How do i make the <p> text go down instead of going out the div

August 16, 2023

Hello i have a problem with my cards slider the <p> tag keeps going out but i want it to do down in order to fit the whole text for long descriptions how would i go about that?

If you see when i use long text the text ends up getting out the divider but instead i want it be kept inside

I tried using word-wrap: break-word; but it doesn’t work for me

div.scroll-container {
  background-color: #7289da;
  white-space: nowrap;
  padding: 10px;
  overflow-x: scroll;
    overflow-y: hidden;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
}

  .card {
    float: none; 
    display: inline-block;
    zoom: 1;   
  padding: 10px;
  width: 375px;
  height: 525px;
}

.container {
  padding: 2px 16px;
    background-color: #fff;
  color: #000;
height: 200px;
}

  .container p {
    color: #000;
    font-size: 20px;
  }

<div class="scroll-container" id="cardslist">
    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineernjifnnjknhbgvfdfcgvhbjnkmmnbgvfd</p>
  </div>
</div>

    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineer</p>
  </div>
</div>

    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineer</p>
  </div>
</div>
    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineer</p>
  </div>
</div>
</div>

>Solution :

The CSS property white-space: nowrap on div.scroll-container prevents line wrapping on whitespaces. Mozilla has a nice demo about that CSS property.

One possible fix is to explicitly set it back to normal for your container class.

As your dummy content has a quite long word, it will still overflow.
Using word-wrap: break-word; on the container class will fix that problem as well.

EDIT: as pointed out by @j08691 in the comments:

Adding vertical-align: top to .card will bring them back into alignment

Here is your code with the updated parts:

div.scroll-container {
  background-color: #7289da;
  white-space: nowrap;
  padding: 10px;
  overflow-x: scroll;
    overflow-y: hidden;
    -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;
}

  .card {
    float: none; 
    display: inline-block;
    zoom: 1;   
  padding: 10px;
  width: 375px;
  height: 525px;
  vertical-align: top;
}

.container {
  white-space: normal;
  word-wrap: break-word;
  padding: 2px 16px;
    background-color: #fff;
  color: #000;
height: 200px;
}

  .container p {
    color: #000;
    font-size: 20px;
  }

<div class="scroll-container" id="cardslist">
    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineernjifnnjknhbgvfdfcgvhbjnkmmnbgvfd</p>
  </div>
</div>

    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineer</p>
  </div>
</div>

    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineer</p>
  </div>
</div>
    <div class="card">
  <img src="icon.png" alt="Avatar" style="width:100%">
  <div class="container">
    <h4><b>John Doe</b></h4>
    <p>Architect & Engineer</p>
  </div>
</div>
</div>