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The document explains CSS positioning, detailing how to position HTML elements using relative, absolute, and fixed positioning. It outlines the use of top and left properties to move elements and provides examples for each positioning method. The document emphasizes that positioning can be adjusted with positive and negative values for precise placement.

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CSSPositioning

The document explains CSS positioning, detailing how to position HTML elements using relative, absolute, and fixed positioning. It outlines the use of top and left properties to move elements and provides examples for each positioning method. The document emphasizes that positioning can be adjusted with positive and negative values for precise placement.

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CSS - Positioning

CSS helps you to position your HTML element. You can put any HTML
element at whatever location you like. You can specify whether you want
the element positioned relative to its natural position in the page or
absolute based on its parent element.

Now, we will see all the CSS positioning related properties with examples −

Relative Positioning
Relative positioning changes the position of the HTML element relative to
where it normally appears. So "left:20" adds 20 pixels to the element's LEFT
position.

You can use two values top and left along with the position property to
move an HTML element anywhere in the HTML document.

 Move Left - Use a negative value for left.

 Move Right - Use a positive value for left.

 Move Up - Use a negative value for top.

 Move Down - Use a positive value for top.

NOTE − You can use bottom or right values as well in the same way
as topand left.

Here is the example −

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

<div style="position:relative;left:80px;top:2px;background-
color:yellow;">

This div has relative positioning.

</div>

</body>
</html>

It will produce the following result −

Absolute Positioning
An element with position: absolute is positioned at the specified
coordinates relative to your screen top-left corner.

You can use two values top and left along with the position property to
move an HTML element anywhere in the HTML document.

 Move Left - Use a negative value for left.

 Move Right - Use a positive value for left.

 Move Up - Use a negative value for top.

 Move Down - Use a positive value for top.

NOTE − You can use bottom or right values as well in the same way as top
and left.

Here is an example −

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

<div style="position:absolute; left:80px; top:20px; background-


color:yellow;">

This div has absolute positioning.

</div>

</body>

</html>

Fixed Positioning
Fixed positioning allows you to fix the position of an element to a particular
spot on the page, regardless of scrolling. Specified coordinates will be
relative to the browser window.
You can use two values top and left along with the position property to
move an HTML element anywhere in the HTML document.

 Move Left - Use a negative value for left.

 Move Right - Use a positive value for left.

 Move Up - Use a negative value for top.

 Move Down - Use a positive value for top.

NOTE − You can use bottom or right values as well in the same way
as topand left.

Here is an example −

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body>

<div style="position:fixed; left:80px; top:20px; background-


color:yellow;">

This div has fixed positioning.

</div>

</body>

</html>

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