The position property in CSS describes about the positioning style for an element.

The Position Property

There are five different position values:

• static
• relative
• fixed
• absolute
• sticky

position: static;

Every element is positioned static by default. An element with position: static; is not affected by top, bottom, left and right properties.

It is always positioned according to the normal flow of the page.

Example:

/* consider a div with class= "static" */
div.static {
position: static;
border: 3px solid blue
}

position: relative;

An element with position: relative; still positioned according to the normal flow of the page, but also affected by the top, bottom, left and right properties.

Setting up the top, bottom, left and right properties of a relatively-positioned element will cause it to be adjusted away from its normal position.

Example:

/* Consider an element div of class="relative" */

div.relative {
  position: relative;
  left: 30px;
  border: 3px solid #73AD21;
}

position: fixed;

An element with position: fixed; is positioned relative to the viewport, which means it always stays in the same place even if the page is scrolled.

The top, right, bottom, and left properties are used to position the element.

A fixed element does not leave a gap in the page where it would normally have been located.

Example:

position: absolute;

An element with position: absolute; is positioned relative to the parents element (instead of positioned relative to the viewport, like fixed).

However; if an absolute positioned element has no positioned parents, it uses the document body, and moves along with page scrolling.

Example:

position: sticky;

An element with position: sticky; is positioned based on the user's scroll position.

A sticky element toggles between relative and fixed, depending on the scroll position.

It is positioned relative until a given offset position is met in the viewport - then it "sticks" in place (like position :fixed).

Example: