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;
}