CSS-Lesson 7
Other layout properties
The 'clear' property
The 'clear' property has a default value of 'none'. Other values are 'left', 'right' and 'both'.
The 'clip' property
The 'clip' property has a default value of 'auto' and another value of 'rect(top, right, bottom, left)', where the enclosed parts of the value are sizes.
The 'outline' property
The 'outline' property is somewhat similar to the 'border' property inasmuch it puts a line around an element on all four sides. Unlike a border, the outline applies the same values to all four sides. The outline property is a shorthand property listing -color, -style and -width.
| Property | Values |
|---|---|
| outline-color | color (see CSS-Lessons 4 & 5) |
| outline-style | none dotted dashed solid double groove ridge inset outset hidden |
| outline-width | size (see CSS-Lesson 4) |
One source ("The ultimate CSS Reference" by Tommy Olsson & Paul O'Brian) suggests that the outline property has a use in debugging web page layout problems,
The 'overflow' property
The 'overflow' property has a default value of 'visible'. Other values are 'hidden', 'scroll' and 'auto'. The effect is how to display any overflow from a fixed-size box. It can be hidden or made to scroll. The value 'auto' provides a scroll bar if it is needed, while 'scroll' provides a scroll bar whether it is needed or not.
The 'visibility' property
The 'visibility' property has values of 'visible', 'hidden' and 'collapse'. Its use is currently dodgy as different browsers display these values differently.
