Web design tutorials, web development and programming tutorials. jQuery for Designers - Tutorials and screencasts. MicroTut: How CSS Positioning Works. Martin Angelov Undoubtedly, the position property is one of the most useful tools that designers have in their CSS toolbox.
However, there are a few concepts about positioning that might baffle beginners. First, what is positioning? When your browser opens a webpage, it starts rendering elements (divs, paragraphs, headings etc.) in the order they appear in the HTML markup of the page. Positioning is a natural way of organizing how the elements are displayed and an easy resolution to situations like overlaps.