For positioning elements, CSS has the following positioning methods −
Relative Positioning in CSS
With relative positioning, the element is positioned relative to its normal position. For this, use position: relative.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div.demo {
position: relative;
color: white;
background-color: orange;
border: 2px dashed blue;
left: 50px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Demo Heading</h2>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<div class="demo">
position: relative;
</div>
<p>This is another demo text.</p>
</body>
</html>Output
Absolute Positioning in CSS
With absolute positioning, an element is positioned relative to the nearest positioned ancestor.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div.demo1 {
position: relative;
color: white;
background-color: orange;
border: 2px dashed blue;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
}
div.demo2 {
position: absolute;
color: white;
background-color: orange;
border: 2px dashed blue;
top: 50px;
right: 0;
width: 300px;
height: 100px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Demo Heading</h2>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<div class="demo1">position: relative;
<div class="demo2">
position: absolute;
</div>
</div>
<p>This is another demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
</body>
</html>Output
Fixed Positioning in CSS
An element set with position: fixed; remains at the same place even when the page is scrolled.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div.demo1 {
position: relative;
color: white;
background-color: orange;
border: 2px dashed blue;
width: 600px;
height: 200px;
}
div.demo2 {
position: absolute;
color: white;
background-color: orange;
border: 2px dashed blue;
top: 50px;
right: 0;
width: 300px;
height: 100px;
}
div.demo3 {
position: fixed;
bottom: 0;
right: 20px;
width: 500px;
border: 3px solid orange;
color: blue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Demo Heading</h2>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<p>This is demo text.</p>
<div class="demo1">position: relative;
<div class="demo2">
position: absolute;
</div>
<div class="demo3">
position: fixed;
</div>
</div>
<p>This is another demo text.</p>
</body>
</html>Output
