diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 2bee89bc..9a3f7457 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 http://visjs.org
 
 
+## not yet released, version 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+
+### Timeline
+
+- Fixed range items not being displayed smaller than 10 pixels (twice the
+  padding). In order to have overflowing text, one should now apply css style
+  `.vis.timeline .item.range { overflow: visible; }` instead of
+  `.vis.timeline .item.range .content { overflow: visible; }`.
+  See example 18_range_overflow.html.
+
+
 ## not yet released, version 3.9.2-SNAPSHOT
 
 ### Network
diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 1c1fd918..7d53e2ad 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vis",
-  "version": "3.9.2-SNAPSHOT",
+  "version": "4.0.0-SNAPSHOT",
   "main": ["dist/vis.min.js", "dist/vis.min.css"],
   "description": "A dynamic, browser-based visualization library.",
   "homepage": "http://visjs.org/",
diff --git a/dist/vis.css b/dist/vis.css
index 81c94194..a8d8510f 100644
--- a/dist/vis.css
+++ b/dist/vis.css
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
   border-width: 1px;
   background-color: #D5DDF6;
   display: inline-block;
-  padding: 5px;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item.selected {
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item.background {
-  overflow: hidden;
   border: none;
   background-color: rgba(213, 221, 246, 0.4);
   box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -229,13 +228,11 @@
   position: relative;
   display: inline-block;
   max-width: 100%;
-  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item.background .content {
   position: absolute;
   display: inline-block;
-  overflow: hidden;
   max-width: 100%;
   margin: 5px;
 }
@@ -250,7 +247,8 @@
 
 .vis.timeline .item .content {
   white-space: nowrap;
-  overflow: hidden;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  padding: 5px;
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item .delete {
diff --git a/dist/vis.js b/dist/vis.js
index 59f20156..9cba7e82 100644
--- a/dist/vis.js
+++ b/dist/vis.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  *
  * A dynamic, browser-based visualization library.
  *
- * @version 3.9.2-SNAPSHOT
- * @date    2015-02-05
+ * @version 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ * @date    2015-02-09
  *
  * @license
  * Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Almende B.V, http://almende.com
diff --git a/dist/vis.min.css b/dist/vis.min.css
index a390c40d..2c5af6eb 100644
--- a/dist/vis.min.css
+++ b/dist/vis.min.css
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/dist/vis.min.js b/dist/vis.min.js
index 9f87aad1..641fe98b 100644
--- a/dist/vis.min.js
+++ b/dist/vis.min.js
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  *
  * A dynamic, browser-based visualization library.
  *
- * @version 3.9.2-SNAPSHOT
- * @date    2015-02-05
+ * @version 4.0.0-SNAPSHOT
+ * @date    2015-02-09
  *
  * @license
  * Copyright (C) 2011-2014 Almende B.V, http://almende.com
diff --git a/examples/timeline/18_range_overflow.html b/examples/timeline/18_range_overflow.html
index 8f9f7506..d222fa75 100644
--- a/examples/timeline/18_range_overflow.html
+++ b/examples/timeline/18_range_overflow.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       font-family: sans-serif;
     }
 
-    .vis.timeline .item.range .content {
+    .vis.timeline .item.range {
       overflow: visible;
     }
   </style>
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   In case of ranges being spread over a wide range of time, it can be interesting to have the text contents of the ranges overflow the box. This can be achieved by changing the overflow property of the contents to visible with css:
 </p>
 <pre>
-.vis.timeline .item.range .content {
+.vis.timeline .item.range {
   overflow: visible;
 }
 </pre>
diff --git a/lib/timeline/component/css/item.css b/lib/timeline/component/css/item.css
index bdc67340..8b766ab5 100644
--- a/lib/timeline/component/css/item.css
+++ b/lib/timeline/component/css/item.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   border-width: 1px;
   background-color: #D5DDF6;
   display: inline-block;
-  padding: 5px;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item.selected {
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item.background {
-  overflow: hidden;
   border: none;
   background-color: rgba(213, 221, 246, 0.4);
   box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -62,13 +61,11 @@
   position: relative;
   display: inline-block;
   max-width: 100%;
-  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item.background .content {
   position: absolute;
   display: inline-block;
-  overflow: hidden;
   max-width: 100%;
   margin: 5px;
 }
@@ -83,7 +80,8 @@
 
 .vis.timeline .item .content {
   white-space: nowrap;
-  overflow: hidden;
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  padding: 5px;
 }
 
 .vis.timeline .item .delete {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f8743277..3edd4105 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vis",
-  "version": "3.9.2-SNAPSHOT",
+  "version": "4.0.0-SNAPSHOT",
   "description": "A dynamic, browser-based visualization library.",
   "homepage": "http://visjs.org/",
   "repository": {