https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1025407 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/html-css-and-javascript/css-absolute-1-relative-0#comment-1154514 <p>Using absolute positioning seems like a pancea, but it's not. Let it flow unless really necessary to set the position on a page.</p> <p>Also, the previous response was wrong.</p> <p><strong>Relative</strong> means relative to the containing element. <strong>Absolute</strong> means relative to the browser window. It has nothing to do with unit measures.</p> Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:18:46 +0000 Suzanne comment 1154514 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/html-css-and-javascript/css-absolute-1-relative-0#comment-1154510 <p>Thanks!</p> Mon, 05 Jul 2004 15:09:08 +0000 Dragon of Ice comment 1154510 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/html-css-and-javascript/css-absolute-1-relative-0#comment-1154507 <p>because px is an absolute measurement</p> <p>relative measurements are em and ex<br /> absolute measurements are in, cm, mm, pt, pc</p> <p>measurements explained:<br /> cm = centimeters (10 millimeters)<br /> em = height of current font (1em = height of current font; 2.5em = 2 and a half times the current size of the font)<br /> ex = height of the letter x in the current font<br /> in = inches (1 inch is 39.something cenitmeters)<br /> mm = millimeters<br /> pc = picas (1 pica is 12 points)<br /> pt = points (1 point is one-seventy-secondth of an inch)</p> Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:16:39 +0000 m3rajk comment 1154507 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net