JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by George Batt

HTML

<div id="MayBeOverFlowDiv">
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  Just one sentence.  
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CSS

div{
    height:200px; 
    background:#EEE; 
    margin-bottom:10px;
}

JavaScript

$('#MayBeOverFlowDiv').css({overflow:'auto'})