<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html> <head> <title>CSS Test: overflow applied to elements with 'display' set to 'inline'</title> <link rel="author" title="Microsoft" href="http://www.microsoft.com/"> <link rel="reviewer" title="Gérard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/"> <!-- 2012-08-09 --> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#propdef-overflow"> <link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visufx.html#overflow"> <link rel="match" href="reference/overflow-applies-to-001-ref.htm"> <meta name="flags" content="ahem"> <meta name="assert" content="The 'overflow' property does not apply to elements with 'display' set to 'inline'."> <style type="text/css"> #parent { border: 5px solid transparent; color: white; font: 20px/1em Ahem; width: 5em; } div div { display: inline; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; } #span2 { color: green; } </style> </head> <body> <p>Test passes if there is a short green bar.</p> <div id="parent"> <div><span>XXXXX</span><span id="span2">XXXXX</span></div> </div> </body> </html>