[thelist] pros and cons of absolute positioning in css

Kasimir K evolt at kasimir-k.fi
Thu Feb 24 07:39:21 CST 2005


>>The other solution is not at all ugly: use ems for sizing and
>>positioning the text containers - try enlarging the text, and the
>>containers grow too.

> But you can't use it in absolute layouts because you can't enlarge
> some boxes: they might overlap other boxes. The box sizes are fixed,
> whether in pixels or in percentages.

In the following example the boxes won't overlap each other when text 
size is changed:

div#box1
{
    position: absolute;
    top: 1em;
    left: 1em;
    width: 5em;
}

div#box2
{
    position: absolute;
    top: 1em;
    left: 6em;
}

If you mix px and em, then you have overlapping problems. If you stick 
to one or another - no problems. And if the one you stick to is em, then 
you have text containers scaling together with text.

.k



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