Is you plan to add ability to position element relatively to its parent NOT to its position in normal flow (relative) NOT to its containing block (absolute) <div style="position: absolute; left: 50px; top: 150px; border: 1px solid red;"> TESTCASE #2 <table border=1><tr> <td>HELLO</td><td><div style="position: absolute; left:40px; top:12px; background: red;">aa</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td>HELLO</td><td>HELLO<select style="position: parent; left:0px; top:0px; background: blue;"></select></td> </tr> </table> </div> So its look like this: And NOT: like in 'relative' positioning And NOT: like in 'absolute' positioning
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