Sent by The Moose on 20 February 2003 20:08
Hello,
Assume there exists a normally flowed box. Now, as far as I understand, the relatively positioned
box is a normal box with position: relative and a nonzero set of margins and/or offsets.
Now assume I take a normally flowed box that has no position specified, and add margins and/or
offsets, identical to the above, but do *not* add position: relative.
Three questions:
1. Formally, irrespective of browser support, if the margins and/or offsets are identical under the
two regimes, should the generated boxes look identical?
2. Under the second regime, is (should) the position: relative (be) implicitly added as a
consequence of the box having offsets/margins?
3. If the answer to 2. is no, then are there any potential scenarios under which a position:
relative is automatically implied by properties of the box even if the specific rule is not added?
grazie,
Wojtek
