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From: GILLENWATER, ZOE M
Date: Nov 19, 2012 2:33PM

Hi Bryan,

I totally understand the need to have an across-the-board class that you can use in any scenario. I personally am completely comfortable not adding the overflow:hidden even on an as-needed basis, since it's such a minor visual issue that will hardly ever occur. But I mention it in the interest of full disclosure and to appease very picky designers. ;)

I've read the article that you link to and have not seen any scrollbars appear on removing overflow:hidden. I think the width and height declarations Jonathan added took care of the problem he described, and the overflow is just one of those "extra insurance" pieces of CSS that sometimes gets added and isn't really needed.

Out of curiosity, did you try the test page I created, or your own pages?

Thanks,
Zoe

Zoe Gillenwater
Web Accessibility Technical Architect
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