CSS Positioning

CSS Positioning is a module of CSS that defines how to absolutely and relavitely position elements on the page.

Reference

CSS Properties

Guides

Understanding CSS z-index
Presents the notion of stacking context and explain how z-ordering works, with several examples.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
CSS Positioned Layout Module Level 3 Working Draft  
CSS Level 2 (Revision 1) Recommendation  

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 1.0 1.0 (1.7 or earlier) 5.0 6.0 1.0 (85)
Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Mobile Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support 1.0 1.0 (1) (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)

Document Tags and Contributors

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