Web platform features explorer - Absolute positioning

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The position: absolute CSS declaration removes an element from the normal flow and positions it relative to its containing block, which is often the root element, or closest positioned ancestor.

Status

Baseline Widely Available (since 2018-01-29)

MDN documentation

position

Specifications

CSS Positioned Layout Module Level 3 (#abspos-insets), from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group (W3C).

Browser support

Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
Firefox 1 Released on 2004-11-09
Firefox for Android 4 Released on 2011-03-29
Safari 1 Released on 2003-06-23
Safari on iOS 1 Released on 2007-06-29

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