Clarification on float & position:relative

• From: Kevin Smith <k.smith@tatnet.com>
• Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 13:59:26 -0400
• To: <www-style@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <B9A3AB3E.131A0%k.smith@tatnet.com>

I'm looking for clarification on CSS2's float definition:

  <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#propdef-float>

It states that float applies to "all but positioned elements and generated
content", which would mean that float can only be set for elements whose
'position' property has a value of 'static'[1]. OTOH, the very next
paragraph says that "[float] may be set for elements that generate boxes
that are not absolutely positioned."

So, can float be set for relatively positioned elements?


[1] <http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/visuren.html#position-props>

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