Getting rid of scroll bar for position: absolute inside of position:relative inside of overflow:auto
- by Marcos
Hey guys, my first question here on stack overflow. Trying to get something pretty simple to work, I'm sure I'm missing something quite obvious. Still getting used to the "standard" css, too many years working with non-functional ones! Heh.
So, sample of what I'm doing:
<div style="overflow: auto; border: 1px solid">
hello
<div style="position: relative; z-index: 99999; top: 0px; left: 0px;">
<div style="z-index: 99999; overflow-y: hidden; position: absolute; overflow: hidden; height: 200px; left: 0; auto: 0">
<ul>
<li >New</li>
<li >Old</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
In essence: The first div is a container, that I would like to automatically overflow as content is added. Inside of that container, I have a popup menu, which I have simplified here. The popup menu appears (as it should) directly under "hello".
My problem, however, is that instead of the popup menu "coming out" of the parent, as would be expected by the absolute position, it is actually causing a scrollbar to appear on the parent.
I know that if I take otu the "position: relative" it works, but then it no longer appars where I want it (directly under the previous element).
What am I missing here?
EDIT: Sample here: http://marcos.metx.net/OverflowTest.htm
