relative positioning layer

[Stijn Goris]

hi all,

Hi all,

When using the relative positioning, relative to what is it positioned?

Lets say I use a table in a table in a table and place a layer inside.
Relative to what table will the layer be positioned?

kind regards
Stijn

 

[Kris]

hi all,
Hello

Hi all,

Yes, tall mountains.

When using the relative positioning, relative to what is it positioned?

Itself. Or, more specifically, the position the element would occupy if
not relative positioned. The values for top/left/bottom/right indicate
an offset from that location. The space that the element takes in when
not positioned is the space that stays in effect while relative
positioning is applied; this may look like the object is overlayed over
certain other objects (if offset is in effect) but still causing a
physical space.

Lets say I use a table in a table in a table

In theory, bad example. In practice, a disaster.

and place a layer inside.

I would have to assume here that you mean a Dreamweaver-produced DIV
here, CSS applied.

Relative to what table will the layer be positioned?

Relative to the position that the DIV normally occupies without the
positioning.

 

[Steve Pugh]

When using the relative positioning, relative to what is it positioned?

Relative to where the element would have been if it had not been
relatively positioned.

Lets say I use a table in a table in a table
http://dorward.me.uk/www/nested/

and place a layer inside.

What's a layer?
<layer> was a Netscape 4-ism that no other browser supports.
In CSS terms the word layer is not precisely defined, it could be any
positioned element, or any element with a z-index set, or something
more precise.

Relative to what table will the layer be positioned?

Depends on the precise code used.

If you use a simple position: relative then the "layer" will not be
positioned relative to any of the tables, it will be positioned
relative to where it would have been if the position style had not
been applied.

If you use position: absolute then the "layer" will be positioned
relative to the nearest parent element with position set to something
other than static (the default) or to the root element if no parent is
positioned.

Steve