HTML CSS LI Wrapping

Question

I have a vertical menu in my system which is basically made of HTML ul/li with CSS styling (see image below). However I don't want the li items which are wider than the menu to wrap, I would prefer them to overflow with a horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the menu. How can I do this in CSS?

Answer 1

ul {   overflow: auto;  // allow li's to overflow w/ scroll bar                    // at the bottom of the menu }  li {   white-space: nowrap; // stop the wrapping in the first place } 

Answer 2

Use white-space:nowrap. Like so:

li {   white-space:nowrap; } 

Here's some documentation.

Answer 3

You would also need to give the style the ul:

ul{
 width:250px;
 overflow:auto;
}