CSS Properties: How to set the left edge of the absolute positioned of division element to the right of the left edge of its nearest positioned ancestor?

Last update on August 19 2022 21:51:55 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>How to set the left edge of the absolute positioned of division element to the right of the left edge of its nearest positioned ancestor</title>
<style type="text/css">
  .w3r {
  position: relative;
  width: 300px;
  height: 150px;
  border: 3px solid #CC63FF;
  }
.w3r1 {
  position: absolute;
  left: 60px;
  width: 150px;
  height: 100px;
  border: 3px solid #FF36CC;
  }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p><strong>w3resource Tutorial</strong></p>
<div class="w3r">This div element position is: relative;
<div class="w3r1">This div element position is: absolute.</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>

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HTML Code:

<div>
<table>
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        <tr><th class="headcol">4</th><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
        <tr><th class="headcol">5</th><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td><td class="long">QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM</td></tr>
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</table>
</div>

CSS Code:

table {
  border-collapse: separate;
  border-spacing: 0;
  border-top: 1px solid grey;
}

td, th {
  margin: 0;
  border: 1px solid grey;
  white-space: nowrap;
  border-top-width: 0px;
}

div {
  width: 500px;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  margin-left: 5em;
  overflow-y: visible;
  padding: 0;
}

.headcol {
  position: absolute;
  width: 5em;
  left: 0;
  top: auto;
  border-top-width: 1px;
  /*only relevant for first row*/
  margin-top: -1px;
  /*compensate for top border*/
}

.headcol:before {
  content: 'Row ';
}

.long {
  background: yellow;
  letter-spacing: 1em;
}

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