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Reputation: 2618

Make a position:absolute div scroll normally within another scrollable div

I have a fixed height scrollable <div id="overlay"> positioned over all the page elements using position:fixed. In the div I have elements higher than the fixed height, so the scrollbar appears. I also have a tooltip that I want to stay with a paragraph even if it is scrolled.

That's what I want to happen here, but unfortunately neither of my solutions work properly:

  1. I add position:absolute to the tooltip and position:relative to #overlay(the tooltip's parent): http://jsfiddle.net/4qTke/

    The tooltip scrolls as expected but it is not visible outside of #overlay.

  2. I only add position:absolute to the tooltip: http://jsfiddle.net/Yp6Wf/

    The tooltip is visible outside of the parent #overlay but doesn't move when the div is scrolled.

I want the tooltip to always be visible AND for it to move when scrolled.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 9098

Answers (3)

NGLN
NGLN

Reputation: 43649

Maybe this is an alternative for you? See demo fiddle.

Upvotes: 0

tw16
tw16

Reputation: 29575

What you want is not possible using just CSS and HTML.

The main problem you have is that you have set overflow: scroll on the container your #tooltip is relative to. Because this overflow property is stopping any content from appearing outside of its edges when you position #tooltip "outside" of the div it will be hidden and only visible when scrolled to.

The reason it was visible in your second scenario is because without setting position:relative your #tooltip was relative to the page and not the container. Which meant it was not affected by the overflow:scroll property of the container.

Upvotes: 2

Seth
Seth

Reputation: 6260

HTML:

<div id="overlay">

    <div class="elemRel">

        <div class="elemAbs">

            <!-- Your Code -->

        </div>

    </div>

</div>

CSS:

#overlay { position:fixed; }
.elemRel { position:relative; }
.elemAbs { position:absolute; }

Upvotes: 1

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