Set the type of box used to render an element.

Display

Options and behavior:

• Inline - Set the element to display inline 
• Inline-block - Set the element to display inline as a block. Inline-block elements can be given a width and height
• Block- Set the element to display as a block. Block elements can be given a width and a height
• None- Turn off the display of the element and all of its children
• Table- Set the element to behave like a table element
• Table-cell - Set the element to behave like a table-cell <td> element
• Flex - Set the element to a flex container
• Inline-flex - Sets the element to an inline flex container

See the diagram below to help you understand the affects of these properties.

Visibility

Options and behavior:

• Visible - Set the element to be visible on the page
• Hidden - Hide the element so that it won't appear
• Collapse - Removes a row or column in a table. This is only relevant for table elements. If selected on a non-table element, they will instead be hidden.

Overflow

Options and behavior:

• Visible - Set the element to be visible on the page
• Hidden - Hide the element so that it won't appear
• Scroll - Overflow content is hidden, but a scroll bar is added to view it
• Auto - Adds a scroll bar to view overflow content by default.

X-overflow

Set what happens to the overflow content of an element to its left and right.

Options and behavior:

• Visible - Overflow content is visible outside the content box
• Hidden - Overflow content outside the content box is hidden
• Scroll - Overflow content is hidden, but a scroll bar is added to view it
• Auto - Adds a scroll bar to view overflow content by default.

Y-overflow

Set what happens to the overflow content of an element at its top and bottom.

Options and behavior:

• Visible - Overflow content is visible outside the content box
• Hidden - Overflow content outside the content box is hidden
• Scroll - Overflow content is hidden, but a scroll bar is added to view it
• Auto - Adds a scroll bar to view overflow content by default.