> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Pasotto > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:56 AM > To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org > Subject: Re: [css-d] relative positioning > > 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.
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