CSS position:fixed inside a positioned element

Question

I have a positioned div whose content can be too long so scrollbars appear (overflow:auto set). It functions as a dialog box in an ajax app. I want to fix a clo

Answer 1

You can use the position:fixed;, but without set left and top. Then you will push it to the right using margin-left, to position it in the right position you wish.

Check a demo here: http://jsbin.com/icili5

Answer 2

Seems, css transforms can be used

"‘transform’ property establishes a new local coordinate system at the element",

but ... this is not cross-browser, seems only Opera works correctly

Answer 3

I know this is an old post but I had the same question but didn't find an answer that set the element fixed relative to a parent div. The scroll bar on medium.com is a great pure CSS solution for setting something position: fixed; relative to a parent element instead of the viewport (kinda*). It is achieved by setting the parent div to position: relative; and having a button wrapper with position: absolute; and the button of course is position: fixed; as follows:

<div class="wrapper">
  <div class="content">
    Your long content here
  </div>

  <div class="button-wrapper">
    <button class="button">This is your button</button>
  </div>
</div>

<style>
  .wrapper {
    position: relative;
  }

  .button-wrapper {
    position: absolute;
    right: 0;
    top: 0;
    width: 50px;
  }

  .button {
    position: fixed;
    top: 0;
    width: 50px;
  }
</style>

working example

*Since fixed elements don't scroll with the page the vertical position will still be relative to the viewport but the horizontal position is relative to the parent with this solution.

Answer 4

I achieved to have an element with a fixed position (wiewport) but relative to the width of its parent.

I just had to wrap my fixed element and give the parent a width 100%. At the same time, the wrapped fixed element and the parent are in a div which width changes depending on the page, containing the content of the website. With this approach I can have the fixed element always at the same distance of the content, depending on the width of this one. In my case this was a 'to top' button, always showing at 15px from the bottom and 15px right from the content.

https://codepen.io/rafaqf/pen/MNqWKB

<div class="body">
  <div class="content">
    <p>Some content...</p>
    <div class="top-wrapper">
      <a class="top">Top</a>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

.content {
  width: 600px; /*change this width to play with the top element*/
  background-color: wheat;
  height: 9999px;
  margin: auto;
  padding: 20px;
}
.top-wrapper {
  width: 100%;
  display: flex;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  z-index: 9;
  .top {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 60px;
    height: 60px;
    border-radius: 100%;
    background-color: yellowgreen;
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 20px;
    margin-left: 100px;
    cursor: pointer;
    &:hover {
      opacity: .6;
    }
  }
}

Answer 5

Try position:sticky on parent div of the element you want to be fixed.

More info here: http://html5-demos.appspot.com/static/css/sticky.html. Caution: Check for browser version compatibility.

Answer 6

If your close button is going to be text, this works very well for me:

#close {
  position: fixed;
  width: 70%; /* the width of the parent */
  text-align: right;
}
#close span {
  cursor: pointer;
}

Then your HTML can just be:

<div id="close"><span id="x">X</span></div>