Hi Felix, > > http://www.alistapart.com/articles/css-positioning-101/ > > Seemed interesting, until I got to the 5th reference to an invisible > example. > Where are they hidden, some offsite adserver/image host? I lost my > webdeveloper extension by upgrading my primary browser to a Gecko 2.0b.
<quote> A coordinate system is a reference point for offset properties. Recall in example C, our blue block (#box_2) is not sitting inside of any other elements, so the coordinate system it's using to offset itself 200 pixels from the left is the document itself. If we place the #box_2 element inside of #box_1, we'll get a different result, as #box_2 will position itself relative to the coordinate system from #box_1. </quote> This is plain wrong. Relatively positioned elements are not positioned in relation to a containing block, but offset in relation to their own default position in the flow. That #box_2 box would be at the same x coordinate if it was moved into #box_1. This article is not going to help people understand how things work. It is going to confuse them and make them believe that it's a good idea to use position for layout. :-( I like the way the author writes though... -- Regards, Thierry www.tjkdesign.com | www.ez-css.org | @thierrykoblentz ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
