How do I get rid of an element's offset using CSS?

Question

I\'ve got a positioning problem with some elements, upon inspecting it IE8 Developer tools it shows me this:

Answer 1

Setting the top and left properties to negative values might not be a good workaround if your problem is simply that you're in quirks mode. This can happen if the page is missing a declaration, causing it to be rendered in quirks mode in IE8. In IE8 Developer Tools, make sure that "Quirks Mode" is not selected under "Document Mode". If it is selected, you may need to add the appropriate declaration.