- Posted by lio on October 29, 2008
CSS Positioning Properties
The CSS positioning properties allow you to specify the left, right, top, and bottom position of an element. It also allows you to set the shape of an element, place an element behind another, and to specify what should happen when an element's content is too big to fit in a specified area.
Browser support: IE: Internet Explorer, F: Firefox, N: Netscape.
W3C: The number in the "W3C" column indicates in which CSS recommendation the property is defined (CSS1 or CSS2).
| Property | Description | Values | IE | F | N | W3C |
| bottom | Sets how far the bottom edge of an element is above/below the bottom edge of the parent element | auto
%
length | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| clip | Sets the shape of an element. The element is clipped into this shape, and displayed | shape
auto | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| left | Sets how far the left edge of an element is to the right/left of the left edge of the parent element | auto
%
length | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
overflow
| Sets what happens if the content of an element overflow its area | visible
hidden
scroll
auto | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| position | Places an element in a static, relative, absolute or fixed position | static
relative
absolute
fixed | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| right | Sets how far the right edge of an element is to the left/right of the right edge of the parent element | auto
%
length | 5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| top | Sets how far the top edge of an element is above/below the top edge of the parent element | auto
%
length | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| vertical-align | Sets the vertical alignment of an element | baseline
sub
super
top
text-top
middle
bottom
text-bottom
length
% | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| z-index | Sets the stack order of an element | auto
number | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2
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