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CSS

Posted by Ben Os
Ben Os
20,008 Points

position: absolute takes the <p> element one row down

Please have a look at the following code pen:

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

If you'll delete the position: absolute property for the <p> element, you will notice this tag going one row up. Why is this happening?

Jack Smith
Jack Smith
6,902 Points

display inline block

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Normally (without position) it is inside the div.

But when it's positioned absolute, it's not part of the normal document flow, and is placed after the div by default (and therefore a bit lower). However, you can now put it anywhere you want by specifying top or bottom.