Introduction to CSS Positioning
Explore the fundamentals of CSS positioning, including static, relative, absolute, and fixed values. Understand how each positioning type affects element placement and document flow. Learn to apply specificity rules to control which CSS declarations take precedence, enhancing your ability to design precise and responsive web layouts.
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CSS has a position property. Its values can be set to static, relative, absolute, and fixed.
What is CSS positioning?
CSS positioning is a way to “nudge” an HTML element, such as a div, in any direction we want, be it top, right, bottom, or left. Note that this “nudging” doesn’t remove the element from the normal document flow, it displaces it.
Here’s an example of three divs.
Each div’s display property is ...