Hello,
as I understand the specs http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#x19 an
absolute positioned block element is positioned relative to its parent
element. This is told in the german selfhtml reference, too: http://de.selfhtml.org/navigation/cs...positionierung
In fact firefox and konqueror do position the block relativ to the window
border. This is explained here, too: http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/dhtml_css.asp
Which behaviour is correct?
Here is an example:
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#header { height: 44px;
border: 1px solid black;}
#copyright { border: 1px solid green;
position: absolute;
right: 12px;
bottom: 0px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="header">
<div id="copyright" >
blah foo text
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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Gert Brinkmann wrote: as I understand the specs http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#x19 an
absolute positioned block element is positioned relative to its parent
element.
No, to its containing block, which is defined as the nearest ancestor
element which has a position property with a value other than "static". If
there is no such element then it is from the edges of the viewport.
In fact firefox and konqueror do position the block relativ to the window
border.
Only if there isn't a containing block ... and you don't have any toolbars
or menu bars in your window.
This is explained here, too:
http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/dhtml_css.asp
W3Schools - wrong again.
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David Dorward wrote: Gert Brinkmann wrote:
as I understand the specs http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#x19 an
absolute positioned block element is positioned relative to its parent
element.
No, to its containing block, which is defined as the nearest ancestor
element which has a position property with a value other than "static". If
there is no such element then it is from the edges of the viewport.
Thank you very much for your answer. It's unbelievable, but it is true. This
is the way, firefox behaves (I did not check other browsers). Hmm, does
this behaviour make sense? But ok, this is not the question here.
Thanks again,
Gert
>> No, to its containing block, which is defined as the nearest ancestor
element which has a position property with a value other than "static". If
there is no such element then it is from the edges of the viewport.
Thank you very much for your answer. It's unbelievable, but it is true. [...]
Why is it unbelievable? It provides a way to position:absolu te in any
containing block.
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Jim Moe wrote: Why is it unbelievable? It provides a way to position:absolu te in any
containing block.
Certainly yes, but IMHO it is not very intuitive. If you lay out a DIV
containing a lot of styled HTML, I do not like that the content changes
layout if you change the placing of the DIV. But perhaps I first have to
internalise(?) this technique.
Gert
Gert Brinkmann wrote : David Dorward wrote:
Gert Brinkmann wrote:
as I understand the specs http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#x19 an
absolute positioned block element is positioned relative to its parent
element.
No, to its containing block, which is defined as the nearest ancestor
element which has a position property with a value other than "static". If
there is no such element then it is from the edges of the viewport.
Thank you very much for your answer. It's unbelievable, but it is true. This
is the way, firefox behaves (I did not check other browsers). Hmm, does
this behaviour make sense? But ok, this is not the question here.
Thanks again,
Gert
I personally reported this bug at Opera some 30 months ago when Opera
7.0 beta 1 came out. I also reported the problem, that precise bug to
MSIE 7 dev. team too.
"percentage width value on absolutely positioned elements should
calculate the %tage of the containing block, not %tage of the immediate
parent node of the abs. pos. elements. Safari 1.x and Mozilla-based
browsers supports this correctly (...)" http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/defaul...rSupportforCSS
FYI, Opera 6.06 did not have that bug: it was positioning an abs. pos.
element regarding its positioned ancestor otherwise relative to the
viewport dimension.
Gérard
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Gert Brinkmann wrote: Jim Moe wrote:
Why is it unbelievable? It provides a way to position:absolu te in any
containing block.
Certainly yes, but IMHO it is not very intuitive. If you lay out a DIV
containing a lot of styled HTML, I do not like that the content changes
layout if you change the placing of the DIV. But perhaps I first have to
internalise(?) this technique.
See it this way:
If you have
<div class="a">
..
<div class="b">..</div>
..
</div>
and div.b should be positioned relative to div.a, you don't want the layout
to change, if you insert (for semantic reasons) another level inbetween:
<div class="a">
..
<div>
<div class="b">..</div>
</div>
..
</div>
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