HTML CSS examples for CSS Layout:Absolute Position
Table header as offset parent for absolute positioned box
<html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <style id="compiled-css" type="text/css"> .relative {<!-- w w w . ja v a 2s . com--> position:relative; border:2px solid Chartreuse; } th { position:relative; border:2px solid yellow; display:block; } #absolute { position:absolute; top:0; left:100px; width:201px; border:2px solid blue; } </style> </head> <body> <div class="relative"> <p>Lorem ipsum dolor</p> <table border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Lorem ip <div id="absolute"> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, c </div> </th> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> </html>