Relative Position Property

Relative Position Property

The relative value of the position property specifies how the element will be positions relative to how it would have been positioned by default. 

It is used in combination with a direction (top, bottom, left, and right).

Let's view an example of relative position in action:

CSS Code

div {

  background-color:#FF00FF;

  width:250px;

  height:60px;

}

p {

}

 

The HTML code,

<div>

  <p>Example to show relative position.

</div>

The Output is as follow:

Type the above code and see the output (Default Position).

Example2

div {

  background-color:#FF00FF;

  width:250px;

  height:60px;

}

p {

  position:relative;

  top:15px;

}

<div>

  <p>Example to show relative position.

</div>

The Output is as follow:

Type the above code and see the output (Using Relative Position Property).

Absolute Position Property

Absolute Position Property in Cascading Style Sheet

The absolute value of the position property means that the element will be displayed in the same location within the browser, with the location being determined by top, bottom, left, or right properties.

The element will move with the rest of the content when scrolling. As an example, you will see a red ball 550 pixels from the top of the browser and 400 pixels from the left of the browser.

The code for this is:

p {

  position:absolute;

  top:50px;

  left:600px;

}

The HTML code,

<div>

  <p><img src="red-ball.jpg">

</div>

depicts that the image you see that is 50px from the top of the browser and 600px from the left of the browser. Please notice that as you scroll up and down and page, the red ball moves along with the rest of the page.

This is different from when we specify {position:fixed;}, when the red ball stays in the same place as the rest of the page moves.