Excess space created by relative positioning?

HTML & CSS
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hi…
i’ve used relative positioning to create the effect of three columns, however the space previously allocated by the three columns remains…Is there a term for this? How do i remove the extra space?

Thank you!

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[QUOTE=Tyrone79;4744211]hi…
i’ve used relative positioning to create the effect of three columns, however the space previously allocated by the three columns remains…Is there a term for this? How do i remove the extra space?

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…the space previously allocated by the three columns remains…Is there a term for this?
Hi,
I often refer to it as a “Black Hole” because relative positioned (RP) elements are only moved visually. They still retain their original position in the page flow. Any offset values used on an RP’d element just instructs it to position according to itself, “just move me visually”.

Tommy gives a good explanation of relative positioning here:
CSS static and relative positioning

How do i remove the extra space?
You can’t remove it for reasons explained above.
The best thing to do is not use RP at all. You should be using floats to create columns. :wink:

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thanks