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title: CSS Positioning
slug: Web/CSS/CSS_Positioning
tags:
  - CSS
  - CSS Positioning
  - CSS Reference
  - NeedsTranslation
  - Overview
  - TopicStub
translation_of: Web/CSS/CSS_Positioning
---
<p>{{CSSRef}}</p>

<p><strong>CSS Positioning</strong> is a module of CSS that defines how to absolutely and relavitely position elements on the page.</p>

<h2 id="Reference">Reference</h2>

<h3 id="CSS_Properties">CSS Properties</h3>

<div class="index">
<ul>
 <li>{{cssxref("bottom")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("clear")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("display")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("float")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("left")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("position")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("right")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("top")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("visibility")}}</li>
 <li>{{cssxref("z-index")}}</li>
</ul>
</div>

<h2 id="Guides">Guides</h2>

<dl>
 <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Positioning/Understanding_z_index">Understanding CSS z-index</a></dt>
 <dd>Presents the notion of stacking context and explain how z-ordering works, with several examples.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{ SpecName('CSS3 Positioning') }}</td>
   <td>{{ Spec2('CSS3 Positioning') }}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{ SpecName('CSS2.1', 'visuren.html') }}</td>
   <td>{{ Spec2('CSS2.1') }}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>

<div id="compat-desktop">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoDesktop("1") }}</td>
   <td>5.0</td>
   <td>6.0</td>
   <td>1.0 (85)</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>

<div id="compat-mobile">
<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>IE Mobile</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>1.0</td>
   <td>{{ CompatGeckoMobile("1") }}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
</div>