Re: Omitting a bar

From	Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo@weppipakki.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: Omitting a bar
Followup-To	comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets
Date	2014-05-25 15:53 +0300
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On 23.5.2014 23:11, Dr J R Stockton wrote:

> I have a DIV which I want to be positioned absolutely near the top of
> the BODY and also floated right.  Float and absolute seem incompatible,
> so I presumably need to absolutely position the DIV sideways at an
> offset computed from the BODY width and the DIV width.  If anyone can
> provide actual code that works for that, it would help.  The DIV does
> not need to be exactly at the float-right position, just near there
> where there is clear space.

IIUYC, this seems purely a CSS issue:

body {
/*set BODY as the nearest positioned ancestor and
   establish a new block formatting context for it's contents:*/
position:relative;
}

div {
position: absolute;
/*adjust lengths as needed:*/
top:1em;
right:1em;
}

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-- 
Best wishes, Osmo

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Omitting a bar Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-05-21 17:47 +0100
  Re: Omitting a bar JJ <duh@nah.meh> - 2014-05-22 07:42 +0700
  Re: Omitting a bar Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo@weppipakki.com> - 2014-05-22 17:04 +0300
    Re: Omitting a bar Dr J R Stockton <reply1400@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2014-05-23 21:11 +0100
      Re: Omitting a bar Osmo Saarikumpu <osmo@weppipakki.com> - 2014-05-25 15:53 +0300

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