CSS transitions mixing absolute and relative positioning

Question

Short and sweet version:

Is it possible to combine position: relative and position: absolute with smooth CSS-transitions?

Verbose v

Answer 1

@nikc.org Maybe you could use translate instead:

    div.deck-container {
        position: relative;
    }
    div.deck-container li {
        background-color: #fff;
        position: relative;
        border: 1px solid black;
        padding: 3px;
        display: inline-block;
        -webkit-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
        -moz-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
        -o-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
        -ms-transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
        transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out;
    }

    div.deck-container.collapsed li:first-child {
      -webkit-transform: translate(0, 0);
         -moz-transform: translate(0, 0);
          -ms-transform: translate(0, 0);
           -o-transform: translate(0, 0);
              transform: translate(0, 0);
    }
    div.deck-container.collapsed li:nth-child(2) {
        -webkit-transform: translate(-100%, 2px);
         -moz-transform: translate(-100%, 2px);
          -ms-transform: translate(-100%, 2px);
           -o-transform: translate(-100%, 2px);
              transform: translate(-100%, 2px);
    }
    div.deck-container.collapsed li:nth-child(3) {
        -webkit-transform: translate(-200%, 4px);
         -moz-transform: translate(-200%, 4px);
          -ms-transform: translate(-200%, 4px);
           -o-transform: translate(-200%, 4px);
              transform: translate(-200%, 4px);
    }

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