Elements with overflow: hidden are scrollable
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Today I came across a release post on www.fxsitecompat.dev. The post included that overflow: clip has been unprefixed in Firefox Nightly.
The overflow: clip is similar to overflow: hidden; both values define that overflowing content should not be visible. The difference between those is that clip forces elements not to be scrollable, whereas elements with overflow: hidden are still scroll containers.
The surprise for me is that elements with overflow: hidden are still scrollable using element. I could see this come in handy when there is an exceptional need for custom scroll behavior.
Reimplementing scroll-behavior most likely comes with many accessibility challenges, but hey... maybe there are good examples out there.
If you want to play around with it, have a look at this CodePen or see it in action in this tweet.
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