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

moving element top: -12px or positioning it absolutely doesn't solve the problem but only masks it

I had the same problem - check if you have in one wrapping element mixed: floating elements with non-floating ones - my non-floating element caused this strange offset to the floating one