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CSS

Posted by mark adel
mark adel
1,414 Points

what is the benefit of the absolute positioning while setting the height and width to 100% ?

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1 Answer

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

Depending on the situation...maybe none. But if you were doing an overlay that were to cover the whole page, you would WANT it to be 100%, the whole browser window.