Hi Angela, I'm not sure about the consistency between IE and FF although I think they behave the same as far as I can see.
However I found this yesterday which explains positioning in a visual and easy to understand way. I think it's really good. Hope it helps. http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/html-training/css/positioning/ Cheers, Steve. On 30 July 2010 20:25, Angela French <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm being driving nuts by absolute positioning rendering between IE and FF. > I just want to confirm what I think is correct about absolute positioning. > My understanding is that an absolutely position element positions itself > relative to its parent container. If the parent has not positioning, then > it positions itself absolutely relative to the grandparent container, and so > forth, up to the <body>. Is this correct? > > If so, do both IE and FF follow this? > > Thank you. > > Angela French > Internet Specialist > State Board for Community and Technical Colleges > 360-704-4316 > [email protected] > http://www.checkoutacollege.com<http://www.checkoutacollege.com/> > > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/ > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
