[thelist] pros and cons of absolute positioning in css

Rick Hurst rick.hurst at gmail.com
Mon Feb 28 06:51:08 CST 2005


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 13:39:21 +0000, Kasimir K <evolt at kasimir-k.fi> wrote:

> > 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:
<snip>
yes that works horizontally, but if you wanted something like a footer
to go underneath those columns, there is no way of positioning it so
that it would move down/up if the text was resized. I usually resort
to having the footer inside the main column as a work around.

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Rick Hurst
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