Top "Css-position" questions

The "position" property in CSS allows you to control the location of an element on the page by setting its value to static (the default setting), relative, absolute, fixed, or sticky.

Negative margins vs relative positioning

I've come across many layout techniques involving negative margins, such as this classic for sidebar positioning. It seems like these …

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position:fixed when left/top/right/bottom aren't specified - desired results in FF/IE, but not in Safari

Sorry to have to ask yet another position:fixed related question, but reading through various other questions and forum threads …

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Allow absolutely positioned element to be wider than parent absolutely positioned element

Background I have a small one-level CSS flyout menu (well, technically it's an expanding element). It is absolutely positioned at …

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Assigning CSS width to a position:fixed element

I'd like a fixed element's width to match that of the div placed immediately below it. Imagine a header and …

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Prevent fixed position element from flickering during jQuery animation

This question lends itself to both normal jQuery and jQuery Mobile sites, as I am currently working on one of …

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CSS calc(); to position a div

I'm attempting to create a div that has a width and height of 37% of the view width. I want the …

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Fixed Div overlaps scrollbar of static div

I'm having trouble to to style my layout like I want it to. I have a content area #content (the …

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jQuery UI draggable with absolute position and bottom property

I am using jQuery UI to create a draggable <div>. The <div> is absolutely positioned to …

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Is position: fixed z-index relative to its parent's z-index?

I have a fixed position element inside a relatively positioned element, as far as I'm concerned the position: relative element …

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body: overflow-x - still able to scroll over with trackpad

I have a div with position: absolute set and it's just a tad bit wider than my browser window. I've …

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