出于封装原因，我扩展了Element。从微观回答。

/*
 * isOverflowing
 * 
 * Checks to see if the element has overflowing content
 * 
 * @returns {}
 */
Element.prototype.isOverflowing = function(){
    return this.scrollHeight > this.clientHeight || this.scrollWidth > this.clientWidth;
}

像这样使用它

let elementInQuestion = document.getElementById("id_selector");

    if(elementInQuestion.isOverflowing()){
        // do something
    }

您可以检查相对于偏移父函数的边界。

// Position of left edge relative to frame left courtesy
// http://www.quirksmode.org/js/findpos.html
function absleft(el) {
  var x = 0;
  for (; el; el = el.offsetParent) {
    x += el.offsetLeft;
  }
  return x;
}

// Position of top edge relative to top of frame.
function abstop(el) {
  var y = 0;
  for (; el; el = el.offsetParent) {
    y += el.offsetTop;
  }
  return y;
}

// True iff el's bounding rectangle includes a non-zero area
// the container's bounding rectangle.
function overflows(el, opt_container) {
  var cont = opt_container || el.offsetParent;
  var left = absleft(el), right = left + el.offsetWidth,
      top = abstop(el), bottom = top + el.offsetHeight;
  var cleft = absleft(cont), cright = cleft + cont.offsetWidth,
      ctop = abstop(cont), cbottom = ctop + cont.offsetHeight;
  return left < cleft || top < ctop
      || right > cright || bottom > cbottom;
}

如果你传递给它一个元素，它会告诉你它的边界是否完全在容器中，如果没有显式提供容器，它将默认为元素的offset父元素。

元素可以垂直、水平或同时进行溢出。如果DOM元素被覆盖，这个函数将返回一个布尔值:

function isOverflown(element) {
  return element.scrollHeight > element.clientHeight || element.scrollWidth > element.clientWidth;
}

function isOverflown(element) { return element.scrollHeight > element.clientHeight || element.scrollWidth > element.clientWidth; } var els = document.getElementsByClassName('demos'); for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) { var el = els[i]; el.style.borderColor = (isOverflown(el) ? 'red' : 'green'); console.log("Element #" + i + " is " + (isOverflown(el) ? '' : 'not ') + "overflown."); } .demos { white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; width: 120px; border: 3px solid black; } <div class='demos'>This is some text inside the div which we are testing</div> <div class='demos'>This is text.</div>

ES6例子:

const isOverflown = ({ clientWidth, clientHeight, scrollWidth, scrollHeight }) => {
    return scrollHeight > clientHeight || scrollWidth > clientWidth;
}

如果您只想显示更多内容的标识符，那么您可以使用纯CSS来实现这一点。我使用纯滚动阴影。诀窍在于使用background-attachment: local;。你的css看起来是这样的:

.scrollbox { overflow: auto; width: 200px; max-height: 200px; margin: 50px auto; background: /* Shadow covers */ linear-gradient(white 30%, rgba(255,255,255,0)), linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0), white 70%) 0 100%, /* Shadows */ radial-gradient(50% 0, farthest-side, rgba(0,0,0,.2), rgba(0,0,0,0)), radial-gradient(50% 100%,farthest-side, rgba(0,0,0,.2), rgba(0,0,0,0)) 0 100%; background: /* Shadow covers */ linear-gradient(white 30%, rgba(255,255,255,0)), linear-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0), white 70%) 0 100%, /* Shadows */ radial-gradient(farthest-side at 50% 0, rgba(0,0,0,.2), rgba(0,0,0,0)), radial-gradient(farthest-side at 50% 100%, rgba(0,0,0,.2), rgba(0,0,0,0)) 0 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: white; background-size: 100% 40px, 100% 40px, 100% 14px, 100% 14px; /* Opera doesn't support this in the shorthand */ background-attachment: local, local, scroll, scroll; } <div class="scrollbox"> <ul> <li>Not enough content to scroll</li> <li>2</li> <li>3</li> <li>4</li> <li>5</li> </ul> </div> <div class="scrollbox"> <ul> <li>Ah! Scroll below!</li> <li>2</li> <li>3</li> <li>4</li> <li>5</li> <li>6</li> <li>7</li> <li>8</li> <li>9</li> <li>10</li> <li>1</li> <li>2</li> <li>3</li> <li>4</li> <li>5</li> <li>6</li> <li>7</li> <li>8</li> <li>The end!</li> <li>No shadow there.</li> </ul> </div>

代码和示例可以在http://dabblet.com/gist/2462915上找到

你可以在这里找到解释:http://lea.verou.me/2012/04/background-attachment-local/。

你应该考虑的另一个问题是JS不可用。考虑渐进增强或优雅降级。我建议:

默认添加“更多按钮” 默认添加溢出规则 隐藏按钮，并在JS中进行CSS修改后比较元素。scrollHeight到element.clientHeight

像http://jsfiddle.net/Skooljester/jWRRA/1/这样的代码有用吗?它只是检查内容的高度，并将其与容器的高度进行比较。如果大于，则可以在代码中添加“显示更多”按钮。

更新:增加了在容器顶部创建“Show More”按钮的代码。