Positioning a Layer at the bottom of a page...

[NFFC]

Is there a way to position a layer at the foot of a page without knowing how long the page is?

[tedster]

How about this: NEST the "footerlayer" div within the page's "footer" div. Declare the footer div to be position:relative, so its position flows in relation to the entire page's body. Then declare the nested div (the footerlayer) as position:absolute, top:0px and left:0px.

Because the layer is nested within a relatively positioned div, its absolute coordinates will be measured in relation to its containing block — the footer div. The code would be structured something like this:

CSS:
#body {color:#000000}
#footer {position:relative}
#footerlayer {position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;z-index:2}

HTML:
<div id="bodycopy>
All the body copy goes here.
</div>

<div id="footer">
This is the footer.
<div id="footerlayer">
This is the footer layer.
</div>
</div>

[GWJ]

Niave question, I am sure, but why not just call an SS include at the end of the page? Wouldn't that have the same effect but be more cross browser compatible?

Brian

[NFFC]

>Niave

No, just my poor initial question. :)

I want the text contained in the layer to appear at the top of the source but display at the bottom of the page.

[tedster]

I don't think so, at least not yet.

I've read about a consideration for CSS3 that would create the property position:relative-to. Now that would handle it, but it's obviously a few years away, if ever.

[toolman]

Something to keep in mind is that even though you can see through layers and overlap them you will not be able to use hyperlinks beneath layers even if they are visible ( as in side navigation bars)