What Is Position Property in CSS
The CSS position property is used to specify how the element will be displayed on the page. The top, right, bottom, and left CSS position properties determine the final location of the element.
There are five different position values:
staticrelativefixedabsolutesticky
Elements are then positioned using the top, bottom, left, and right properties. However, these properties will not work unless the position property is set first. They also work differently depending on the position value.
1. position: static
HTML elements are positioned static by default. Static positioned elements are not affected by the top, bottom, left, and right properties.
An element with position: static is not positioned in any special way; it is always positioned according to the normal flow of the page
2. position: relative
An element with position: relative is positioned relative to its normal position.
Setting the top, right, bottom, and left properties of a relatively-positioned element will cause it to be adjusted away from its normal position. Other content will not be adjusted to fit into any gap left by the element.
3. position: fixed
An element with position: fixed is positioned relative to the viewport, which means it always stays in the same place even if the page is scrolled. The top, right, bottom, and left properties are used to position the element.
A fixed element does not leave a gap in the page where it would normally have been located.
4. position: absolute
An element with position: absolute is positioned relative to the nearest positioned ancestor. However; if an absolute positioned element has no positioned ancestors, it uses the document body, and moves along with page scrolling.
Absolute positioned elements are removed from the normal flow, and can overlap elements.
5. position: sticky
An element with position: sticky is positioned based on the user's scroll position.
A sticky element toggles between relative and fixed, depending on the scroll position. It is positioned relative until a given offset position is met in the viewport - then it "sticks" in place (like position: fixed).