Angular component causing issues with correct functionality of absolute positioning

I am facing an issue with positioning an element absolute relative to a parent outside of an Angular component. Despite using the proper structure, it does not seem to work as expected.

<div id="div1" style="position:relative; padding-left: 20px">
  <some-angular-component>
    <div id="div2" style="position: absolute">
      ...
    </div>
  </some-angular-component>
</div>

My goal is for div2 to be positioned relative to div1, disregarding the padding-left property and not being affected by the angular component tag in between them.

For further clarification, you can view a demonstration on Stackblitz via the following link:

https://stackblitz.com/edit/angular-ivy-j3estd?file=src/app/hello.component.ts

If anyone has insights on how I can achieve the desired positioning of 'div2' relative to 'div1', your help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance :)

cssangularabsolute

Answer №1

The issue arises when you only declare position: absolute without assigning specific values to any of the corners.

If you do not set the top, bottom, left, and right properties, they default to auto, causing the element to be positioned absolutely at its original location in the normal flow. With a 20px padding on an ancestor element, this default position would be 20px from both the top left corner of the ancestor.

To achieve the desired positioning in the top left corner, make sure to include top: 0; left: 0; along with position: absolute for the element.

Answer №2

When you do not specify the top and left attributes, the element will appear as if it is not positioned absolutely. See the example below:

 <div id="div2" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;">
      ...
 </div>

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