Position absolute and responsive layouts
Channel: Kevin Powell
Date: 2023-01-19

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A lot of people struggle with responsive layouts, and even more so when they use position: absolute. In this video I'm looking at how we can work with position absolute in a responsive way 🙂.

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⌚ Timestamps
00:00 - Introduction
01:35 - The HTML
03:12 - Setting things up the right way to use position absolute
05:47 - Why you need a defined space for your positioned elements
07:40 - Positioning in relation to the element’s containing block
12:50 - Emulating padding with position absolute
18:17 - Applying this to larger layout pieces

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