You think your html and css looking good and then you notice - a horizontal scrollbar when the site should not need to scroll!
Reasons for a scrollbar
They all come down to the same thing - the browser thinks it needs a bit more space…… Some situations that may trigger this perception or actual need:
- 100% width, plus some padding makes it more than 100%!
- 100% width, plus Italics : IE has to make it just that bit wider for the italics, perhaps forcing a horizontal scrollbar.
- <pre> preformatted code that is wider than it’s containing element.
Using overflow just hides the problem
A number of sites will advise using the overflow property to get rid of it. That may well bandaid it and admittedly it is a quick fix.