Float right and position absolute doesn t work together

Question

I want a div to be always at the right of its parent div  so I use float right  It works   But I also want it to not affect other content when inserted  so I use position absolute   Now float right doesn t work  my div is always at the left of its parent div  How can I move it to the right

User · Accepted Answer

Use  position absolute  right  0   No need for float right with absolute positioning  Also  make sure the parent element is set to position relative

User · Answer

You can use  translateX -100    and  text-align  right  if your absolute element is  display  inline-block    lt div class  box  gt   lt div class  absolute-right  gt  lt  div gt   lt  div gt    lt style type  text css  gt   box      text-align  right     absolute-right      display  inline-block      position  absolute       The magic     absolute-right  -moz-transform  translateX -100    -ms-transform  translateX -100    -webkit-transform  translateX -100    -o-transform  translateX -100    transform  translateX -100       lt  style gt    You will get absolute-element aligned to the right relative its parent

User · Answer

Generally speaking  float is a relative positioning statement  since it specifies the position of the element relative to its parent container  floating to the right or left   This means it s incompatible with the position absolute property  because position absolute is an absolute positioning statement  You can either float an element and allow the browser to position it relative to its parent container  or you can specify an absolute position and force the element to appear in a certain position regardless of its parent  If you want an absolutely-positioned element to appear on the right side of the screen  you can use position  absolute  right  0   but this will cause the element to always appear on the right edge of the screen regardless of how wide its parent div is  so it won t be  at the right of its parent div

User · Answer

Perhaps you should divide your content like such using floats    lt div style  overflow  auto   gt       lt div style  float  left  width  600px   gt          Here is my content       lt  div gt       lt div style  float  right  width  300px   gt          Here is my sidebar       lt  div gt   lt  div gt    Notice the overflow  auto   this is to ensure that you have some height to your container   Floating things takes them out of the DOM  to ensure that your elements below don t overlap your wandering floats  set a container div to have an overflow  auto  or overflow  hidden  to ensure that floats are accounted for when drawing your height   Check out more information on floats and how to use them here

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I was able to absolutely position a right-floated element with one layer of nesting and a tricky margin    x000D   x000D  function test     x000D    document getElementById  box   classList toggle  hide    x000D    x000D   right   x000D    float right  x000D    x000D   box   x000D    position absolute  background  feb  x000D    width 20em  margin-left -20em  padding 1ex  x000D    x000D   box hide   x000D    display none  x000D    x000D   lt div gt  x000D     lt div class  right  gt  x000D       lt button onclick  test    gt box lt  button gt  x000D       lt div id  box  gt Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet  consectetur adipiscing elit  x000D        sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua  x000D        Ut enim ad minim veniam  quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris x000D        nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat  x000D       lt  div gt  x000D     lt  div gt  x000D     lt p gt  x000D      Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet  consectetur adipiscing elit  x000D      sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua  x000D      Ut enim ad minim veniam  quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris x000D      nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat  x000D     lt  p gt  x000D   lt  div gt  x000D   x000D   x000D    I decided to make this toggleable so you can see how it does not affect the flow of the surrounding text  run it and press the button to show hide the floated absolute box

[css] Float right and position absolute doesn't work together

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