Chetan, it's more of a case — as the article clearly explains — that the element is taken out of flow, thus float is rendered impotent.
Sent from my iPod On 15 Dec 2010, at 18:09, Chetan Crasta <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I thought this article could be of interest to this list: >>>> <http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2010/12/14/the-css-position-property/> > >> I believe the article says that already. >> Check the first bullet point in the "Things to remember" about >> position:absolute. It says: >> >> For *any* 'absolute' or 'fixed' positioned element the computed value for >> display is block. > > Yes, I noticed this later. > > One point which I think is not mentioned in the article is: On > absolutely and fixed positioned elements, the computed value of float > is none, regardless of any float declarations. > > ~Chetan > ______________________________________________________________________ > 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/
