On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 09:44:31PM +0100, Alan K Baker wrote: > According to my books position:relative is to give a point of > reference to any absolute positioned elements inside it. That's always > been my understanding and it's always worked. > > "CSS The Missing Manual" says: Relative - A relatively placed element > is placed relative to its current position in the HTML flow. So for > example, setting a top value of 20px and a left value of 200px on a > relatively positioned headline moves the headline 20px down and 200px > to the left from wherever it would normally appear. > > So if you've set a position say top and left the <div> will move, but > position:relative is not the reason, it's set for the benefit of other > elements.
Yes, that all matches my understanding. Goto this browsershots.org url: http://browsershots.org/http://lpnc.us/donate.php You'll see that IE7 gets it right while IE6 has some unexplainable offset. It also works just fine in gecko browsers. In trying to figure it out I removed all the styling from the form and its fieldsets. All ok. Then I added just fieldset { position: relative; } and there was the crazy offset. It doesn't even seem to be related to any other screen element. > Regards, > > Alan. > > www.theatreorgans.co.uk > www.virtualtheatreorgans.com > Admin: ConnArtistes, UKShopsmiths, 2nd Touch & A-P groups > Shopsmith 520 + bits > Flatulus Antiquitus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Rick Pasotto > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:08 PM > Subject: [css-d] relative positioning > > > Is my understanding correct that putting: > > div#name1 { position: relative; } > > in the css file should have absolutely no effect on <div id="name1">? > > If that is correct, why then does IE6 move the div? Does it make a > difference that the block I'm dealing with is a fieldset? > > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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/ -- If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. -- James Madison Rick Pasotto [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.niof.net ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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/
