using position:absolute to set an inputs width

Question

A simple yet annoying one - I am tryign to set an input[type=text] width by using absolute positioning (ie right:10px;left:10px) yet I cant get it to play ball.

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Answer 1

What you are trying to do can't be done that way, as far as I know. One of the values (left or right) should suffice for the position, then you just have to set width and height.