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Start your free trialWilliam Keely
7,295 PointsPositioning Context?
Why is the positioning context the viewport? Is it absolute referencing always in relation tot he viewport? This seems to glossed over.
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Steven Parker
231,122 PointsThe viewport is the default positioning context.
You can create another positioning context just by setting a parent or ancestor element's position to "relative". Then the offsets of the absolutely positioned element will be based on the other element and not the viewport.
Here's a Treehouse blog post with some addition explanation and illustrations.
William Keely
7,295 PointsWilliam Keely
7,295 PointsThank you. Also Guil explained this more in the next video, so I have a good grasp of it now