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Asked: 2026-05-20T14:21:13+00:00

Suppose you have this: <div>Area 1</div> <div style=clear:both;>Area 2</div> … more arbitrary stuff <div

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Suppose you have this:

<div>Area 1</div>
<div style="clear:both;">Area 2</div>
    ... more arbitrary stuff
<div style="clear:both;">Area 3</div>

Is there any way you could make this render like below, without actually changing the order of the elements?

Area 1
Area 3
Area 2
... more abitrary stuff

Yeah it doesn’t make sense, but the reason is (of course) asp.net. I want to create a file upload form inline, and not use an iFrame. So need to create a new form that’s outside the single asp.net form. Since it’s impossible to nest forms, the upload form must physically exist on the page outside of the other form. So I’m trying to figure out if there’s any way to make it display inside an area that’s technically part of the main form.

My working solution is to use a modal dialog with the 2nd form. This works fine, but if possible I’d like to have the upload form inline with the rest of the page and not be in a modal dialog.

I can imagine using absolute position to move the thing around, but I can’t think how I could cause the other elements to adjust to the space consumed by the 3rd div without a great deal of javascript.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In general, I’ve been trying to avoid the single server-side form from ASP.net unless I really need it, if that’s an option.

    Could you create a “dummy” element of the same size as your form, so the browser locates everything else correctly, and then you absolutely position your form over the dummy element?

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