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<title>CSS Test: 'left' property defines the offset from the left edge of the containing block</title>
<link rel="author" title="Microsoft" href="http://www.microsoft.com/" />
<link rel="reviewer" title="Gérard Talbot" href="http://www.gtalbot.org/BrowserBugsSection/css21testsuite/" /> <!-- 2012-09-19 -->
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#propdef-right" />
<link rel="help" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visuren.html#position-props" />
<link rel="match" href="left-offset-003-ref.xht" />
<meta name="assert" content="The 'left' property, for absolute positioning, specifies the offset of the element in relation to the containing block's left edge. In this test, the containing block of the absolutely positioned element is formed by the padding box of its nearest (closest) non-inline positioned ancestor element." />
<style type="text/css">
#container
{
border: solid blue;
height: 1in;
padding-left: 0.25in;
position: relative;
width: 1in;
}
#div1
{
background: black;
height: 0.5in;
position: absolute;
left: 0.75in;
width: 0.5in;
}
#div2
{
height: 1in;
width: 1in;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Test passes if a filled black square is in the upper-right corner of an hollow blue rectangle.</p>
<div id="container">
<div id="div1"></div>
<div id="div2"></div>
</div>
</body>
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