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CSS top property

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Description

CSS top property represents the distance of top side of current box either from the top side of parent box or from the original position depending upon the value of position property.

The current element should have position property otherwise top property will not work. We apply position: absolute; property to the current element.

Syntax

top : auto | length | percentage

Property values

autoDefault

It does not replace the current box.

top: auto;
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length

100

It represents the distance of the top side of the current box from the top side of the parent box.

The box is 100px away from the top side of the parent box (absolute position).

top: 100px;
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percentage

20

Actually percentage represents height of the parent box.

The box is 20% away from the top side of the parent box (absolute position).

top: 20%;
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Applicable to

It applies to all elements