Comments on: Absolute positioning Vs. floats

By: Laurence S

Laurence S — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:50:45 +0000

Each to his own; I think both has a place in web design. Absolute sure does make laying out page easier though…great article as always!

By: Daniel R

Daniel R — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:35:57 +0000

Thanks a lot man, gr8 article

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:50:52 +0000

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By: BlueBoden

BlueBoden — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:38:44 +0000

However, you can also create fully fluid 3 column layouts with AP, so there really is no reason to be so ignorant twords the use of AP

By: Rafforziamo le nostre idee sul float | Italian webdesign

Rafforziamo le nostre idee sul float | Italian webdesign — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:37:03 +0000

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Absolute positioning Vs. floats | CrazyLeaf Design Blog — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:15:47 +0000

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By: Arjan Eising

Arjan Eising — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:49:53 +0000

My comment is an addition to Jonathan his comment. I only use absolute or fixed positions for elements I want to keep in a logical order on my website. Your search form, for example, would be at the bottom of the HTML if I coded it. An important addition to your article: do not hide skiplinks and hidden 'extra' information for usage by screen/braille readers, by using display:none, but with position:absolute and left:-9999em or similar. That's because screen/braille readers do not 'display' information hidden by display:none or visibility:hidden. By the way, the Dutch Web Guidelines have one that is quite odd: 'put the most important content of your page at the top of your HTML'. It can be interpreted as 'put your navigation at the bottom'. With absolute position you get that navigation back on top again. As said, a quite odd guideline. (Browse to some of the ministry websites to see that one in practice.) Cedric: There are some mayor bugs in how IE (both 6 and 7) handles floats. Absolute positioning can be extremely useful in some cases, as pointed out in the article,