The examples that are included were run with the 5/17/99 build on a windows 98 platform. Basically, I question whether the second example ("position_img.htm") behavior is correct. According to the CSS2 specifications the following statements are found: From Chap 9 of the CSS2 specifications. "A relatively positioned box establishes a new containing block for normal flow children and positioned descendants." This is from Chapter 10 of this document. "4.If the element has 'position: absolute', the containing block is established by the nearest ancestor with a 'position' other than 'static', in the following way: " The first example ("position1.htm") definitely follows these statements, but I can't see where the second should not follow them too. The statements don't make any mention of the element content and as far as I can see the only difference is the containment of two images in the second example, one the descedant of the other. ancestor with a 'position' other than 'static', in the following way: "

Peter, can you address this one?

What examples? Please provide an attachment or URL where the problem can be demonstrated. Unable to determine the nature of the problem from the description alone...