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CSS CSS Foundations The Box Model Positioning Properties

Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
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Posted by Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
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Why do you need to add an offset in this lesson?

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/css-foundations/the-box-model/positioning-properties-2

"And we'll also need to add an offset"

at 8:02 Mark.

Thanks

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Dino Paškvan
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Dino Paškvan
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Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

Because the element is positioned as fixed and as such needs to be positioned in relation to the view port. Setting the top offset to 0 fixes it to the top of the page.

Try experimenting a bit, set a bottom offset to 0 instead and see what happens. Or set it to some other number. The best way to understand how properties in CSS relate to each other is to experiment with them.