Overriding overflow: hidden

Question

I have a parent container with a lot of child elements. Due to animation reasons (child elements sliding in and out of the parent) I have set it\'s overflow pro

Answer 1

In the light of more discussion with OP, this answer doesn't help. Instead see comments for clarification with OP.

Firstly, it helps if you include some specific code.

Generically speaking, provide a CSS selector that is more specific to the child than the one that sets the overflow: hidden;

For instance,

Style:

.hide-children div {overflow: hidden;}
.hide-children div.show-me {overflow: none;}

HTML:

But like I said, only after some sample code can a more meaningful answer be provided.