Chapter 9 - Visual formatting model - 9.6 Absolute positioning
Go to the relevant page of the specification.
- position-absolute-003
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Absolute position element taken out of flow
Absolute positioned elements are taken out of the normal flow when they have explicit offsets. - position-absolute-004
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Absolutely positioned elements establishes a new containing block for normal flow children
An absolutely positioned box establishes a new containing block for normal flow children. - position-absolute-005
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Absolutely positioned elements do not establish a new containing block for fixed position descendants
An absolutely positioned box does not establish a new containing block for fixed positioned descendants. - position-absolute-006
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Absolutely positioned elements establishes a new containing block for absolutely positioned children
An absolutely positioned box establishes a new containing block for absolutely positioned children. - position-absolute-007
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Absolutely positioned elements child behavior
The contents of an absolutely positioned element do not flow around any other boxes and can obscure the contents of another box. - position-absolute-008
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Float is computed to 'none' when element is absolutely positioned
Float is computed to 'none' when 'position: absolute' is applied. - position-fixed-007
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Float is computed to 'none' when element is fixed positioned
Float is computed to 'none' when 'position: fixed' is applied.