Chris W. Parker wrote: > Ingo Chao <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 1:15 PM said: > > >> This does not sound wrong. >> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#choose-position >> "When a box B is relatively positioned, the position of the following >> box is calculated as though B were not offset." >> > > Hmm... then I don't understand how relatively positioning anything can > be useful, if after you initially position something you're forced to > position ever next element after the first one. >
You're right, relative positioning is not useful in the way you are using it. I would use a negative margin to shift something up like that. But relative positioning, without applying any offsets, is useful for setting things for absolutely positioned elements to base off of. Offsetting relative positioned elements is very occasionally useful when it doesn't matter if a gap is left behind. Zoe -- Zoe M. Gillenwater Design Services Manager UNC Highway Safety Research Center http://www.hsrc.unc.edu ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7b2 testing hub -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
