Display the overflowed content when hovering over the element with CSS

To display the overflowed content while hovering over elements, you can try to run the following code:

Example

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         div.demo {
            white-space: nowrap;
            width: 180px;
            overflow: hidden;
            border: 2px solid blue;
        }
         div.demo:hover {
            text-overflow: inherit;
            overflow: visible;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <p>Hover to see the complete text below:</p>
      <br>
      <div class = "demo" style = "text-overflow:clip;">Demo Text that will hide in this box.</div>
   </body>
</html>
Updated on: 2020-06-23T15:48:59+05:30

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