How to change div style on overflow

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Hi,

I want the DIV style to be changed when the contents within this DIV overflow... I have no Idea about doing this. Can anybody please help me how can I?

Any help is appreciated.

Regards,
Sunny_K

Posted 17-Jun-12 20:39pm

Sunny_Kumar_

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Sandeep Mewara 18-Jun-12 3:06am

What is inside the div?

Sunny_Kumar_ 18-Jun-12 3:13am

there is grid inside the DIV. Number of records are dynamic hence "overflow" property of the DIV is set to "auto" so that scrollbars show up automatically. I want to set It's borders when overflow occurs.

krumia 18-Jun-12 4:21am

Would CSS max-width and max-height properties help you?

Sunny_Kumar_ 18-Jun-12 4:51am

no they won't. I want something to occur when overflow happens, some action, change in style and this can not be done by setting max-width or max-height property. anyway, thanks for your time.

krumia 18-Jun-12 4:53am

I don't think what you say is possible. What exactly are you trying to do. Maybe there's a whole different way to do it.

Sunny_Kumar_ 18-Jun-12 5:09am

Krumia, thanks again for replying, it's just like "div:hover" in which something happens when we drag the mouse pointer to the linked control. I also want something to be happened like- "link:overflow". Hope this explanation help you to understand the picture.

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**Shelby Robertson** · Answer 1 · 2012-06-19T04:31:00

Solution 1

C#

var element = document.getElementById("div1");
if(element.scrollWidth > element.clientWidth)
       element.style.borderStyle="solid"; //whatever change you want to make

only works when the element is set to display:block

Posted 19-Jun-12 4:31am

Shelby Robertson