wondering if there's anything
> other than overflow : hidden that will give me an absolute 'height' and
> make the link visible.

Why is the link invisible-- is it overflowing?

You can add <div style="clear: both"></div> at the end of the element
and use overflow: visible. That will usually work about the same
(although it might clear some other floats you didn't want it to)

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zzpat - 25 Nov 2007 18:06 GMT

>> I have a box element that uses overflow: hidden and I want a link which
>> at the bottom of the element to be visible. I can't make the link visible.
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> and use overflow: visible. That will usually work about the same
> (although it might clear some other floats you didn't want it to)

"Clear: both" clears other floats I need. Yes, the link is in the
overflow. Nasty problem.

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Ben C - 25 Nov 2007 20:10 GMT

>>> I have a box element that uses overflow: hidden and I want a link which
>>> at the bottom of the element to be visible. I can't make the link visible.
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> "Clear: both" clears other floats I need. Yes, the link is in the
> overflow. Nasty problem.

Post a url, I'm sure we'll think of something.

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zzpat - 28 Nov 2007 00:06 GMT

>>>> I have a box element that uses overflow: hidden and I want a link which
>>>> at the bottom of the element to be visible. I can't make the link visible.
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>
> Post a url, I'm sure we'll think of something.

Thanks, I found a solution. I put the text in another div and put the
overflow:hidden in that div. Then I put the link(s) after the overflow.

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