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CSS

Posted by Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor
902 Points

Absolute Positioning Problem

Hey guys,

I'm having a little problem with absolute positioning.

Basically I have a div and I want a tab (in this example I've just made a red background div) to sit on the bottom right edge of the main div. The only problem is, if I put more text into the main div to move it past it's min-height the tab does no longer goto the bottom.

Here's a code pen, anyone have any ideas?

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/cevfm/

Thanks!

Ben

2 Answers

Paul Mather
Paul Mather
3,313 Points

The reason your red box is in such an odd position is because you have a min-height on the main container (which also has a relative position) that it resides in and that is where the red box is positioning absolutely to (to the bottom of the min-height). Put the red box inside the about box (not the main container) and it will sit at the very bottom of the div.

See this jsfiddle; http://jsfiddle.net/7M8YE/1/

Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor
902 Points

Thanks Paul!

Thai Huynh
Thai Huynh
15,293 Points
Thai Huynh
Thai Huynh
15,293 Points

Hi Ben, Paul is spot on about relocating the about tab. If your find out that your tabs are constrained to its new parent, you can make it pop out by just changing the tab positioning value: bottom: 10px; right: -20px; if this is the desired result you are aiming for. Hope this helps.

Ben Taylor
Ben Taylor
902 Points

Thanks Thai, I changed the positioning value to make Paul's fix work :)