They should have "position:absolute" instead if "position:relative".
Relative means relative to the "normal" position. In this case you would have to set negative values for top/left to achieve an overlapping. Petar schrieb: > I'm trying to create and place several <img> elements inside an empty > <div>. Images should have specific coordinates inside a div and should > be overlapping. I tried this: > > $('<img src="pic1.gif" alt="" />').appendTo("#myDiv").css( { position: > 'relative', left: '10px', top: '10px' } ); > $('<img src="pic2.gif" alt="" />').appendTo("#myDiv").css( { position: > 'relative', left: '30px', top: '30px' } ); > $('<img src="pic3.gif" alt="" />').appendTo("#myDiv").css( { position: > 'relative', left: '50px', top: '50px' } ); > > but images are detached horizontally, although they should overlap. > Vertical positions are OK. > Is there a "right way" to accomplish this? > > Petar