 IFRAMEs are very useful for embedding content into a web page, particularly another URL. They are often misused for their box functionality and scrollbars. CSS has a property that allows for better control and a more reliable use: Overflow.
An IFRAME lets you embed a page into another one creating a box or frame within your page; like this:
<iframe height="250" width="250" src="http://www.google.com">
Your browser can't display IFRAMEs
</iframe>
If you want to present content in a similar fashion, that is, within a box with scrollbars, you can use a block element (a DIV for this example) and style it with CSS Overflow:
<div style="width:250px; height:250px; overflow:scroll">
Test content. This is a block element, in this case a DIV,
styled to have specific width and height,
and also features overflow control.
</div>
Overflow supports the following values:
visible
If there is content exceeding the box’s size, it will flow out of the box
Test content. This is a block element, in this case a DIV,
styled to have specific width and height,
and also features overflow control.
hidden
If there is content exceeding the box’s size, it will be hidden
Test content. This is a block element, in this case a DIV,
styled to have specific width and height,
and also features overflow control.
scroll
Force display of horizontal and vertical scrollbars
Test content. This is a block element, in this case a DIV,
styled to have specific width and height,
and also features overflow control.
auto
Show scrollbars if necessary (either horizontal, vertical or both)
Test content. This is a block element, in this case a DIV,
styled to have specific width and height,
and also features overflow control.
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