Ugh! For some reason, this works:
.menu { position: absolute; left: 12px;}
and this doesn't
.menu {position: relative; left: 12px;}
I don't know why!
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m3rajk posted this at 14:16 — 5th July 2004.
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because px is an absolute measurement
relative measurements are em and ex
absolute measurements are in, cm, mm, pt, pc
measurements explained:
cm = centimeters (10 millimeters)
em = height of current font (1em = height of current font; 2.5em = 2 and a half times the current size of the font)
ex = height of the letter x in the current font
in = inches (1 inch is 39.something cenitmeters)
mm = millimeters
pc = picas (1 pica is 12 points)
pt = points (1 point is one-seventy-secondth of an inch)
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Dragon of Ice posted this at 15:09 — 5th July 2004.
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Thanks!
Suzanne posted this at 15:18 — 5th July 2004.
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Using absolute positioning seems like a pancea, but it's not. Let it flow unless really necessary to set the position on a page.
Also, the previous response was wrong.
Relative means relative to the containing element. Absolute means relative to the browser window. It has nothing to do with unit measures.
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