Friday, February 17, 2012

How do I properly use position: absolute?


Sorry for the newbie question, but I can't seem to work around this issue just yet.



I have a website with dynamic content all over. When you go to the page of an article, it pulls the content from the database etc. If the user is logged in and is an admin on of the website, I am displaying an "Edit article" link in the top right corner. The only problem is the position of that "Edit article" div .



On different screen resolutions, it moves around, as the it's set with a position:absolute , top:x px , left:y px .



I am open to any suggestion (Javascript, jQuery most welcome, easy peasy CSS would be best if possible).

3 comments:

  1. An element with position: absolute is better to be wrapped with a position: relative element.

    See http://jsfiddle.net/XQYjV/

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  2. Use the below CSS no JavaScript is required.

    {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0px;
    right: 0px;
    }


    This will make sure the div or link will remain in the top right corner of the page even if the page is scrolled.

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  3. Use attribute right: 0px; instead of left: 900px; or whatever. This will absolutely position your div to the right 0 pixels away from the right-side of the window.

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