<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Position absolute</title>
<link href="/assets/reset.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="setup.css" rel="stylesheet">
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>
<body>
<section>
<p>This is some text in the first element.</p>
<p>There can be multiple elements within it, maybe even that wrap to multiple lines.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>And some more in the second element.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>Then a third one, too.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>Let’s add a fourth.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>Even a fifth.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>This should let it scroll.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>Scrolling is always fun.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>I guess that isn’t true.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>Sometimes it goes on and on, you know.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>Okay, this is enough.</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>Almost there!</p>
</section>
<section>
<p>One more, for good measure.</p>
</section>
</body>
</html>
index.html
/* Same as before. */
body {
font-family: sans-serif;
padding: 1rem;
}
section {
background-color: deepskyblue;
border-block-start: solid black 0.2rem;
padding: 1rem;
}
section:not(:first-child) { margin-block-start: 1rem; }
setup.css
section:nth-child(3) {
background-color: gold;
inline-size: 66%;
inset-block-start: 3rem;
inset-inline-start: 3rem;
position: absolute; /* Here, in relation to `body`. */
}
section:nth-child(5) {
background-color: tomato;
position: relative; /* The closest relative ancestor. */
p {
inset-block-end: 3rem;
inset-inline-end: 3rem;
position: absolute; /* From the parent section. */
}
}