css arithmetic??

how to make this work?

.layout{
left:inherit + 12;
}

Code (markup):

can u add 12px to the inherited position of the parent tag...

 

try using

position: relative;
left: 12px;

 

yeah
position: relative;
left: 12px;

like the dude said

 

Though I'd make DAMNED certain that's actually what you want to do... position:relative with left/right/top/bottom is usually a bad idea unless you are 100% certain you want to move the content without changing flow.

Which is why I'd suggest margin-left:12px; instead.

 

i need to use absolute value as it need to be a floating div... will try the margin-left

edit: not working :9 with margin-left

 

could we see what you are trying to do then? URL? Code sample? .jpg or .psd?

You show us WHAT, we can probably tell you HOW... hell, being HTML/CSS we can probably tell you ten different ways of doing what you are attempting...

Though if you want it absolute positioned relative to it's parent container, just make the parent container position:relative... again though, that's guessing in the dark.

 

margin-left:12px; is the way to go