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Questions and Answers
Which positioning property is used to lay out an element relative to the entire browser window?
Which positioning property is used to lay out an element relative to the entire browser window?
- Fixed positioning
- Static positioning
- Relative positioning
- Absolute positioning (correct)
What effect does absolute positioning have on an element's relationship with the normal flow of the page?
What effect does absolute positioning have on an element's relationship with the normal flow of the page?
- It keeps the element in the normal flow of the page
- It shifts the element to the bottom of the normal flow of the page
- It removes the element from the normal flow of the page (correct)
- It pushes the element to the top of the normal flow of the page
Which CSS property is used to set the top-left corner position of an element with absolute positioning?
Which CSS property is used to set the top-left corner position of an element with absolute positioning?
- justify-content
- text-align
- top and left (correct)
- margin
What happens to the space occupied by a positioned element when using absolute positioning?
What happens to the space occupied by a positioned element when using absolute positioning?
Which positioning property is similar to absolute positioning, but the offset is relative to the original position of the element?
Which positioning property is similar to absolute positioning, but the offset is relative to the original position of the element?
Study Notes
Positioning Properties
- The
fixed
positioning property is used to lay out an element relative to the entire browser window. - Absolute positioning removes an element from the normal flow of the page, making it independent of the other elements.
- The
top
andleft
CSS properties are used to set the top-left corner position of an element with absolute positioning. - When using absolute positioning, the space occupied by the element is removed from the normal flow of the page, and the surrounding elements will collapse to fill the space.
- The
relative
positioning property is similar to absolute positioning, but the offset is relative to the original position of the element, rather than the entire browser window.
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Test your knowledge on absolute positioning in web development with this quiz. Learn about the differences between absolute and relative positioning and how to use absolute positioning to manually lay out elements on a webpage.