9.6 Absolute positioning

Chapter 9 - Visual formatting model - 9.6 Absolute positioning

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position-absolute-003
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
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.
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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
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
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
Float is computed to 'none' when element is absolutely positioned
Float is computed to 'none' when 'position: absolute' is applied.
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Float is computed to 'none' when element is fixed positioned
Float is computed to 'none' when 'position: fixed' is applied.