absolute position affects width?

Question

I am new to css. I am wondering why when I change the positioning of the div element to absolute, the width of the div element changes? Tried it out in Chrome v25.0.1364.17

Answer 1

Like SMacFadyen said, the most likely cause is missing position relative in the container. However, if the container is in position relative and has a small width and the inner content in absolute, when you position the inner content using left or right its content might break into multiple lines. In this scenario you will want to change the white-space property to nowrap or some other option that better suits your needs.