<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>CSS Test: Inline boxes exceeding the line box and overflowing</title> <link rel="author" title="Microsoft" href="http://www.microsoft.com/"> <link rel="reviewer" title="Gérard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/"> <!-- 2012-04-04 --> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#inline-formatting"> <meta name="flags" content=""> <meta name="assert" content="If inline boxes cannot be split (i.e.: white-space: nowrap) then the inline box overflows the line box."> <style type="text/css"> div { background: orange; width: 200px; } span { white-space: nowrap; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Test passes if the "Filler Text" extends beyond the orange box.</p> <div> <span>Filler Text Filler Text Filler Text Filler Text</span> </div> </body> </html>