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Given a dom element that has set height and width, and is set position:absolute, is there a predictable positioning for the element if it doesn’t have any positioning specified (like top, right, bottom, and left properties)? Does the position default to left:0, top:0? Or does the element stay where it originally was positioned on the page?
Or does the positioning differ from browser to browser?
Here is an example using jsfiddle.
http://jsfiddle.net/hPJa8/
Most browsers seem to position the element in its natural position, but then subsequent elements will not take into account the absolutely positioned element when they are placed onto the page. This results in the subsequent elements overlapping.