Making a div smaller than its contents

Question

I'm trying to show a div on a webpage, with mostly text.

I would like to know if I can make it smaller so that not all the contents are able to be seen so I later on can make it larger using JavaScript.

Answer 1

Sure, just specify an overflow of hidden.

EG: in CSS:

#divid {
   height: 100px;
   overflow: hidden;
}

That'd make it cut it off after 100 pixels.