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Conflicting related coding questions

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Asked 2 years ago in CSS by Siyabonga

Why is positioning not working in my code

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Answered in 5.75 seconds

Without seeing your code, it's difficult to determine the exact issue. However, positioning in CSS is affected by many factors, such as parent and child elements, display properties, and dimensions. Ensure that you have correctly defined these factors.

Here is a general overview:

  • Positioning requires the element to have a defined position property (e.g. position: relative; or position: absolute; )
  • Make sure the element has a defined width and height. Otherwise, the size may be undefined, and positioning will not work correctly
  • Check the value of z-index property to make sure that overlapping elements are properly stacked.
  • You can also check for any conflicting CSS properties that may be interfering with the position property.

Here is an example:

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<div class="parent"> <div class="child"></div> </div>
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.parent { position: relative; height: 200px; } .child { position: absolute; top: 50%; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%); width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: blue; }

In this example, the parent element has a defined position property (relative), and child element has a defined position property (absolute), and a defined height and width. The CSS translates it to be centered in the parent element.

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