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Combining concepts

By Steve Monas - Last updated: Monday, June 14, 2010

Absolute positioning is relative! In reality, an absolutely positioned element is relative to its containing block. The containing block is the nearest-positioned ancestor or the document’s initial containing block. It is a structurally superior element whose property is absolute or fixed or relative. The following example shows how an absolutely positioned element can be relative [...]