Comments on: Absolute positioning Vs. floats

By: Shaun Mclain

Shaun Mclain — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:06:55 +0000

Nice informative blog, thanks for sharing.

By: diego

diego — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:14:46 +0000

div.container{float:left; position:relative;}
div.container div.left{position:absolute; top:0; left:0;}
div.container div.center{position:absolute; top:0; left:50%; margin:0 0 0 -element.width;}
div.container div.right{position:absolute; top:0; right:0;}

By: diego

diego — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:10:48 +0000

I use both and most of the times I use them togheter, for example if I have to position more then one element into a div and these elements must be positioned one on the left, the second in center and the last one on the right, I use this method:

and it works perfectly in all browsers, I only use float when I have more elements, contiguous and aligned like in your footer.
Best way is to know well both of them, and use them correctly.

Diego

By: someguy

someguy — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:29:21 +0000

make more tutorials

this is great

By: someguy

someguy — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 09:28:04 +0000

Nice tutorial i prefer floats if i don’t need the element to stay above other elements

By: Rui Figueiredo

Rui Figueiredo — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:42:54 +0000

Wonderful article. I really like the practical cases you use as an example.

Myself, I tend to use float over absolute positioning.

Regards,
Rui

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

[...] rule: If elements should not interact, use absolute positioning, if they should, use floats. – Absolute positioning Vs. floats – CSS & (X)HTML – Kilian Valkhof [...]

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