Do all browsers support position:absolute?

I want to overlap one of my div tags with another div tag. I am trying to use position:absolute and other css positioning codes to overlap it. I've seen some people say that some browsers don't support layers. So I was wondering if the position command constitues layers and therefore is not supported by all browsers.

Thanks.

 

There is no such thing as 'layers'. Yes, all graphical browsers support position:absolute.

 

Opps! I was thinking about frames. Okay, thanks for the reply.

 

Yes, as long you don't use the obsolete IE 6, it's fine for your CSS

 

Frames shouldn't be used either. Methinks you used the another term incorrectly.

I'd have to see what it is you are trying to do to say if you are using a good approach. As a rule I avoid using absolute positioning unless it's inside a fixed container for something like gilder-levin image replacement or for things like cascading menus. If it's not one of those, you might be going about it 'all wrong'.

Absolute positioning works just fine back to IE 5.x - what the devil are you on about? Just ragging on IE because you can even when it's total fiction? I mean at WORST you might have to throw a haslayout trigger at the parent element. (oh noes, height, width or the all dreaded zoom:1!)

 

I read somewhere that you should have an absolute positioned div INSIDE a relative positioned div - have always followed advice though others may disagree. My sites are tested in ie6 7 8 firefox opera safari and chrome and seem to work ok in this.

 

Most modern browsers like Opera, Chrome, IE +7, Safari and Firefox supports this feature.
We work doing PSD TO WORDPRESS blogs in a daily basis and never had a problem

 

I hate IE6 and Love IE 8 any problems with CSS usually from IE6

 

There, fixed.

Where the **** are people getting the idea absolute positioning doesn't work in IE6/earlier?!? Oh noes, you MIGHT have to throw a haslayout trigger at it...