Firefox and Netscape

[News]

If I try the following

div
{
position: relative;
top: 50%;
left: 40%;
}

It shows different in IE 6.0 , Firefox 1.5 and Netscape 8.0.4 .

I have tried everything from 50% to 350% and in Firefox and Netscape the top
remains positioned in the same spot. In IE it moves.

Could someone tell me what the problem is.

[Mark Parnell]

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I have tried everything from 50% to 350% and in Firefox and Netscape the top
remains positioned in the same spot. In IE it moves.

Could someone tell me what the problem is.

Not really without a URL.

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[News]

"Mark Parnell" <we*******@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message
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Deciding to do something for the good of humanity, News
<warren@no_S_P_A_M_wyght.com> spouted in
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets:

I have tried everything from 50% to 350% and in Firefox and Netscape the
top
remains positioned in the same spot. In IE it moves.

Could someone tell me what the problem is.

Not really without a URL.

--
Mark Parnell

I don't have it in a URL as of yet, I did try changing it from

div
{
position: relative;
top: 50%;
left: 40%;
}

TO
div
{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 40%;
}

It works in all of them, which tells me that IE is willing to make up for my
errors or lazy code where as the others are not. I will "try" to find the
reason absolute works and relative does not.

Thanks for your help

[kchayka]

News wrote:

div
{
position: relative;
top: 50%;
left: 40%;
}

It shows different in IE 6.0 , Firefox 1.5 and Netscape 8.0.4 .

I suspect you are misusing position:relative. Chances are you didn't
read the CSS specs, so you are probably making some false assumptions on
what relative positioning does.

<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-position>

You might actually be wanting position:absolute, but that opens up a
whole new can of worms and shouldn't be used unless you understand the
repercussions.

It is even possible you don't need explicit positioning at all, but it's
hard to say without knowing what you are trying to accomplish.

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News wrote:

div
{
position: relative;
top: 50%;
left: 40%;
}

It shows different in IE 6.0 , Firefox 1.5 and Netscape 8.0.4 .

I suspect you are misusing position:relative. Chances are you didn't
read the CSS specs, so you are probably making some false assumptions on
what relative positioning does.

<URL:http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-position>

You might actually be wanting position:absolute, but that opens up a
whole new can of worms and shouldn't be used unless you understand the
repercussions.

It is even possible you don't need explicit positioning at all, but it's
hard to say without knowing what you are trying to accomplish.

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Reply email address is a bottomless spam bucket.
Please reply to the group so everyone can share.

I am ONLY trying to learn how to do this, I have not begun to apply CSS to a
URL yet as I am a C++ coder and only just moved into this field.

I will read that thanks