Anchor positioning
Anchor positioning places an element based on the position of another element. For example, you can place a tooltip next to the content it references.
Status
Limited availability
MDN documentation
Specifications
Browser support (view on caniuse.com)
- Chrome ❌ See issues.chromium.org/issues/382294252 issues.chromium.org/issues/373874012 crbug.com/346521300 crbug.com/352360007 issues.chromium.org/issues/40281992 issues.chromium.org/issues/40059176
- Chrome Android ❌
- Edge ❌
- Firefox ❌ See bugzil.la/1838746 bugzil.la/1972610 Vendor position : positive
- Firefox for Android ❌ Vendor position : positive
- Safari ❌ Vendor position : support
- Safari on iOS ❌ Vendor position : support
Surveys
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Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~0.315% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.Interop
- Included in Interop 2025
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