relative-positioning

Can I make spaces between HTML tags not screw up relative positioning?

There is a line break between two <img> tags, and they are indented in the document for nice-formatting. But I'm using relative positioning and z-order to place one image (part of the layout) overtop of another. I have something like this <img style="position: relative; z-index: -1;" width=a height=b> <img style="position: relative; z...

Placing Hyperlink Over Image Relative to Each Other

nevermind, i figured it out ...

inline-block messes up with relative positioning

Hi, I have the following code: <HTML> <head> <style>div{border:dashed 1px silver}</style> </head> <BODY style="background: #fff;"> <div style="position: absolute; background: #0f0; width: 256px; height: 96px; overflow: scroll;"> <DIV style=" display: inline-block;position: relative;top: 64px; left: 32px;"> <DIV style="width: 18px...

CSS: positioning absolute divs in a relative div container (IE bug)

Hi guys, i have the following markup (i have stripped out the content by the way) <div id="playArea" style="position: relative"> <div class="widget" id="widget2" style="position: absolute;width:153px;top:282px;left:243px;" ></div> <div class="widget" id="widget8" style="position: absolute;width:278px;top:-2px;left:44...

Show an element relative to another with jQuery

I am working on an interface that requires that the user can click on a button, and then I will show a floating div positioned relative to the button (you can kind of think of it as the area that shows when you click the down arrow on a dropdown). How can I correctly position this floating element adjacent to the button which was clicke...

Absolute element inheriting relative parent div's width

I am trying to position a gradient over an inline / inline-block anchor link, and have that gradient inherit the width of that parent anchor. The problem is that the span either inherits the entire width of the anchor's parent, or just the width of the &nbsp;. I am unable to get the span element to properly inherit the width while mainta...

Jquery: Display element relative to another

Hi I am trying to display a drop down list using jquery everytime a user clicks on a particular formfield... At the moment the HTML is as stands // Form field to enter the time an event starts <div> <label for="eventTime"> Event Time </label> <input type = "text" name="eventTime" id="eventTime" class="time"> </label> </div> ...

CSS positioning breaks in Safari

Hi all, i have a website in which i am trying to position (using CSS) a certain on the page. the is absolutely positioned and is located inside a relatively positioned paernt . on firefox and even IE it looks ok but on Safari, things get messy and it shows 5 pixels lower than it should. i have tried to figure out for days now what is w...

CSS Relative sized header/footer

Hi I'm not a CSS expert so I might be missing something obvious. I'm trying to set a relative size header and footer (so that on larger monitors, the header and footer are larger than on smaller screens). To do this, I'm using a percentage height. However, this only works if I set the position to absolute. The problem is, setting it t...

In Firefox 2, usage of overflow:hidden makes other divs overlap current div

Hi, When I use overflow:hidden for div which is positioned absolute (for menu), other div overlaps. Here is the code. It works fine in FF3. Any help appreciated. Please note that html should be as it is. Also if you can provide solution, just by changing styles of menu div (the div which contains menu text) it is more helpful for me. Tha...

how do I prevent other elements from being affected by overflow hidden?

I have a parent element that has dynamic text in it that needs to be confined into a certain area. I had users that where writing sentences without using spaces (example:yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy etc...) This was breaking the structure of my styled text area. #ProfileCommentBody{ width:500px; font-family:Arial, He...

css Relative And Absolute Positioning Problem

hi my dear friends: i am looking for a way for overlapping a table on another , but with a condition. when u change the browser's size or u change the screen resolution so every positioning should be fine. i test absolute positioning (z-index and top and left) but when u change the browser's size or u change the screen resolution the ...

Item overlay in android

For Android app, i want to draw a line which has some items overlay on it, preferable dynamic programming. First, how to insert items overlay on the line? Second, how to define the distance between 1 items to another? Third, how to remember the sequence of the items on the line? ...

relative positioning and font sizing in flex

I need to position an object in the bottom half of a container (working on flex 4)- abt 25% above the bottom...and cant use x,y coordinates given need for resizing. I have been able to position the layout containers and they work well Also need fonts to resize as the buttons get smaller Appreciate your guidance in advance ...

How can I make a position:absolute; div inside a position: relative; div work in a layout centered by margin: 0 auto; ?

I have a centered layout using margin:0 auto;, but one of my child divs isn't positioning itself absolutely (relative to its parent). The page looks fine until the window is resized. Then the child div gets pushed to the very right, and the top image (in another div) gets clipped. What code changes do I need to make? Here's the CSS: ...

Relative positioned child whithin a relative positioned parent disappears in IE7

Hello all, For few days i'm looking for a good solution for my problem, but with no success. Here is my code: <ul style="list-style: none; position: relative;"> <li style="float: left;"><span style="position: relative; left: 5px; ">one</span></li> <li style="float: left;"><span>two</span></li> <li style="float: left;"><spa...

This panel keeps getting position: absolute applied. How can I stop it?

I'm using an AbsolutePanel to do some drag-and-drop kind of stuff. I add child Widgets to the AbsolutePanel, and then use absolutePanel.setWidgetPosition to set their position. But I keep getting this error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: com.google.gwt.user.client.ui.AbsolutePanel is missing CSS 'position:{relative,absolute,fixe...