October 11, 2001 - Static Elements

Yehuda Shiran October 11, 2001
Static Elements
Tips: October 2001

Yehuda Shiran, Ph.D.
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The style object's position property can have three values: "static", "absolute", and "relative". The "static" value is the default. In this case, the object follows the layout rules of HTML. There are no special positioning rules to follow.

The following code:

<STYLE>
.divstatic {position: static}
</STYLE>
<DIV ID=oSpan CLASS="divstatic">
This is a paragraph of text in a DIV.
</DIV>
<P>This is a paragraph of text as well.</P>
Creates the following:

This is a paragraph of text in a DIV.

This is a paragraph of text as well. Notice that the static element is positioned according to its position in the flow. You cannot control static elements with any left or top coordinates.