# PostCSS Overflow Shorthand [<img src="https://postcss.github.io/postcss/logo.svg" alt="PostCSS Logo" width="90" height="90" align="right">][postcss] [![NPM Version][npm-img]][npm-url] [![CSS Standard Status][css-img]][css-url] [![Build Status][cli-img]][cli-url] [<img alt="Discord" src="https://shields.io/badge/Discord-5865F2?logo=discord&logoColor=white">][discord] [PostCSS Overflow Shorthand] lets you use the `overflow` shorthand in CSS, following the [CSS Overflow] specification. [](https://caniuse.com/#feat=css-overflow) ```pcss html { overflow: hidden auto; } /* becomes */ html { overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; overflow: hidden auto; } ``` ## Usage Add [PostCSS Overflow Shorthand] to your project: ```bash npm install postcss postcss-overflow-shorthand --save-dev ``` Use it as a [PostCSS] plugin: ```js const postcss = require('postcss'); const postcssOverflowShorthand = require('postcss-overflow-shorthand'); postcss([ postcssOverflowShorthand(/* pluginOptions */) ]).process(YOUR_CSS /*, processOptions */); ``` [PostCSS Overflow Shorthand] runs in all Node environments, with special instructions for: | [Node](INSTALL.md#node) | [PostCSS CLI](INSTALL.md#postcss-cli) | [Webpack](INSTALL.md#webpack) | [Create React App](INSTALL.md#create-react-app) | [Gulp](INSTALL.md#gulp) | [Grunt](INSTALL.md#grunt) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ## Options ### preserve The `preserve` option determines whether the original `overflow` declaration is preserved. By default, it is preserved. ```js postcssOverflowShorthand({ preserve: false }) ``` ```pcss html { overflow: hidden auto; } /* becomes */ html { overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: auto; } ``` [cli-img]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/workflows/test/badge.svg [cli-url]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/actions/workflows/test.yml?query=workflow/test [css-img]: https://cssdb.org/images/badges/overflow-property.svg [css-url]: https://cssdb.org/#overflow-property [discord]: https://discord.gg/bUadyRwkJS [npm-img]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/postcss-overflow-shorthand.svg [npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/postcss-overflow-shorthand [CSS Overflow]: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-overflow/#propdef-overflow [Gulp PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/gulp-postcss [Grunt PostCSS]: https://github.com/nDmitry/grunt-postcss [PostCSS]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss [PostCSS Loader]: https://github.com/postcss/postcss-loader [PostCSS Overflow Shorthand]: https://github.com/csstools/postcss-plugins/tree/main/plugins/postcss-overflow-shorthand