Its part of the spec I believe. An element is "absolutly" positioned within it's containing element ( which I think has to be block level for obvious reasons ). A basic example is that a single absolutly positioned element ( say a div#example ) within the body tag is positioned to the body tag which makes up the entire viewport - or window.
Now wraping an extra div ( say div#example_wrap ) around the divi#example element the divi#example will then position itself to the coordinates within the div#example_wrap ( the containing element i.e. div#example_wrap in this case must have a relative or absolute position itself for it work in most browsers - just like Johnno said ). Relative positioning is a different ballgame. On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 09:50:16 +1100, Johnno Shadbolt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If an element (your image) is positioned with absolute, inside another > element (a div) that is positioned with relative (it is easy to make > divs center-align), it should follow the absolute positioning, but > still be in the div. > ****************************************************** > The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help > ****************************************************** > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
