Absolute Positioning Using CSS

CSS Web Development Front End Technology

We can define positioning of an element in CSS as absolute which renders the element relative to the first positioned (except static) parent. Elements with positioning method as absolute are positioned by CSS Positioning properties (left, right, top and bottom).

Example

Let’s see an example for CSS Absolute Positioning Method −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
   margin: 0;
   position: absolute;
   top: 50%;
   left: 50%;
   transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
}
div:first-child {
   background-color: orange;
   text-align: center;
}
div:last-child {
   width: 250px;
   height: 100px;
   margin: auto;
   background-color: turquoise;
   position: absolute;
   z-index: -1;
   top:0;
   left: 0;
   right: 0;
   bottom: 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>Demo text</div>
<p>ICC is International Cricket Council is the governing body of Cricket founded in 1909........</p>
<div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Output

Following is the output for above code −

Example

Let’s see another example for positioning methods −

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
   border: 2px double #a43356;
   margin: 5px;
   padding: 5px;
}
#d1 {
   position: relative;
   height: 10em;
}
#d2 {
   position: absolute;
   width: 20%;
   bottom: 10px; /*relative to parent d1*/
}
#d3 {
   position: fixed;
   width: 30%;
   top:10em; /*relative to viewport*/
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="d1">MySQL is the most popular Open Source Relational SQL Database Management System. 
MySQL is one of the best RDBMS being used for developing various web-based software applications. <mark>relative</mark>
<div id="d2"><mark>absolute</mark></div>
<div id="d3"><mark>fixed</mark></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>