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Asked: 2026-05-23T08:51:29+00:00

Objective I have a main DIV with fixed height and width, and in that

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I have a main DIV with fixed height and width, and in that I want have lots of small DIV’s to float freely. I have more small DIV’s than can fit in the main DIV. Then it seems that by default is disappear small DIV’s down outside the main DIV. I want them instead to disappear to the right.

I want to trigger a horizontal scrollbar, but no vertical.

Background

I tested this with white-space: nowrap as described at http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum83/8844.htm

And it works perfect if I have only text or images in the main DIV.

Question

But how do I do when the main DIV contains only small DIV’s?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Wrap your smaller divs in a third div that has a greater width than your main div like so. Assuming I understood your question correctly no jquery is needed. 

    <html>
    <head>
        <style type="text/css">       
            .div_1
            {

                height: 350px;
                width: 350px;
                margin: auto;
                border: 1px black solid;
                overflow-y: hidden;
                overflow-x: scroll;
            }

            .div_3
            {
                float: left;
                height: 350px;
                width: 500px;
                margin: auto;
                border: 1px black solid;
                overflow-y: hidden;
                overflow-x: scroll;
            }

            .div_2
            {
                height: 100px;
                width: 100px;
                border: 1px solid #A2A2A2;
                float: left;
            }
        </style>
    </head>

    <body>
        <div class="div_1">
            <div class="div_3">
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
                <div class="div_2"></div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>
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