15286 2007-09-26 08:00:32 -0700 position:absolute causes div width to collapse 2020-10-23 13:37:46 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Evangelism 523.x (Safari 3) All All RESOLVED INVALID http://www.suberic.net/pooka/screenshot.html P2 Normal --- 1 anantha webkit-unassigned jensimmons mitz webkit oldest_to_newest 57074 0 anantha 2007-09-26 08:00:32 -0700 Specifying a style "position:absolute" on a div in Safari causes its width to collapse. FF and IE both keep the div width at 100% by default even when specifying absolute position. http://help.improve.safari.googlepages.com/absolute_width_collapse_1.html Another testcase: http://help.improve.safari.googlepages.com/absolute_width_collapse_2.html 57080 1 mitz 2007-09-26 08:41:35 -0700 Looks like bug 11946 again (see also bug 15272). 73136 2 webkit 2008-03-09 13:31:54 -0700 It isn't a bug. Webkit and Firefox 3 correctly resolves width for position: absolute using "shrink to fit" method: "Calculation of the shrink-to-fit width is similar to calculating the width of a table cell using the automatic table layout algorithm. Roughly: calculate the preferred width by formatting the content without breaking lines other than where explicit line breaks occur, and also calculate the preferred minimum width, e.g., by trying all possible line breaks. [...] Then the shrink-to-fit width is: min(max(preferred minimum width, available width), preferred width)." [http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/visudet.html#abs-non-replaced-width] Confirmed as an evangelism bug.