R042: Clipped text: content wider than its box with overflow hidden and no ellipsis
Horizontal overflow, overlapping text, clipped labels and fixed widths that Arabic text outgrows, at every breakpoint.
The check
- Id
- R042
- Category
- Layout
- Default severity
- high
What it looks for
Clipped text: content wider than its box with overflow hidden and no ellipsis
How to fix it
Let the container size to its content (remove the overflow trap), allow wrapping, or add text-overflow: ellipsis if truncation is intended.
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