Change the pixel from which an element is positioned

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By default in JavaScript elements are positioned according to their top left most pixel. Is there any way I can change which pixel the element is positioned by? I'd like to position an element according to its bottom left corner instead of its top left corner.

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I've done a bit of Google searching and can't find any questions like this, though its completely possible that I'm just not searching the right keywords.

Posted 29-Aug-21 15:44pm

pez18000

Updated 30-Aug-21 22:52pm

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2021-08-30T22:52:00

That depends what you mean by "positioning".

Assuming you're using absolute positioning, you can specify any of the top, left, bottom, and right properties. So to position an element 20px from the bottom left of its container:

CSS

.container {
    position: relative;
}
.child {
    position: absolute;
    bottom: 20px;
    left: 20px;
}

Demo[^]