CSS top property
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;
length
-
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;
percentage
-
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%;
Applicable to
It applies to all elements
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