# Clips Children

The `Clips Children` property controls whether children of a component or container can render outside of the bounds of their parent. By default this is false, which means that all children are not clipped (can fully-render) regardless of whether they are within the bounds of their parent or not. Setting this value to true prevents children from rendering outside of the bounds of their parent.

![Clips Children set to true prevents children from rendering outside of the container's bounds](/files/ERFsyfGhk3Vsix5q7dPe)

Children outside of the bounds of a container with Clips Children set to true can also be clipped by setting a container's [Is Render Target](/gum/gum-tool/gum-elements/container/is-render-target.md) value to true.


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