html - Allow specific tag to override overflow:hidden

Question

I've got a <div>, that's a certain height and width, and overflow:hidden so that specfic inner images are clipped; however I want one image in the <div> to pop out of the border (ie to override the overflow:hidden), how do I do this?

Answer 1

The trick is to keep the overflow:hidden element with position:static and position the overflowing element relative to a higher parent (rather than the overflow:hidden parent). Like so:

.relative-wrap {
    /*relative on second parent*/
    position: relative;
}

.overflow-wrap {
    height: 250px;
    width: 250px;
    overflow: hidden;
    background: lightblue;
    
    /*no relative on immediate parent*/
}

.respect-overflow {
    position: relative;
    top: 75px;
    left: 225px;
    height: 50px;
    width: 50px;
    background: green;    
}
.no-overflow {
    position: absolute;
    top: 150px;
    left: 225px;
    height: 50px;
    width: 50px;
    background: red;
}

<div class="relative-wrap">
    
    <div class="overflow-wrap">
        
        <div class="respect-overflow">
        
        </div>
        <div class="no-overflow">
            
        </div>
        
    </div>
    
</div>